re: #317 Charles

Gotta be honest - I’ve never understood the criticism of Gore’s house. Or the criticism of him using private jets, etc.

He’s actually spent a huge amount of money turning his house into something of a showcase for energy conservation technologies, but nobody gives him any credit for that. In any case, it’s his money, and I don’t begrudge him anything he spends it on. I don’t get the hypocrisy charge; just because he has lots of dough, that means he’s a hypocrite for talking about AGW policies? Nope, I don’t get that.

Plus it’s not really even his house. It’s his political headquarters. I think he spends most of his time living in the bay area where his business ventures are located. The house is for entertaining and doing $500 a plate fundraisers and that kind of thing. I went to a $40 a head meet and greet fundraiser for Harold Ford’s senate campaign there. It’s a house appropriate for a former head of state to use for entertaining visiting dignitaries and things of that nature.