Back to Palin and Gore, it would help the folks on Gore's side of this thing if he would refrain telling an audience that the North Pole might melt in 5 years. He cited a scientific source, but the scientist he cited didn't want any part of that claim.

I think Gore must have felt that he was addressing an audience who understood that his extreme claims (the poles aren't melting; lot's of ice; South Pole sets a new record every year; North Pole has less ice than average, but more than last year or the year before).

Gore has the chops to win his debates, but he sure runs his mouth without thinking sometimes.