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Romney: “I believe the world is getting warmer, and I believe that humans have contributed to that”
In addressing climate change and energy policy, Romney called on the United States to break its dependence on foreign oil, and expand alternative energies including solar, wind, nuclear and clean coal.
“I love solar and wind (power) but they don’t drive cars. And we’re not all going to drive Chevy Volts,” he said referring to electric cars.
The United States can not go it alone in attempting to trim emissions levels and give a free pass to countries such as China and Brazil, Romney said. “It’s not called American warming, it’s called global warming,” he said.
Software developer Michael Hillinger, 60, of Hanover, New Hampshire, posed the climate change question.
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HondaV65 on June 3, 2011 at 5:10 PM
I agree about Palin needing to clarify her position on this — she was pretty murky just a couple of years ago even though every thinking conservative knew by then that AGW was bunk. She was very wishy-washy at the time.
-Aslan’s Girl
Aslans Girl on June 3, 2011 at 5:13 PM
He’s Toast.
He reveals he is doctrinaire and not that bright.
Lonetown on June 3, 2011 at 5:13 PM
dedalus on June 3, 2011 at 5:11 PM
Doubt that. Not after “hide the decline” and the hockey-stick graph. That’s why the article here even states that Romney’s remarks break with the GOP.
-Aslan’s Girl
Aslans Girl on June 3, 2011 at 5:14 PM
You remind me of the guy in cartoons who carries a sign that says “The end is near.”
Fallon on June 3, 2011 at 5:15 PM
Proof that Sarah Palin did NOT get it wrong about Paul Revere:
http://conservatives4palin.com/2011/06/governor-palin-gives-the-media-a-history-lesson-on-paul-reveres-midnight-ride.html
technopeasant on June 3, 2011 at 5:18 PM
Why should she? All she has to do at this point is stand back and let everyone else implode. By the time her caravan hits Iowa she’ll be the last one standing.
pseudoforce on June 3, 2011 at 5:18 PM
Warn people if you’re linking to C4P. If I’m going to lose brain cells, I’d rather it be caused by drinking beer.
I wish my Dremel tool spun that hard. If it did, I could cut through 1″ carbide steel faster than a plasma torch.
It was a gaffe. They happen to everybody. Trying to spin it as intentional just makes you look silly and dishonest.
Hollowpoint on June 3, 2011 at 5:18 PM
Thanks for the post. Waiting for the trolls 3…2…1
idesign on June 3, 2011 at 5:21 PM
ROFLMAO>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>MITT THE SMART ONE??????ROFLMAO>>>>>>>>>>
unseen on June 3, 2011 at 5:22 PM
I wouldn’t say it’s so much a gaffe as a failure to use prose worthy of a Henry Adams, which is the only thing Palin could ever do that would pass muster with some PDSers. Wait, then it would be “ghostwritten”. Scratch that.
pseudoforce on June 3, 2011 at 5:23 PM
Yeah, he could join with Obama to save the country from those radical extremists known as the GOP base. He is the most dangerous kind of person to put in office because he doesn’t have a solid set of principles voters can count on. He just wants power. Actually, it seems Romneys generally crave power. Even his mother Lenore ran for the U.S Senate.
flyfisher on June 3, 2011 at 5:24 PM
Just admit you are an idiot and save us all time. You know you don’t like Gov Palin because she makes you reveal how much of an idiot you are.
unseen on June 3, 2011 at 5:24 PM
See HollowPointyHead above.
Mitt has succeded in knocking Palin out of the spotlight.
davidk on June 3, 2011 at 5:25 PM
FTFY
Caststeel on June 3, 2011 at 5:25 PM
Good-freakin’ bye, Mitt-ens! (Unless you’re enough of a squish to change your mind to “climate change, not anthropogenically induced.) “Believe” is a term denoting state of acceptance without requirement of evidence, as in “I believe there is one God.” The term should NEVER be applied to science, nor should consensus, nor should hidden, unverifiable data be used to determine energy policy nor a tax upon the use of energy.
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GET REAL!
ExpressoBold on June 3, 2011 at 5:25 PM
When you got money, the next thing is power.
davidk on June 3, 2011 at 5:26 PM
So you don’t believe science trumps metaphysics?
davidk on June 3, 2011 at 5:28 PM
And for all the wrong reasons….LOL
idesign on June 3, 2011 at 5:28 PM
AGW? Leading from the backward again. Oh, my. Not getting my vote unless there’s no one else in the running.
Tennman on June 3, 2011 at 5:28 PM
But certainly the world will explode and vaporize several kilo-parsecs of the galaxy if BOTH men in the nation with a socialist health care system named after them run on the same ticket?
Worse than “crossing the streams”.
