If Gore wins the Nobel Peace Prize, will Bush the Younger acknowledge it?
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There's sure been a lot of hullabaloo over Al Gore's Nobel Peace Prize. For an interesting perspective, take a gander over at nanopublic where you'll find lots of thought-provoking links to explore.
"Meanwhile, European media are gloating about "a public slap in the face" for President Bush by the…
Another little break from AIT, this time inspired by CIP to scrappleface.
Apologies for the caps, its directly lifted and I didn't want to change it (read: couldn't be bothered to type it all out again). Or perhaps he really did spend the entire speech shouting; its possible, the things he said…
(WASHINGTON, DC) On the heels of reports from Oslo that the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded jointly to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and former US Vice President Al Gore, a White House spokesman issued a statement saying that "significant uncertainty" remained regarding the…
Of course not. He'll challenge it in the Supreme Court.
Should Gore win, it'd be daft for Bush II to ignore that he'd won. He might not mention the win, but I suspect it is more likely is his goons will try to "spin" it ("frame" it?). There are several ways of spinning it. One might be:
"Congratulations to President Gore on winning the Nobel Peace Prize. The award recognises his ability as a showman and entertainer seen around the world."
Of course, a true spin doctor (propagandist) would phrase it better, but you should get the idea... (And I do know Gore was VP not president, but the convention, apparently, is to refer to ex-VPs (at least) as "President".)
In principle, the spin would depend on what the prize committee has to say, but since Bush II has never paid attention, I'm assuming that would be ignored and an alternative "reality" invented.
It is absolutely clear, that George Bush recognized scientific consensus on climate change, and acted in a timely fashion to show good support for the IPCC and its efforts.
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Oops, that was George H. W. bush, and it was 1989:
http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/public_papers.php?id=1156&year=198…
Only nit is a typo (mis-scan) about devoting 0 million...
It is a reminder that politicization of science to the current extent is a recent (and very unwelcome) phenomenon.