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I don’t like rewarding Gore with attention. I keep promising myself not to bother talking about his lunatic remarks when they come because it only seems to get him the attention he desperately craves, a trait Ithink he learned from his former boss. But I can’t resist.

- Drudge -
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore warned hundreds of U.N. diplomats and staff on Thursday evening about the perils of climate change, claiming: Cigarette smoking is a “significant contributor to global warming!”

Are you kidding me? How does he say this and keep a straight face, or the staff not giggle at him? Seriously would you work for this man?

It’s gets better.

Gore, who was introduced by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, said the world faces a “full-scale climate emergency that threatens the future of civilization on earth.”

Gore showed computer-generated projections of ocean water rushing in to submerge the San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, parts of China, India and other nations, should ice shelves in Antarctica or Greenland melt and slip into the sea.

Gore summed up the briefing by walking away screaming is a girly voice “I’m telling you we’re all going to die.. we’re all gonna die… Ahhhhhh..", a common occurrence according to those close to Gore sources reported.

Ok, so I made up the last paragraph but I bet you couldn’t tell given the news in the last few years. Next it’ll be exercise that is contributing to global warming making it that much harder to parody these people.

Oh, and we’re not done yet.

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After a series of Q& A with the audience, which had little to do with global warming and more about his political future, Annan bid “adios” to Gore.

Showing those attending were not really that interested in why he was there, just about politics. Annan is probably praying this was the last time the two will have meet.

Then, Gore had his staff open a stack of cardboard boxes to begin selling his new book, “An Inconvenient Truth, The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It,” $19.95, to the U.N. diplomats.

Hey that wouldn’t be Gore trying to make a buck off a supposed coming disaster is it? Apparently the paid speaking engagements at the Real Estate Wealth Expo (scroll down) are not paying that well. I’ll never understand why Apple lets this man near it’s boardroom, actually I do understand it but if they want political clout and a green image there are much better candidates.

Tipper get that man on a diet please.

This whole mess with former Congressman requires a little breathing room to sort out the facts and determine where everyone stands.

First, we know that ABC broke the story of lewd messaging between the Congressman and a sixteen year old male Congressional Page:

A 16-year-old male former congressional page concerned about the appropriateness of an e-mail exchange with a congressman alerted Capitol Hill staffers to the communication.

The Drudge Report provides messaging details between the Congressman and a seventeen year old:

im not 18 till feb 23

There are no articles alleging sexual contact, however should that eventually be reported has any “crime” been committed? No, the age of sexual consent in the District of Columbia is 16:

Age for Sexual Consent: 16
D.C. Code § 22-3001; D.C. Code § 22-3102

Is Mark Foley a married man? No:

Foley, 48, is not just unmarried;

Is Mark Foley a pedophile based on the above incidents? Not according to DSM-IV:

According to the DSM-IV definition, pedophilia involves sexual activity by an adult with a prepubescent child. Some individuals prefer females, usually 8- to 10-year-olds. Those attracted to males usually prefers slightly older children. Some prefer both sexes. While some are sexually attracted only to children, others also are sometimes attracted to adults.

It is very clear that these pages are not prepubescent.

So right now, we know as fact that Mark Foley is not a pedophile, he has not broken any sexual consent laws nor has he violated any marriage vows.

Is Mark Foley a gay man? The gay community thinks he is:

Foley, 48, is not just unmarried; several of his friends and former friends who are openly gay told the paper that Foley has presented himself socially as gay. And Foley has a record on gay issues that is uncharacteristically high for a conservative—the Human Rights Campaign gave him a score of 83 in the last Congress.

And he has been subject to being outed. The Washington Blade reported the following on July 09, 2004:

Despite Foley’s FMA opposition, Aravosis purported to out Foley as well, taking him to task for supporting President Bush, who endorsed the measure late last winter. Labeling Foley as “our latest closeted gay hypocrite,” Aravosis said Foley made the list for putting politics ahead of his own community by “whoring for an anti-gay president.”

As in the case with Mikulski, rumors that Foley is gay had long circulated within the Beltway, and local newspapers in South Florida — including the Express Gay News and an alternative newsweekly — cited his long-term relationship with a Palm Beach physician.

Mark Foley is simply a gay man who has been forced out of office by the Democrat Party. I wonder what gay activists think of this, as they have a lost a strong vote of support?

Disclaimer: I never cared for Mark Foley because his politics were not of my liking. Further, I have no respect for any individual that puts him/herself into a position that opens themselves to attack. Mark Foley knew he had political problems long before the primary and had an opportunity to fade away. In my personal opinion, such behavior is plain wrong.

The bottomline as a Republican is that Mark Foley broke no laws and he is not a pedophile as claimed by the leftists but rather is simply a gay man. Mark Foley’s “Crime?” Being a Gay Republican. In order to preserve this seat for Republicans, those facts must be spoken everyday until the election in order to help the new nominee. Being gay does not equal pedophile and that is what is going on at leftist sites right now. If that does not alienate the gay vote that normally votes democrat, what will?