"Whether you like Al Gore or not, you have to admit..."

I tuned into Scarborough this morning, hoping to witness a thorough thrashing of Rudy Bada Bing! given his disastrous "Meet the Press" appearance, but the Oprah-Obama tour of Iowa and South Carolina was getting as much, if not more, attention from the "Morning Joe" crew, which was actually absent the GOP propagandist for whom the show is named.

But that's not what I want to talk about. At one point, Mika and Willie switched over to Oslo, where Al Gore was receiving his Nobel Peace prize. At that point, Willie lapsed into one of those "Whether you like/agree with X or not" constructions to which wanker "news" professionals default when confronted by someone or something that will send Wingnuttia into paroxyms of rage.

Let me explain something to you, Willie. Al Gore is not "controversial." Neither is global warming. And neither was the goddamned 2000 presidential election, which Al Gore won, by the way. A 'controversy" exists when there are two opposing views on an issue. When one side of those views is comprised of lies, there is no "controversy." There is, rather, sucking up and wussing out for fear of ... what? A bunch of emails and phone calls from the idiots who even Peggy Noonan admits are running the Republican party? Can't you ignore them like the GOP does after election day?