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GOP Platform Chair: McCain 'Pushed Very Hard' for Climate Change Plank
businessandmedia.org ^ | September 2, 2008 | Jeff Poor

Posted on 09/03/2008 12:35:01 PM PDT by Rufus2007

The GOP is making a dramatic change to its stance on climate change thanks to a “push” from presidential nominee Sen. John McCain, according to the 2008 Republican Platform Committee chairman.

Platform Chair Rep. Kevin McCarthy, Calif., spoke to the group of conservative bloggers at the Republican National Convention on September 3 in St. Paul, Minn. He said McCain’s campaign was an instrumental part in pushing for a plank about climate change, to the chagrin of many conservatives.

“One thing you got to understand, when it comes to a platform, this is the difficulty that you have – you have a microcosm of the Republican Party sitting there,” McCarthy said. “You have a nominee that has influence inside a platform, when it comes forward too. And you will find that John McCain has a very strong belief when it comes to global warming.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: 2008rncconvention; agw; climatechange; gopplatform; hayworth; johnmccain; mccain; mccaintruthfile; mccarthy; rncconvention; rncplatform
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To: Rufus2007

McCarthy said there was compromise on both sides, but assured the audience the section would be “based on science.”

My friends, I will gather up all the carbon in the atmosphere and, by scientifically squashing it between my bare hands, turn it into diamonds for you.


21 posted on 09/03/2008 12:59:02 PM PDT by tumblindice (Mom, Dad--meet Casey. He's a pipe-layer!)
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To: cripplecreek; pissant

Newt Gringrich observed that on an issue which has world-wide attention, even if the facts are manufactured, you ignore it at your peril because you will have turned over “control of the situation” to someone else and given others the chance to set the agenda for the United States.

We better have a Climate Change Plank in the Party’s Platform, or someone else will be calling the global climate shots. The biggest mistake the Soviet Union made in the early days of the U.N. was walking out in a huff. We got some real work done while their chair sat empty.

Get my drift? We don’t have to like it, we just have to understand the reasoning behind why we must stay engaged.


22 posted on 09/03/2008 1:04:09 PM PDT by SatinDoll (Desperately desiring a conservative government.)
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To: cripplecreek

I don’t think he’ll run again in four years.


23 posted on 09/03/2008 1:04:46 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: Rufus2007

Dear John,

DONT DO IT! Its the biggest swindle ever attempted. PLEASE do not give this false science any legitimacy. Damn it John dont you dare!


24 posted on 09/03/2008 1:05:17 PM PDT by Archon of the East (Universal Executive Power of the Law of Nature)
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To: pissant
One of the reasons he will never get my vote

Surprise, surprise pissant. We knew you were a sapper since yesterday, anyway.

25 posted on 09/03/2008 1:06:17 PM PDT by atc23 (Community Organizer? You mean Street Hustler?)
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To: Rufus2007

Think of it as a way to push innovation and new tech in the future.


26 posted on 09/03/2008 1:07:27 PM PDT by atc23 (Community Organizer? You mean Street Hustler?)
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To: Rufus2007

McCain drinks the global warming Koolaid.


27 posted on 09/03/2008 1:08:35 PM PDT by LowTaxesEqualProsperity
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To: Rufus2007

Just refer him to Sarah.


28 posted on 09/03/2008 1:09:30 PM PDT by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: SatinDoll

There was a time but just a few years ago that over 90% of republican lawmakers thought global warming was a phony issue. They stated it, and global warming legislation died on the vine.

Now, with the sleight of hand used by the environazis to rename it ‘climate change’ more GOPers are falling into line like dominoes.

I do not condone in any way, shape or form the capitulation of this argument. The science is clear. We have had 10 years of slight global cooling, not warming. The ice in the poles is doing just fine. The dreaded Ozone hole has always existed in one form or the other. The entire thing is a leftist wetdream, and we better be calling these frauds to the carpet, not meeting them halfway. Newt is an absolute FOOL on this issue.


29 posted on 09/03/2008 1:11:04 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: Rufus2007

Global Warming has not been vetted John!


30 posted on 09/03/2008 1:12:08 PM PDT by The Toll
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To: Rufus2007

Maybe Sarah can help saw off this plank. (Hey John, it’s the SUN!!)


31 posted on 09/03/2008 1:12:11 PM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: atc23

Just because it is news to you ace, does not make it a surprise.


32 posted on 09/03/2008 1:13:33 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: SE Mom

It is always possible, but it is highly unlikely.


33 posted on 09/03/2008 1:15:43 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: Rufus2007

One more plank for the septic tank.


34 posted on 09/03/2008 1:27:47 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (Proud participant in "Operation Chaos")
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To: pissant
pissant, you are one of the Kucinich supporters who's got his ass in the wringer over the success of the Obama.
35 posted on 09/03/2008 1:32:35 PM PDT by atc23 (Community Organizer? You mean Street Hustler?)
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To: pissant

I agree with you that the whole “climate change” issue as promulgated in the popular press is bogus.

What Newt Gingrich as an historian and John McCain as a military commander both realize, is that you never stand idly by and let your opponents choose and occupy the battlefield. You challenge them.

You make a salient point about Republican lawmakers standing up and defeating the phony warming legislation. Our lawmakers are supposed to represent their constituents’ interests in Washington, D.C., and I believe that to be, by and large, true. So as the Democrats take more seats in Congress I would also expect this BS about global warming to gain a stronger toehold.

Republicans should be in the thick of descision-making and all recommendations concerning this issue, lest we cry about the outcome.


36 posted on 09/03/2008 1:32:38 PM PDT by SatinDoll (Desperately desiring a conservative government.)
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To: LowTaxesEqualProsperity
GOP Platform Chair: McCain 'Pushed Very Hard' for Climate Change Plank

Dear John,

You're trying to impress the wrong folks with climate change. These people are not the ones who are going to elect you. These people are the ones who want a global government using climate change as the stick by which they beat people into line. Submitting the United States to that tyranny is just plain WRONG.
37 posted on 09/03/2008 1:32:59 PM PDT by aruanan
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To: pissant; cripplecreek
Fine. Then let Obama win and destroy this country.


38 posted on 09/03/2008 1:42:06 PM PDT by BlessedBeGod
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To: atc23

Wow, you are good. But Dennis was my 2nd choice behind Al Sharpton.


39 posted on 09/03/2008 1:44:50 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: BlessedBeGod

Ping me to all your anti-Obama threads would you please. I may have missed some.

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/larrysinclairslover/index?tab=articles


40 posted on 09/03/2008 1:47:03 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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