Mr. Scaremongery Goes to Washington

Over at Hugh Hewitt's blog, Dean Barnett has posted a great piece inspired by Al Gore's testimony on Capitol Hill today. Here are two tasty nuggets from the long and thoughtful post:

"Has there ever been a man who so desperately hungered for greatness who was so thoroughly suffused with mediocrity?"

And:

"Today heralded the arrival of the trans-partisan Al Gore, a man for whom the presidency would be a step down since his current self-appointed job is that of Global Savior."

Read the whole thing.