That being said, I think McAleer handled himself very poorly. People give Orly Taitz a hard time but I think she presents her side better than McAleer does in off-the-cuff comments.
I agree. Al gGore is an easy target and McAleer should have been better prepared.
McAleer should have simply replied “Of course they’re not endangered. They weren’t endanged before and their numbers are increasing.”
He did come across as a microphone hog rather than someone who was being silenced.
I think Al Gore and his supporters handled themselves a lot worse.
I've spent some time with Phelim. He's a brilliant guy. But you have to give him a break, he's Irish. We were all born with this seething pot of emotions on the verge of boiling over at any minute. No matter how calm an collected you carry yourself to begin with it sometimes gets the better of you. I've been in situations like this too. There's a lot of excitement and anticipation that leads up to the confrontation. You start out calm but then some smarmy fool starts getting you agitated (usually with some unexpected example of idiocy) and the careful calm plans get lost as the pot boils over.
He'll get better with time. It's not like he gets to face down his #1 nemesis every day.