This cartoon from Al Gore's Current TV had the temerity to label poor little Sarah Palin — who never said an unkind word about another human being — as a "Twilf" and showed her Twitter handle as being "Gun-Ho."

Obviously, this is the biggest scandal ever in the history of these United States of America…

That bit at the end, with Glenn Beck gleefully hurling his own feces at detractors, that seemed unfair.

He'd almost certainly be crying.

I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but we're, like, a month and a half away from the end of The Aughts. What? Huh? Already? Really? How did this happen? Where has the time gone? (Better question: Where has my hair gone? I'm almost positive I had a whole bunch of it at the start of all this.)

Anyway, it's true. The decade is coming to an end. This might not mean much to you if — like a number of my friends — you spent the majority of it sleeping or drunk (or drunksleeping). So, if you wanna bring yourself up to speed before this all shuts down, here's a seven-minute wrap-up from Newsweek. [Spoiler Alert: It's been a kind of shitty ten years.]

Al Gore was all over the TV last night. The dude was just impossible to avoid. He sat down with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show, he debated the economic effects of climate change with Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report, and, perhaps most notably, he could be seen on Fox's broadcast of The World Series, cheering on the Yankees in his startlingly effective Kate Hudson costume. Here's the extended version of Gore's Daily Show appearance.

The interview continues below, followed by Gore's appearance on The Colbert Report.

The Daily Show and Colbert Report air Monday through Thursday starting at 11pm / 10c.

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From The CC Insider…

Former Vice President Al Gore will make his fourth appearance on The Daily Show next Wednesday to discuss his new book, Our Choice, which is something of a sequel to An Inconvenient Truth. If I understand things correctly, the followup picks up where the first one left off, except now climate change is played by Jason Patric, and it takes place on a boat.

Here's Gore's last appearance on the show.

2007, Part 1

Part 2 and a bunch more here.

The Daily Show airs Monday through Thursday at 11pm / 10c.

South Park and politics are a natural fit for each other. After all, Washington has been making talking pieces of shit famous since before Cartman and the boys were even on the air. Meanwhile, South Park has been taking on the absurdities of American politics with bite, precision and hilarity for over a decade. Here are some of the best examples.

Debate 2004

The list continues below. And you can always find more clips and full episodes at South Park Studios.

New episodes of South Park return this Wednesday night at 10pm / 9c, followed by the series premiere of Secret Girlfriend.

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The Huffington Post currently features the following headline…

OBAMA MAY DISPATCH GORE TO NORTH KOREA

Wow. He's really playing hardball over this situation with North Korea holding those two American journalists.

Though, I'm not certain how the U.N. will look upon him sending someone over there to eat up the last of their meager food supplies.