DU this poll on Al Gore and the Nobel Prize!

[rep the dems]

It's doing great so far, so let's keep it up!

<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16920923/> The link is around the middle of the page.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Good for Al

he deserves it

[jelly]

4. Definitely deserves it.

That would be awesome if he won. And then ran for President. He'd be unstoppable! I'm getting warm and fuzzy just thinking about it.

[northofdenali]

2. Done

:kick:

[Red Right and BLUE]

3. Wow I hope he gets it!! nt

[Ron Green]

5. Even the poll wording is suspiciously snarky:

"Alarmist" is a favorite of the denial crowd.

[Karmageddon]

6. yes, 75% - no 25%. 16484 votes

[SteppingRazor]

7. Eh ... It'd be neat if Gore won and all, but...

when guys like this:

http://www.hdvnbtdt.org/article.php3?id_article=110

are also nominated for the prize, it's kinda hard to justify giving it to a politician who made a movie.

[Richard D]

14. Ummm

Gore didn't just make a movie. He made a movie that could literally save the world as we know it.

And his reach and the effect of this movie is world wide, not confined just to one country and religion.

[SteppingRazor]

17. That's one way to look at it...

Another way would be that here's a guy who protested against a repressive regime and was tortured and imprisoned, much like many previous Peace Prize winners, including Nelson Mandela and Lech Walesa, for example.

And on the other hand, you've got a guy that made a movie. Saying that movie could save the world may be a teeny bit hyperbolic, don't you think? And saying its effect is worldwide -- and that Gore's reach is similarly global -- is also maybe a bit overwrought, particularly since the film hasn't yet been successful outside the Western world (and even, with a few exceptions such as Belgium, where the whole gov't saw the film, the English-speaking world).

I wouldn't completely discount that Gore's movie will have a long-term effect, but if the man's going to get a Peace Prize for his efforts, shouldn't he get it after those efforts have already been somewhat quantified?

Also, I'd like to add the caveat that I loved the film, think Gore's a great guy, and that global warming is a serious problem. I'm just wondering if, when all the nominations are said and done, he'll be the best pick for the prize. That's all.

[The Count]

16. He spearheaded a movement. The movie was only part of that.

[SteppingRazor]

18. If you're going to look at it that way...

why not give the award to Robert Watson or one of the other pioneering scientists of global climate change?

[The Count]

19. Nominate him, why doncha? You have a problem with Gore's role in this? Tough.

The whole world thinks differently. Besides, karmically, he's due.

[SteppingRazor]

20. I don't have a problem with Gore's role in educating the public about global warming.

Far from it. I like Gore, and I respect the movie. It was well done. I'm just questioning whether he should get the Nobel Peace Prize for it. Is that wrong?

Clearly, "the whole world" other than me can't be of one mind on this, and I don't see where karma enters into it. I'm just asking a legitimate question. That's all.

[The Count]

22. Question away. The answer is HELL, YESSS! Part of it to slap W, I'm sure!

They'll love it, all over the world! You're not by any chance one of them "no difference" naderites, huh? Cuz, daym, how stupid must THEY feel?

[SteppingRazor]

24. I don't know that the Nobel committee thinks on those lines

I mean, giving someone the Nobel Peace Prize as a middle finger to one of that person's political enemies (no matter how loathsome said enemy may be)? Seems a little beneath the dignity of the thing, no?

[biscotti]

8. 75% Yes

[cmd]

9. Voting for Gore again

and proud to do it.

[azmouse]

10. Done n/t

[helderheid]

11. done and RECOMMENDED

[Booster]

12. I hope he gets the Nobel Prize AND the Oscar. Top that, Bush.

[PhilipShore]

13. Done--75% Yes

17067 responses

75% Yes, he has gotten people to pay attention to a major long-term threat to everyone.

[in_cog_ni_to]

15. done. 75% yes. 25% no

Should former Vice President Al Gore get the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his call to action on global warming? * 17247 responses

Yes, he has gotten people to pay attention to a major long-term threat to everyone.
75%

No, he's an alarmist and besides, what does warming have to do with a peace prize?
25%

[TBreeze]

21. Done

still 75%-25%

[Katherine Brengle]

23. 75/25 Yes :D