Sunday, August 21, 2011

Republican Presidential Candidates and Global Warming

A quick search of YouTube this morning reveals a remarkable diversity of views on Global Warming amongst some of the current Republican presidential candidates.

Rick Perry...


Jon Huntsman...


Mitt Romney...


Michele Bachmann...


Newt Gingrich (from 2007)...


5 comments:

  1. That it's possible to be a clime and/or evolution denier in the US and not be a political pariah but rather a leading candidate for the presidency shows just how broken both politics and science education is.

    Bachmann's statement is so ridiculous it's embarrasing to even dignify it with a response, although maybe it is necessary. So I have, here:

    http://www.lukesci.com/2011/08/17/michelle-bachmann-is-climate-illiterate/

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  2. Apologies for the language errors: "climate" not "clime" and "politics and education are" not "is".

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  3. Wow, I think Bachmann should enroll in atmos 1020. In fact, all politicians probably should.

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  4. Michelle Bachmann should hook herself up to a gas mask that only lets her breath co2 and see if she still thinks its harmfull then.

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  5. Here is a list I compiled of what EACH and EVERY one of the present 2012 Republican candidates says about climate change and evolution (with videos, quotes, sources, etc.):

    http://www.lukesci.com/2011/09/06/all-of-the-2012-republican-candidates-on-climate-and-evolution/

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