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kgrandia Donating Member (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 01:17 PM
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Palin denies climate change realities on first day as McCain's running mate
Well that didn't take long: In an interview with Newsmax today, McCain's vice-presidential running mate Sarah Palin stated that:

"A changing environment will affect Alaska more than any other state, because of our location. I'm not one though who would attribute it to being man-made."

http://www.desmogblog.com/palin-denies-climate-change-realities-on-first-day-as-mccains-running-mate
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OwnedByFerrets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 01:19 PM
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1. Talking points memo....nt
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barbtries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 01:22 PM
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2. than what would you attribut it to?
end of times coming near? is she a fundie?
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phantom power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 01:54 PM
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6. "natural cycles" is the term of choice.
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kgrandia Donating Member (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 01:54 PM
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7. Creationism in schools
IF this is any indication: http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/08/mccains-vp-want.html
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kristopher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 03:51 PM
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13. Yep. As anti-science as they come.
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K8-EEE Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 01:23 PM
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3. "because of our location...."
????

"the science isn't in...."

But...but...but....McCain is a GLOBAL WARMING ALARMIST!
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RufusTFirefly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 01:23 PM
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4. K & R
Talk about galvanizing.

An inexperienced, oil-loving, anti-choice, global warming denier.

I'm almost speechless.
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pleah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 01:27 PM
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5. LIke I said before, another gift from the McCrazy camp. n/t
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krkaufman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 02:51 PM
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8. Yet another statement showing that Palin may not put the country first as VP
... yet again putting Alaskan considerations ahead of the country as a whole, just as she did when saying she'd want to make sure that the VP slot would be productive for Alaskans. (link)
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kgrandia Donating Member (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 03:10 PM
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10. HAHAHAHA
She might want to figure that out pretty quickly!
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jimlup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 02:59 PM
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9. This is good because...
It puts the global warming debate and the oil drilling debate on center stage. And we win both by a simple reference to the facts.
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stuntcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 03:27 PM
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11. omg
what a pig. and she made 5 new consumers.

This is I linked to from the article tells how she's tried to take protection away from endangered species.
http://www.desmogblog.com/sites/beta.desmogblog.com/files/Palin%20Enviro%20Backgrounder.pdf

If I said what I felt about her I'd be arrested.
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kgrandia Donating Member (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 03:29 PM
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12. To counter
Here's a comment someone just sent me, would be good to hear what you think:

"I could see a campaign to push her on this one point. Not sure if there's any electoral gain in doing so. If she backs down and says, "What I mean is that we don't know exactly how much people are contributing and the policies could be economically harmful" who wins? If she fights and starts spreading more anti-scientific information, who wins? If you make it yet another argument about GW science taking place through a highly partisan lens, who wins?"
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stuntcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 04:16 PM
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14. (Republicans..)
(A certain group of my fellow Americans keep backing up anti-environmentalists in the most consuming country in the world.. while our one species has started a mass-extinction. This is my only issue from now. Maybe it's plain partisanship in me but this is the first time I'm really upset about this election. I can't talk about her anymore without sounding totally irrational and violent. This should ruin her but it won't and that makes me ashamed of being human.)
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kgrandia Donating Member (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 04:49 PM
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15. Move On
Wow - this story is going to get some serious legs now. Move On just included it in their email out today.
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