Someone needs to send him a copy..

...will you see Al Gore's new movie? (Laughter.)

THE PRESIDENT: Doubt it. (Laughter and applause.) But I will say this about the environmental debate, that my answer to the energy question also is an answer to how you deal with the greenhouse gas issue, and that is new technologies will change how we live and how we drive our cars, which all will have the beneficial effect of improving the environment.

And in my judgment, we need to set aside whether or not greenhouse gases have been caused by mankind or because of natural effects, and focus on the technologies that will enable us to live better lives and at the same time, protect the environment.

So at some vague point in the future, we're going to get new technologies to "deal with the global warming issue" but in the mean time let's "set aside" the issue of whether these technologies will actually decrease GHG emissions. Gawd it's been a long 6 years!

UPDATE: Gore responds:

But Bush should watch it, Gore shot back. In fact, the former Democratic vice president offered to come to the White House any time, any day to show Bush either his documentary or a slide show on global warming that he's shown more than 1,000 times around the world.

"The entire global scientific community has a consensus on the question that human beings are responsible for global warming, and he has today again expressed personal doubt that that is true," Gore said in an Associated Press interview from France, where he attended the Cannes Film Festival.

And we agree. After Bush personally met with Michael Crichton, and devoting billions of research dollars into the study of global warming--a fact we support and greatly appreciate--we believe Bush should watch the movie to provide him with at least the fullest balance of available information on the subject. Feel free to join in our call:

GEORGE BUSH,


WATCH THE MOVIE!