Bill: "We Just Have to Slow Down Our Economy" to Fight Global Warming

ABCnews ^ | Jan. 31, 2008 | Jake Tapper

[Alouette]

Former President Bill Clinton was in Denver, Colorado, stumping for his wife yesterday.

In a long, and interesting speech, he characterized what the U.S. and other industrialized nations need to do to combat global warming this way: "We just have to slow down our economy and cut back our greenhouse gas emissions 'cause we have to save the planet for our grandchildren."

[TexasCajun]

I can't wait for Hillary to get asked about his tonight in the debate.

Yeah... right.

[xcamel]

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[NonValueAdded]

I guess he’s against the stimulus package, then. Be interesting to hear him explain how he could support it in light of his quoted comment.

[steelyourfaith]

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[annelizly]

with a crappy economy maybe we won’t have any grandchildren!!! Maybe we won’t be able to afford kids...thus no grandkids to save the world for!

[saganite]

Check the thread right above this one and you’ll get an idea of what’s waiting for us soon.

[spanalot]

nothing like shooting yourself in the foot when the economy slows down.

[spanalot]

nothing like shooting yourself in the foot when the economy slows down.

[beethovenfan]

“We have to tighten your belt”. Up yours, Bubba.

[madison10]

Idiot.

[4Liberty]

**I guess he’s against the stimulus package, then. Be interesting to hear him explain how he could support it in light of his quoted comment.**

See, they’re only going to tax the “rich” polluters.

(Hollywood excluded.)

[Blood of Tyrants]

Yea, just lay off a few million workers and it MIGHT slow globull warming by 0.001 degrees per century.

Oh, WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!

Almost forgot to put that in.

[therut]

Believe I really strongly dislike Bill Clinton with a passion but this is totally misleading. I saw the who thing on C-span and it is out of context. He says slowing down the economy could be done but that is NOT the way to do this.

[the invisib1e hand]

did he really say that?

the truth always outs.

[singfreedom]

By “rich”, they probably mean those making over ten grand a year. In any event, I’m sure they don’t include themselves—in spite of all they’ve stolen!

[keepitreal]

The Senate is already working on that with McCain-Lieberman.

[ashtanga]

We have to slow the economy to fight an incoherent truth, but to fight the beheaders, sexual mutilators and murder bombers would not be in the interest of inclusion. These weirdos in Speedos make Stalin seem like a paragon of common sense.

[Razz Barry]

In a long, and interesting speech, he characterized what the U.S. and other industrialized nations need to do to combat global warming this way: "We just have to slow down our economy and cut back our greenhouse gas emissions 'cause we have to save the planet for our grandchildren."

If we slow the economy, what will all those millions of illegals do that his wife wants to make legal? That's really going to lower wages.

[4Liberty]

I have a slogan for Hillary:

“Stop, thief!”