Al Gore has a list of accomplishments longer than your arm. Rush Limbaugh is a drug-addled hypocrite incapable of thinking about anything besides where his next meal is coming from, and a way to blame the media for whatever crosses his mind (and I use the word "mind" loosely here).
Al Gore spearheaded the High Performance Computing Act of 1991, laying the groundwork for the modern internet. Gore's oft-quoted and lampooned "creator of the Internet" remark not withstanding, the blogosphere owes its very existance to Gore.
Rush Limbaugh's contribution to the technology sector? He sells trinkets on the internet, runs a pay-for-access website from which his innacurate, misleading, and bloviating spreads far and wide, and reaches a huge, largely conservative radio show audience where it becomes difficult to know whether he's talking about current events or selling mattresses. Al Gore sits on the board of the Apple Computer, is a senior advisor to Google, and has now created the Alliance for Climate Protection which boasts numerous republican board members, including Brent Scowcroft, national-security adviser to presidents George H.W. Bush and Gerald Ford, Lee Thomas, EPA chief under Ronald Reagan, and Teddy Roosevelt IV, venture capitalist and great-grandson of his namesake.
Rush Limbaugh mocked Michael J. Fox's Parkinsons Disease affliction, exposing his lack of empathy (at best), and willingness to exploit anything for radical right wing ideology, laying bare his total lack of morality. At least it helped influence the November elections, sweeping Democrats back into power.
At least Gary Gross understands the fact that Limbuagh stands absolutely no chance of winning the Nobel, while Al Gore is a serious contender. I guess he'll have to rush to Norway after he attends the Oscars, where his film An Inconvenient Truth is up for best documentary.
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