Byron York: Sarah Palin is more popular than Al Gore

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Washington Examiner Chief Political Correspondent Byron York has bad news for those who worship at the altar of Athropogenic Global Warming. Their high priest, Al Gore, is less popular than AGW heretic Sarah Palin:

In the Wall Street Journal/NBC poll released a few days ago, pollsters Peter Hart and Bill McInturff asked, "I'm going to mention some people who have served in public life at some point in the past decade. Please tell me which one or two of these people, if any, you have the most regard and respect for." The list was filled with the predictable answers. The president was on top, named by 28 percent of respondents. Colin Powell was also way up there. But the striking thing is that Sarah Palin, after all the criticism that has been directed at her, finished tied for sixth place, respected by 13 percent of respondents, and Al Gore, after all the praise that has been directed at him, was in eighth place, respected by eight percent. (The poll was taken just before the global warming fiasco in Copenhagen, which seems unlikely to have a positive effect Gore's ratings.)

Former Gov. Palin is also more popular than former Vice President Dick Cheney and current Veep Joe "Jobs-Is-A-Three-Letter-Word" Biden. Read the full Byron York piece here.

- JP