Or rather...I did buy it initially, but after awhile I changed my mind. The main reason I bought it initially was that I liked Al Gore, and because of that I had confidence in what he had to say.

People usually choose to initially believe or NOT believe something, dependent on ONE and ONLY one thing:

**** who is saying it. ***

They will accept in a moment something from someone they already like and trust (Al Gore). They will believe almost nothing that emanates from someone they already detest (George Bush).

It works exactly the opposite way round with people who already detest Al Gore and already like George Bush... ;-)

Thus are people's political opinions usually as predictable as a Dachshund's reaction to a hot wiener...or a hot bath. Their present viewpoint has already been dictated by their past political habits, their past likes and dislikes. It takes one hell of a lot to shift them off that paradym...and at least half of them, in fact, will probably never shift off it...no matter what happens.