HondaV65 on June 3, 2011 at 5:32 PM
Today it’s the scientists who are wearing the sandwich board signs reading ‘The end is near, Raise taxes!‘
RJL on June 3, 2011 at 5:35 PM
Tell me- which candidate do you believe would, in a general election, publicly state that humans are in no way responsible for any amount of “climate change” or “global warming”?
Hollowpoint on June 3, 2011 at 5:35 PM
This is why some here get called “cultish”, what you just posted is blind devotion plain and simple.
I can’t believe you just admitted to not caring what her position is on a very important issue, an issue that affects the lives of every American (lightbulbs, anyone?).
Unbelieveable.
You cannot deny that there’s a cult when this kind of thing gets posted.
-Aslan’s Girl
Aslans Girl on June 3, 2011 at 5:36 PM
I can’t believe you see things that aren’t there. Eye problems?
pseudoforce on June 3, 2011 at 5:40 PM
You’d vote for Romney against Obama? Why? (Not being snarky — just curious.)
Splashman on June 3, 2011 at 5:41 PM
It’s true and apparently you are a charter member of the ABP cult.
CTSherman on June 3, 2011 at 5:42 PM
I’m pretty sure idesign was linking to this piece of awesomely awesome awesomeness.
I <3 Ann!
rslancer14 on June 3, 2011 at 5:42 PM
that would be the smart one. since they are not.
unseen on June 3, 2011 at 5:44 PM
Your hate sustains me….
idesign on June 3, 2011 at 5:44 PM
Your tears are like sweet honey.
portlandon on June 3, 2011 at 5:46 PM
Thanks a bunch! I couldn’t get a link.
idesign on June 3, 2011 at 5:46 PM
I believe that I’ll vote for Obama before I vote for another AGW advocating, socialized medicine pushing RINO to represent conservatism.
elfman on June 3, 2011 at 5:54 PM
Didn’t T-Paw disavow his earlier support for Cap & Tax and his belief in man made global warming? If he’s the eventual nominee, are you saying that he will once again change his stated position only one year after having changed sides in the run up to POTUS campaign?
Gohawgs on June 3, 2011 at 5:57 PM
That must mean that Pawlenty and Romney were (and one still is) wrong…
Gohawgs on June 3, 2011 at 6:00 PM
ROFL! Dude, did you really just refuse to accept a fact because of where it was found? Wow! Would you accept the information from the bloody Massachusetts Historical Society? Or are they ignorant of history as well. Please, do tell where Palin got it wrong?
Once again, you should check your facts before reaffirming your ignorance…and thereby stupidity.
Pattosensei on June 3, 2011 at 6:01 PM
He didn’t create a link, he posted the url that clearly showed C4P as the source…
Gohawgs on June 3, 2011 at 6:02 PM
I’m pretty sure idesign was linking to this piece of awesomely awesome awesomeness.
I <3 Ann!
rslancer14 on June 3, 2011 at 5:42 PM
I was really hoping she would say how she really feels.
Wow!!1!! She nailed Mittens to the wall!!!
odat on June 3, 2011 at 6:03 PM
Why should she? Are you kidding? ALL the candidates answer to us, I don’t care how much of a following one has, they all need to clarify themselves.
If I ever saw Palin in my hometown, I put her statements about carbon caps to her and if she wasn’t ready for it, she would have her own embarrassing Joe the Plummer moment.
Daemonocracy on June 3, 2011 at 6:04 PM
I believe psuedoforce is referring to her not declaring her candidacy, not dodging policy questions. She obviously has answered her policy questions each time they are asked. See: subsidies and mandates. IF you asked her about carbon caps, she’d answer you.
Pattosensei on June 3, 2011 at 6:09 PM
Aslans Girl on June 3, 2011 at 5:36 PM
Your tears are like sweet honey.
portlandon on June 3, 2011 at 5:46 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Tenorman_Must_Die
arnold ziffel on June 3, 2011 at 6:21 PM
Gohawgs on June 3, 2011 at 6:00 PM
No argument from me. I’ve blasted Pawlenty on his (thankfully) past position on this right here. For Pawlenty to come to his senses and Romney to do this, is just insane, lol! But, I’ve never really liked Romney anyway.
-Aslan’s Girl
Aslans Girl on June 3, 2011 at 6:22 PM
Pattosensei on June 3, 2011 at 6:09 PM
Nope. pseudoforce was directly repsonding to me after I said that SP needs to clarify her postion on AGW.
-Aslan’s Girl
Aslans Girl on June 3, 2011 at 6:24 PM
I’m pretty sure idesign was linking to this piece of awesomely awesome awesomeness.
I <3 Ann!
rslancer14 on June 3, 2011 at 5:42 PM
I agree — awesome! Everyone should watch this!
Splashman on June 3, 2011 at 6:37 PM
Wow! Remind me not to piss off this lady.
BierManVA on June 3, 2011 at 7:26 PM
For a smart guy, Mitt’s pretty dumb.
hulbstar on June 4, 2011 at 12:03 PM
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