SUBMITTED BY Scooby

May 12, 2004 — Former Vice President Al Gore spoke at a news conference with liberal advocacy group MoveOn.org about the new film, "The Day After Tomorrow":

Gore said that while the script of "The Day After Tomorrow," from the director-producer of "Independence Day" and starring Dennis Quaid, is clearly fictional and greatly exaggerates the time scale of climate change, the Bush administration also is guilty of fiction. "The Bush-Cheney administration has worked hard to create the false impression that the scientific community is uncertain whether this is a serious danger or not," said Gore, stressing that a climate emergency -- while more gradual than the movie depicts -- is under way.