Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 06/03/2010 12:52:55 PM PDT by pissant
The latest campaign ad from Carly Fiorina, who has pulled ahead of her opponents in the California GOP’s Senate primary race, is getting a fair share of attention for its breezy dismissal of the link between national security and climate change.
“Terrorism kills … and Barbara Boxer is worried about the weather,” Fiorina tells the TV camera following a short clip of the incumbent Democratic senator playing up the security risk of global warming — an issue that has concerned the Pentagon dating back to the Bush administration.
Fiorina has taken a progressively more skeptical line on climate change and the science underpinning it since she entered the Senate race, telling reporters in November that “we should have the courage to examine the science on an ongoing basis.” But just a month before that, Fiorina was cheering on Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) as they attempted to craft a consensus emissions-cutting bill that could clear the upper chamber of Congress.
As Fiorina told Fox News’ Neil Cavuto in October, according to the official transcript:
I was interested … to see an op-ed yesterday in The New York Times co-authored by Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and John Kerry of Massachusetts, because they are trying to take a bipartisan approach to the twin issues of climate change and energy independence.
I was delighted to see them call for bipartisanship and delighted, as well, to see them call for a recognition that both achieving energy independence and addressing climate change as equally important goals, and that, if we do it right, we can create opportunity, we can create jobs, and we can create American leadership.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonindependent.com ...
Her track record is out there. Anyone who votes for Carly will get what they deserve if she’s elected.
From her campaign website:
Energy and the Environment
“California and America are blessed with vast sources of energy that must be developed as part of a coherent national policy that has as its principle objective reducing our dependence on foreign oil and promoting the development of clean, domestic energy sources to power our economy.” – Carly Fiorina
As a U.S. senator, Carly will champion policies that harness the power of innovation and build on advancements in clean, green technology. At the same time, she acknowledges that clean and green is not a panacea. It is, however, a promise and commitment to invest in technologies that will lead us to clean and renewable sources of domestic energy in the future.
However, Barbara Boxer’s misguided cap-and-trade legislation will not lead us in that direction, which is why Carly ardently opposes it. This disastrous bill will lead to more job losses for American families and more onerous regulation on our nation’s businesses. In fact, a recent Heritage Foundation report finds that cap-and-trade would cost American families $2,872 every year! Boxer’s cap-and-trade scheme won’t produce a single megawatt of new energy; instead, it will punish manufacturers and small-business owners and put the U.S. at a competitive disadvantage with nations like China and India.
Carly believes we can both reduce energy costs and improve our environment by reducing our dependence on foreign oil and by investing in clean technology. To do this, we need a national energy policy that promotes the development of all domestic forms of energy, including nuclear, solar, wind and clean coal, and the exploration and drilling for oil and natural gas. We have close to a 100-year supply of natural gas and, thanks to improved technologies, it is a safe, cheap and available supply of energy.
We must also continue to use energy wisely. California is a national leader in energy efficiency, and we can take advantage of the new technologies and services available to increase our energy efficiency and reinvest the savings in a better quality of life. We must stop shipping billions of American dollars across the ocean to buy oil from countries hostile to our interests. Further, policies that encourage the manufacturing of these new technologies in California will go a long way toward creating jobs and building the clean energy future to which we all aspire.
http://carlyforca.com/issues/energy/
FioRINO was for it before she was against it.
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Bingo. The more Senators we have with an “R” behind their names, the sooner we will be able to repeal Obamacare.
If Boxer stays in the Senate, that is 2 more votes we need to overturn Obamacare.
“C’mon, people: it’s California. If anything happens that isn’t Barbara Boxer, take it as a win.”
No can do or we get more of the same. True Babs is the stupidest woman in the senate, but Carly is a backstabber. I’ll take Chuck DeVore.
Steve Poizner for Governor!
I’m having a real problem with Poizner!
I trust my congressman Tom Campbell, but I still don’t know much about him. Can you point me to a source of legit info?
Global Warming on Free Republic
LOL!
I thought you were serious until I saw that. Good one!
The world's waking up...
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C'mon, people: it's California. If anything happens that isn't Barbara Boxer, take it as a win.