MItt Romney, in his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention: "President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and to heal the planet," Romney said. "My promise is to help you and your family." He got a standing ovation [for promising inaction on the threat of climate change] President Obama, inContinue reading “Romney and Obama, at convention, on global warming”
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The conventions and global warming: Let’s forget
Jonathan Chait points out some perfectly obvious but little noticed national jujitsu that Bill Clinton threw us for last night: In an otherwise factual and persuasive speech, Bill Clinton made one argument so astonishingly brass I half-expected the crowd to laugh him out of the hall. It came when Clinton cited his own presidency asContinue reading “The conventions and global warming: Let’s forget”
STOP THE PRESSES! Rush Limbaugh Sees Environmental Problem
For perhaps the first time ever in his radio career, Rush Limbaugh has spotted an environmental problem. He talked about how bad publicity thanks to Hurricane Gustave could hurt the image of the Republican convention on Wednesday. He asked former Republican candidate Mike Huckabee a question about it live on the air on Wednesday: LIMBAUGH: Continue reading “STOP THE PRESSES! Rush Limbaugh Sees Environmental Problem”
Kit Stolz 