Al Gore's Committee Hearing

Why is it that after all of the testimony of scientists about the reality of global warming some Republican Congressmen and Fox News still seem to think it doesn’t exist and that Al Gore thinks he is above the rules of House committee hearings? That seems to be what they were focusing on in a Fox News article that came out today, titled “Al Gore Urges Congressional Action on Climate Issues”. They started off by bashing Al Gore for showing up late to the hearing, and claimed that he was simply attempting to avoid the opening comments of the Republican Congressmen.

They also were trying to paint a picture of Democratic favoritism by commenting on the waiving of a requirement for the witness to provide the committee with written testimony 48 hours in advance to be sure they know what they are talking about, which seems to be unnecessary due to his obvious wealth of knowledge on the subject. The author also comments that some people still do not believe that humans are affecting climate change, which must be people that have something to lose if it exists or have simply ignored the evidence. They finish the story by writing that “upon arrival at the hearing room in the Rayburn House Office Building, Gore went up to dais and shook hands with Democratic committee leaders, some of whom he served with while a congressman in the 1970s and 1980s.” I’m not sure whether they included this fact simply for the sake of taking up space or in a further attempt to depict Democratic favoritism with regard to Al Gore, but the author of this article definitely wasn’t a big fan of him.