I had to rub me eyes when the PSA (public service announcement) aired for Al Gore’s nonprofit agency, the Alliance for Climate Protection, which featured the Rev. Al Sharpton and Rev. Pat Robertson sitting on a leather couch on Virginia Beach discussing the fact that although they have been on the opposite sides of the political spectrum but there is one issue that has brought this unlikely duo together. No, it wasn’t “divine intervention” that was binding force between this salt and pepper evangelical odd couple, nor was it the love of money, although I’m certain they both filled their pockets with non-profit funds from their charade. The PSA had the two radical forces pitching a tent for global warming.

From the Alliance for Climate Protection’s website :

While Reverend Al Sharpton and Pat Robertson have different views on most issues, when it comes to the urgency of protecting the planet, they agree. “I am honored that Al Gore asked me to be a part of this campaign urging people to take care of the planet,” Robertson said on the Christian Broadcasting Network. “It’s just common sense that we ought to be good stewards of the environment and do everything within our power to protect this fragile planet that we all live on.” At the taping of this clip on Virginia Beach, the two joked and prayed together. If these polar opposites can come together on this important and moral issue, why can’t you? Please join more than one million others who know it will take all of us coming together to solve the climate crisis.

If you haven’t already seen or heard about it, here’s the ad that was airing on CNN this morning.

Regardless of the good (or bad) intentions behind the Alliance for Climate Protection’s need to produce such bipolar advertisements (other incarnations include Nancy Pelosi and Newt Gingrich on that same leather couch), the concept is totally flawed and whoever thought this psychological mind-phuck should have their head examined.

While it might be easy to understand the logic of featuring well known politicians or washed up musicians (another PSA will supposedly have Toby Keith and the Dixie Chicks), I fail to see the logic in pitting two of America’s most hated pablam puking “salvation hustlers” together to discuss anything except how they have used religion to divide and conquer while padding their wallets. For my two cents, thi stlye of PSA will make anybody who as been on the fence regarding global warming re-think the whole issue. Much less, it makes Al Gore’s promotion of the Alliance for Climate Protection look like a cleverly crafted non-profit organization designed to pilfer tree huggers for donations instead of buying a new pair of Birkenstocks.