Couric Sings Hosannas Following Gore's 'Triumphant' Return to Capitol Hill

Photo of Ken Shepherd.

Perhaps channeling her youthful experience as a cheerleader, CBS's Katie Couric pumped her rhetorical pom poms for Al Gore in a "Couric & Co." blog today.

Below you can see how she lauded his "triumphant" return to Congress on her "Couric & Co." blog at CBSNews.com, all the while insisting "scientific consensus" is on Gore's side and that Congress should "act boldly" on the issue.

Portions in bold are my emphasis:

Hi everyone.

The last time Al Gore came to Capitol Hill--six years ago--he was there to certify the electoral college results that made George Bush president.

But today it was a triumphant return, this time as a private citizen, to declare that the world faces a "planetary emergency" over climate change. And now, a lot of his skeptics agree that Gore makes a powerful point.

The scientific consensus is clear, and Gore urged Congress to listen to scientists, not special interests. He pushed for an immediate freeze on greenhouse gases, as well as cleaner power plants, more efficient cars, and stronger conservation efforts.

Gore said "a few years from now...the kinds of proposals we're talking about today are going to seem so small compared to the scale of the challenge."

Here's hoping Congress puts partisanship aside, and comes together to act boldly on global warming.

That's a page from my notebook.


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GW

No Katie, a scientific consensus IS NOT clear because there is NO global warming. Climate change yes....the climate is constantly changing..BFD!!! Loved how OwlGore refused to take the personal enrgy ethics pledge. Do as I say...... He is a big fat liar!!!

Thank You, Ken!  I thought I

Thank You, Ken!  I thought I had all of the perk one's pictures.  I believe my collection is complete! 

Seriously though, the MSM ought to be ashamed of themselves for touting AGW without giving a second of air time to somebody with an opposing view.  But I guess that's what the MSM has sunk to.  Un-checked opining and blatent campaigning for Democrats.  Am I correct in thinking that there is an FCC law being broken here?  Or am I lmistaken?

Katie must have missed chicke

Katie must have missed chicken little as a kid.

should we expect to see the CH4 BBC documentary on the MSM any time soon?

Couric is a limo-liberal twit

Couric is a limo-liberal twit.

I actually despise the limo-l

I actually despise the limo-liberal type more than the regular type. Just a random thought :-)

Acting badly on global warming

"Here's hoping Congress puts partisanship aside, and comes together to act boldly on global warming."

Finishing Katie's thought;  .....because other than buying a few seedlings for some hired hand to plant in Brazil, we media elites can't be bothered putting partisanship aside and acting boldly to tell the truth about climate change.

I would settle for Congress putting partisanship aside and coming together to act boldly on something meaningful like the war on terrorism. Mindboggling that the demediacrats feel more threatened by mother nature than terrorists.

I'm thinking of entering Al G

I'm thinking of entering Al Gore as a balloon in the next Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!  Can't think of anything else to do with him.  Ideas?

gordon... Yep! Can't say it

gordon...

 Yep!

Can't say it here!

LOL! 

Gordon,Um, cruise ship?

Gordon,

Um, cruise ship?

Pot Luck

Anthropophagite Tasty Ancestors Day pot luck contribution?

V/R
Clyde

"...the aspirants to tyranny are either the...men of the state, who in democracies are demagogues,... or those who hold great offices, and have a long tenure.." - Aristotle, Politics, c350BC

Professor?  Professor?Anthro

Professor?  Professor?

Anthropophagite?

Help, I've fallen down....and I can't find my dicitonary (and I'm too tired to look it up!)

Cannibal, However Disguised

Anthropophagite <=> Cannibal

V/R
Clyde

"...the aspirants to tyranny are either the...men of the state, who in democracies are demagogues,... or those who hold great offices, and have a long tenure.." - Aristotle, Politics, c350BC

Blonde... Quick, press the bu

Blonde... Quick, press the button on your pendant!

I will look up 911 in the phone book in the meantime.

The liberal MSM has become an enemy of the USA.

Clear...Funny.I am soooo tire

Clear...

Funny.

I am soooo tired. 

Anchor him offshore and get

Anchor him offshore and get a little guy to shout "DA PLANE, DA PLANE"

Well Katie did some good part

Well Katie did some good participating in the liberals' sacrament of global warming (abortion is their other one).

Boy these days the left wing Democrat bias of the media is so bad that it's like they're shouting from the mountain tops, "We love Democrats! We worship at the altar of liberalism!". But I guess if asked they would still deny there is any bias in their reporting at all. Now just maybe they are not being subtle enough in their choosing the side of the Democrats, and their attempted manipulation of America's minds will backfire. Yet I still doubt that, seeing as how most people are SO gullible, and also considering how many people these days can't even name their two Senators, the name of the Vice President, the governor of their state, etc. So it's not too likely people like that would catch on and say, "Boy Katie, as well as CNN earlier today, sure seemed to be all favorable to Al Gore and Barbara Boxer."

''HILLARY HAPPENS''

Can't get any answers with th

Can't get any answers with that moron Boxer as the leader of that committee. Can't get any answers from the far left at all, they know if they debate, they lose.

Katie may have a loyal follow

Katie may have a loyal following somewhere out there, but it is not numerous. She lacks gravitas, honesty, intelligence, and objectivity just for starters. Of course, that makes her CV and CBS's corporate culture a perfect fit.

All that's missing are the pom-poms

I defy any serious journalism professor or critic to distinguish Couric's words from those that would be uttered by a Gore rally organizer, or a (paid) campaign video narrator, etc.  And here she is, pulling down $14M per year from CBS to deliver such "news" to us, while she gives it up to the Goracle for free. 

Gore has become a cleaned-up version of the scraggly guy on the corner with the sandwich board, "The End Is Near!!! Repent!!!," and Couric is the stringer in the crowd who screams out, "He's a prophet!!!  He's right!!!"

Strange world we live in!!!

JonQuixote

Analogy

Great analogy, Jon Quixote. You are right. That's what the media (and Algore) have become---Mountebanks.

NEVER,NEVER trust a liberal