Pathetic Gore.

Instapundit posted this by a defender of Al Gore's execessive utility bills. I thought it was worth repeating here:

Al Gore is not the average American. He comes from power and money and he has achieved power and money in his own right. Al Gore lives a life different from most folks. I'm not one to defend elitism, not as a matter of practice, but some elitism is inevitable. There must be a leadership class. There always has been and there always will be. Even societies organized around the principle of the equality and preeminence of the proletariat have had an elite class. It is the natural order of things. The key for a society is to create a responsible, responsive and fluid elite.

Could Al Gore do more to be "Green" in his personal life? No doubt. I'm sure we all could. Regardless of your position on global warming, none of the steps greens suggest you take in your personal life are gonna hurt anything. It may be unnecessary but not detrimental. However, his life and most of ours are not coordinate -- nor need they be.

Is this guy right? I think not. At the very least admitting that an elite group of people is required to rule over the rest of us is wholly unamerican. We constantly bitch when a congressman gets a free ticket to a baseball game (and we should bitch). I am surprised any American would make such a statement defending Gore. How pathetic.

If one is going to howl about how much energy we use then you need to at least be a normal energy user yourself. Gore is an obsessive user. I use a lot of electricity myself relative to the average, but Gore still uses 10 times more.