the Goracle? That's all you got?

I understand that Dana Milbank is being facetious, and putting Al Gore's prophesying down by highlighting Gore's fearmongering (not hard to do, I understand), but Milbank could have done a better job. He has only one tool, the overused phrase "The Goracle." It's not even original.
Anyway. Gore testified in front of Congress this week to encourage them pass legislation checking carbon emissions, even though the economy is struggling, or whatever. If you want an example of something that people don't seem too interested in when the economy is struggling, it would be climate change.
Here's Milbank: "Sen. James Risch (R-Idaho) begged the Goracle to look further into the future. 'What does your modeling tell you about how long we're going to be around as a species?' he inquired. The Goracle chuckled. 'I don't claim the expertise to answer a question like that, Senator.' It was a jarring reminder that the Goracle is, indeed, mortal. Once Al Gore was a mere vice president, but now he is a Nobel laureate and climate-change prophet. He repeats phrases such as 'unified national smart grid' the way he once did 'no controlling legal authority' -- and the ridicule has been replaced by worship, even by his political foes."