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Gore's Staff Says He Was Misquoted On Hexametric Hurricanes

Posted by timothy on from the what-he-meant-to-say-was dept.

jamie writes "In a story on Thursday, Slashdot and its readers had a little fun at the expense of Al Gore, who was quoted as saying that the hurricane severity scale was going to go to 6. A correction was made the next day. The author of the piece that Slashdot linked now writes 'I retract the balance of my criticism.' Turns out Gore was misquoted. Luckily for Gore, this is the first time he's been ridiculed for something he didn't actually say. Well, except for Love Story, Love Canal, farm chores, and everyone's favorite, inventing the internet. (The original Slashdot story is here and its central link now includes the Washington Post's correction.)" From Ezra Klein's update on his earlier piece: "I'm out-of-town and so away from my tape recorder. So I asked Gore's staff about the line and they have Gore saying: 'The scientists are now adding category six to the hurricane ... some are proposing we add category 6 to the hurricane scale that used to be 1-5.' That doesn't offend my memory of the discussion and it's entirely possible I missed Gore's qualifying sentence while trying to keep up. If so, that's my fault, and I apologize."

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  1. Misquoted? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Gore's lying Staff Says He Was Misquoted On Hexametric Hurricanes.

  2. Re:So Al Gore is a slimy politician? by Mr.+Firewall · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah, Al Gore is basically the Town Joke around Nashville, TN. During the three years I lived there, I never once heard his name mentioned in a respectful manner, and that includes on the local radio stations.

    Most of the time you could get a laugh just by dropping his name into a conversation.

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  3. Re:Two peas in a pod by Mr.+Firewall · · Score: 0, Troll

    And if global warming doesn't stop, then yes we will have 700 MPH hurricanes.

    You mean, as it did over sixteen years ago?

    Funny that Gore hasn't taken credit for THAT. Oh, wait a minute, that wouldn't serve the Greens' real agenda now, would it?

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  4. Gore not a tool, in on the scam by SuperKendall · · Score: 0, Troll

    Gore is a tool, but Goldman is truly evil.

    In case you had not noticed Gore has gotten quite rich off the AGW scam he and others run. It's absurd to think he believes what he says when nothing he does indicates he thinks there is really a problem.

    Otherwise he would appear to speak only over video links...

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