Over at the Plank, Noam Scheiber writes the following about Al Gore’s triumph:
Of all the commentary on Gore’s Peace Prize that I’ve read today, this has to be the most ridiculous. To think that George W. Bush, the man who has thumbed his nose at the “international community” for seven years–much to our delight–would be devastated that it is Al Gore, and not he, being “hailed around the world as a prophet and savior” is…laughable. We don’t take these people seriously, Noam. They’re all preening, self-righteous phonies. And I expect Al Gore to have about as much impact on the fight against global warming as Aristide Briand had on naval disarmament. It’s amazing that, after seven years, a serious liberal commentator could so fundamentally misunderstand this president and his supporters. PS–How’s the Beauchamp investigation going, guys?
