The Big Prize

Congratulations to Al Gore and the IPCC for winning the Nobel Prize! He seems to be winning everything since he lost the big one.

A clarification: Despite all the references to the contrary, Gore did not win the Oscar. Davis Guggenheim, Laurence Bender and Laurie David did. That said, he won the election, so I guess it evens out.

Paul Krugman hits on why Gore drives the right wing nuts nuts: "the biggest reason the right hates Mr. Gore: in his case the smear campaign has failed. He’s taken everything they could throw at him, and emerged more respected, and more credible, than ever. And it drives them crazy."

Another take from James Fallows, likening the criticism of Gore to that heaped on Dr. King, as well as how well past winners have held up over time.

Keep on talking, Al. After all of these years of being called a geek, a policy wonk, being made fun of (remember the commercial making fun of the myth that he claimed to have invented the internet? "I invented pants!"), we're finally listening.