email compares Shrub's house to Gore's house..

[and-justice-for-all]

A freep here at work sent me this, it is from snopes.com

http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/house.asp

So, is this shit for real?

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. Snopes says it's true - I'm willing to believe Snopes.

Gore's house is a big one.

[DS1]

2. Keep in mind, Bush's house was built during 2000 so he'd have a place he could say

was 'down home'. So of course it has all the latest tech in it. Sure, Gore's using far too much energy for a single family, I won't argue that.

[lonestarnot]

8. and the fucking thing was remodeled on our dime!

[SoCalDem]

9. It's a prop..a set.. and he's not even going to keep it after he bugs out

It was built where it is, so he could escape..not so he could go "home".. He HAS no "home"..

He mooched off the people of Texas, as their governor, for 8 years..and before that, probably off his Mommy & Daddy.

The Crawdad "home" was just a place he chose, so that the press would be as uncomfortable as possible when they followed him "home"..

[SharonAnn]

11. If I remember correctly, this was Laura's doing. She planned it.

[Muttocracy]

16. that's interesting!

[DS1]

18. not surprising at all

and now you've jogged my memory, quite likely.

[Kutjara]

3. Are we talking about miniCaligula's pig farm?

If so, what's important to understand is that it's a PR stunt. I believe it was purchased either during or shortly before his presidential campaign, and was expressly designed to show off Chimpy's "man of the land" credentials. "Why lookit' here folks, I'm jus' a good ol' country boy, same as the rest o' ya." Presumably, his handlers felt a 5 brazillion square foot chateau in Kennebunkport wouldn't really jibe with the "homespun values" message.

Hiring the "green" architect was intended to stave off criticism that Shrub was an oil company flunky. "Hey, I understand the environment. See, I live in a green house."

Like everything else with *, it's all form, no substance.

[tachyon]

4. It's probably real but it doesn't consider the energy used to build the Chimp house

drilling a bunch of holes and plumbing them isn't exactly trivial.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

5. Gore pays extra money and uses Green Energy from his energy provider, and I don't

recall that being mentioned by Snopes.

Gores house is an antique, and according to what I've heard, a work in progress in getting it energy efficient.

[Ilsa]

22. And he is constantly upgrading it to be more energy efficient.

He is adding solar panels, and he and Tipper work from home, so it is also their office, and they get green dollars for not having to commute in to work. These are some of the things I've read about Gore's family home.

[Horse with no Name]

28. Not only that

He has had to fight city ordinances on his solar panels, etc.

Amazing what some won't do to drag RW tripe here.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

29. Reading the OP pissed me off because I thought this was already a non-issue. It is

also surprising that so many of the responders didn't have a clue about this.

[Horse with no Name]

34. Doesn't surprise me at all

Many of the solid DU'ers who know this stuff have been run off by the onslaught of new, rude members.

[baldguy]

6. Gore has a home.

Bush has a stage set.

[roseBudd]

7. Apples and oranges, all new construction beats historical homes, Gore is preserving

a historical treasure

[monmouth]

10. I received the same and replied it was only appropriate that Gore live

in the nice house and Bush live on a pig farm. The house actually the bush's live in on that farm is very nice looking from the outside...Sorry, I have no pics.

[Imalittleteapot]

12. Email I got pictured the Bush ranch house as a little frame structure. Ha.

Knowing that it wasn't the correct picture, I sent the snopes.com page to the right winger that sent me the garbage.

I don't know when Gore's house was built, but GWB's house was designed and built in 2001 by an architect who was knowledgable of green technology. Gore's house looks like it may have been built as early as the 30s. If he has the money, he should make an attempt to resolve some of the energy issues, as all of us would. Making my 30s house more enery efficient is a major undertaking that I can't afford.

[quadriga]

31. The littler framed structure is the guest house

It's where Condi usually stays or heads of state of foreign governments. Bushie learned this trick from LBJ who created his ranch persona to separate himself from the racism in the south. LBJ you see was a "western rancher" not a "southern farmer". He was neither, he was actually a school teacher.

[MasonJar]

13. I just googled the Nashville house and it is 100 years old. Al had the

addition on the back curved to avoid cutting down the trees that grew in the back. He just could not do it (cut them down.) Obviously 100 year old houses need a lot of updating to get energy efficiency.

[Sam Ervin jret]

14. If I were ruining the world I'd make an energy self sufficient, water self sufficient home too.

That is if I had all the money in the world that I could get my grubby hands on from years of being a crook and a liar.

