I do understand that particular battle but what she said, if she was quoted correctly, paints a picture that I simply can't appreciate and that is factually wrong. This is a form of 'Stockholm syndrome' with regards to the press and the Leftists, at the worse and simple igornance of all the facts at the best.
Look, I was her biggest supporter at the time she was chosen and even in the Gibson interview (while they were walking) she alluded to the idea that global warming may not be man-made and that it didn't matter as long as we worked for a cleaner planet. I questioned her view then but it was at least acceptable without having any other info, but her statements here - again, if reported correctly, shows an entirely different viewpoint - an acknowledgement of global warming even though she still might not think it is 'man-made' - although some of the comments made even point to that. Eg.:
"Stopping domestic energy production of preferred fuels does not solve the issues associated with global warming and threatened or endangered species, but it can make them worse,"
Acknowledging that even the 'preferred fuels' can "make them worse" shows an agreement that man can have an effect on global warming. I don't buy it.
This has nothing to do with whether I like Sarah Palin or not. Her statements were taken out of context to create the impression that she believes in man made global warming.In essence her statements as a whole are saying “Hey ,you guys say this about global warming and if you believe it than here is a solution at least to part of YOUR problem.” The problem with the whole issue of global warming is that the planet did go through a short warming period that had some observable effects. This natural warming was then hijacked as part of a larger agenda. Now if someone makes any statement concerning this warming period that ended in 2000 they are global warming fanatics. All Gov Palin did was refer to the effects of this warming period on her state and never said anything about those effects being due to man made global warming. Your statement”I do understand that particular battle but what she said, if quoted correctly... This statement tells me that you did not even bother to go and read her prepared remarks before you responded to my previous post. What it also tells me is that you made up your mind by reading something put out by the media who we can probably agree has a less than favorable opinion of Gov Palin.