I remember Pawlenty and Newt supporting this nonsense as well. Did Perry? Are any of the Republican candidates who actually have a significant executive record actually conservative, or are choices RINOs or greenhorns?
Is there any chance conservatives can talk Barbour or Daniels back into the race?
“I remember Pawlenty and Newt supporting this nonsense as well. Did Perry? “
Looks like he is definitely NOT buying into it:
Texas Blasts Federal Efforts to Fight Global Warming
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124458842076899771.html
“Ms. Combs joined Gov. Rick Perry, also a Republican, at a meeting with industry leaders in the state capitol to discuss the threat of federal climate-change policy and underscore the energy-producing state’s skittishness towards the environmental concerns that are at the core of the Obama administration’s policy-making.
“I happen to think that what they are discussing could wreck our traditional energy industry and put a very serious dent in our economy,” said Mr. Perry. He repeated his view that the proposed provisions that recently passed out of committee in the House of Representatives amounted to the largest tax increase in history. The provisions would put a limit on emissions of the gasses blamed for climate change and require companies to pay for permits to pollute. As a result, “Every American that uses any source of energy would see their bills go up,” he said.”
Another statement by Perry regarding GW (Oct 2007):
“”I’ve heard Al Gore talk about man-made global warming so much that I’m starting to think that his mouth is the leading source of all that supposedly deadly carbon dioxide,” Perry said.
“Virtually every day another scientist leaves the global warming bandwagon. ... But you won’t read about that in the press because they have already invested in one side of the story. I’m not saying we shouldn’t be good stewards of our environment. We should. I am just saying when politics hijack science, it quells true scientific debate and can have dire consequences for our future.”
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/region/legislature/stories/10/21/1021govwarming.html