June 16, 2006 9:18AM 

# Let a Thousand Gores Bloom! 

By [Jerry Taylor](https://www.cato.org/people/jerry-taylor) 

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Be forewarned that money you spend on tickets for Al Gore’s [cinematic lecture](http://www.climatecrisis.net/) will be used to [clone our former vice president](http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-06-13T025339Z_01_N12361864_RTRUKOC_0_US-ENVIRONMENT-GORE.xml&archived=False) and to unleash said clones on Rotary clubs, junior high schools, and unsuspecting gardening clubs throughout the land. Imagine: a thousand Al Gore mini-me’s! They came, they saw, they managed slide shows.…

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