[Muttocracy]

15. I got this from my brother-in-law

he's no right-winger, think he sent it to me because he was curious of my response (also sent it to one of his friends who works in solar energy).

I wish Gore would walk more of the talk, ditto with Edwards jumbo house. I can't find my really long response to him, but I think my main points were

old vs. new construction as someone pointed out above.

tone of the article (Bush is "nestled on a prairie"??? I wouldn't call West Texas prairie). etc. etc.

The article goes on about # of rooms (Gore's has 20!). In an older house like Gore's the rooms may be small, but it sounds scary. (My BIL's old Victorian has 12 rooms, many of them very small). Gore's sq. ft are too big.

4000 sq. ft. is still a damn big house and nothing to brag about.

To imply that Bush saving on his personal energy bill makes up for his environmental record is absurd. Consider how much he and Cheney made and will make in the energy industry - and NOT in renewables, efficiency, etc.

[WillowTree]

20. Just for the sake of accuracy...

Crawford, which is about 20 miles west of Waco, is in the central part of East Texas, an area that is, in fact, largely prairie land.

[Muttocracy]

24. big oops! thanks for the correction nt

[alfredo]

17. Reality Check. These figures came before he had completed updating

his home. The home was in the middle of a long, costly green renovation when this global warming denier group attacked. It was slanted to portray Gore in the worst of light. It made no mention of the age of the home, or that he was buying carbon offsets. It also doesn't take into account that it is not just a home but a business with employees. Since then Gore has added solar collectors to his roof and other green technology. The numbers they provide claims to be from Nashville Electric Service, but utility spokesmen said they got no request for that info. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/28/politics/main2522844.shtml


Send him this.

http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/2007/06/ap_interview_al.html



http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/13/gore.home.ap/index.html

Oct 27, 2007.


NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) -- Al Gore, who was criticized for high electric bills at his Tennessee mansion, has completed a host of improvements to make the home more energy efficient, and a building-industry group has praised the house as one of the nation's most environmentally friendly.

[and-justice-for-all]

19. Oh thank you..I just sent it to him...nt

[alfredo]

23. Good. Let's hope it registers. It's amazing how many lies the right tells

to their own people? I mention that to those who send me such things. I mention that the Republican leaders must think their followers are stupid. I back it up with the results of a snopes search of the name Clinton.

http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=clinton&sp-a=00062d45-sp00000000&sp-advanced=1&sp-p=all&sp-w-control=1&sp-w=alike&sp-date-range=-1&sp-x=any&sp-c=100&sp-m=1&sp-s=0

[and-justice-for-all]

27. He will believe almost anything....

but whats true. He is after all a Pentacostal fundamentalist, accept he thinks peopel that believe the world is only 6K years old are nuts!! But he still pretends and has invisible friends.:crazy:

[alfredo]

32. Some people are comfortable with their prejudices, or have

invested a lot in those prejudices.

[Muttocracy]

26. thanks, sent it along to my family members too! nt

[and-justice-for-all]

35. Oh, Oh!!! He responded...check it...

(The nuts repsonses)

The home was in the middle of a long, costly green renovation when this global warming denier group attacked. It was slanted to portray Gore in the worst of light
(isn't that what they do when they talk about Bush; also leave out a lot of facts that contradict their statements).

It made no mention of the age of the home, or that he was buying carbon offsets
(evry rich person knows that the most effective way to stop polution is to purchase carbon offsets).

It also doesn't take into account that it is not just a home but a business with employees (if is is 10,000 sq.ft. I am sure it takes several employees to run it)

Since then Gore has added solar collectors to his roof and other green technology. The numbers they provide claims to be from Nashville Electric Service, but utility spokesmen said they got no request for that info (maybe someone was dumpster diving).

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/28/politics/main...

http://asapblogs.typepad.com/news/2007/06/ap_interview_...
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/13/gore.home.ap/ind...

Oct 27, 2007.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) -- Al Gore, who was criticized for high electric bills at his Tennessee mansion, has completed a host of improvements to make the home more energy efficient, and a building-industry group has praised the house as one of the nation's most environmentally friendly.

[HuffleClaw]

21. which has not the slightest thing to do with the price of tea in china

but it gives the nutters something to whine about

[FredScuttle]

25. Dumbya's house IS Gore's house!

[cali]

30. No. That's not Gore's house.

It's not bush's house. It's our house.

[judasdisney]

33. Let's Compare Bush House Vs. New Orleans Houses

Half of New Orleans still has no electricity.

I'd call that pretty damn eco-friendly. THANKS GEORGE