Rudy Talking Point #19 - who do you believe - spin or actual quotes from Rudy? I saw the transcript. He believes in global warming. Deal with it.
Yes he did not explicitly state that it was his belief that there is significant man made global warming.
He stated that he believed global warming is real.
He stated his personal opinion really isn't that significant in the debate because he isn't a scientist.
He thing stated that the overwhelming majority of scientists believe in man made global warming.
The logical interpretation of those statements is that he personally believes in man made global warming because the "vast majority of scientists" believe in it.
However, let us assume that is not what he meant. Let's assume that he personally doesn't believe in man made global warming.
He states that most of the things we would do to combat global warming are related to cleaning up pollution as well. Efforts to clean up pollution that would also reduce what many scientists believe possesses a threat of global warming makes more sense than the hysteria over global warming alone. However, CO2 is not a pollutant, and Rudy goes on to criticize Gore's movie for not offering solutions, but not for its goal of reducing CO2.
Rudy sure appears to be supporting efforts directed at the fear of man made global warming through CO2 emissions.
So I have to ask you. What is your point in making the distinction that Rudy doesn't explicitly say he personally believes in man made global warming?
Based on what he said, he either believes it, or he's a hypocrite that supports taking actions that will adversely effect our country for the sake of something he doesn't actually believe.
He later even takes the liberal stance that the reason why the reduction CO2 emissions and alternative fuels haven't made more progress is because of the special interest groups that are fighting such efforts. It's not that such things are not economically feasible. It's not that drastically reducing CO2 emissions would be devastating to our economy. It's simply because there are special interest groups that want things to remain the way they are.
No mention of the special interest groups pursing for the reduction of CO2 emissions. No opposition to those wanting to use CO2 emissions as an excuse for even greater wealth redistribution. No mention of cleaning up the EPA so that they start funding objective scientific research instead of only funding research which matches their preconceived conclusions.
The only place where Rudy varied from the liberal script is that he criticized Gore's movie for not providing detailed solutions or options.