Shills like you seem to think Newt Gingrich was supposed to know the ‘globull warming evidence’ was false. I take it you’re so smart that you have known by scientific evidence right from the start that global warming is not occurring. ... And if you say that, you’re a liar. People like you make me sick. What you’re doing is deceit, plain and simple. Newt Gingrich does believe humans need to clean up our polluting of the environments. He at one time and for a few years believed the supposed evidence from lying scientists that gloabl warming is a fact and that it is caused by human fuel consumption. Since the scientists have been exposed as frauds and liars working the system for research funds and fame, Newt has gone on the record several times and in various nevues to admit he was fooled just like you were at the start. The poisoning of our environment, on the other hand, is very real and Newt has stuck his neck out to address that, only to have deceitful people like you try to anil him with what he said before the refutational evidence came to light. You haven’t changed your spots, liar.
I’m guessing that isn’t the official Gingrich supporter response “How was Newt Gingrich supposed to know?”
I can guarantee you that people were attacking Romney in the 2008 election cycle for accepting the notion that there was manmade global warming (and contrary to your implication, you won’t find a SINGLE post by me anywhere on FreeRepublic from ANY time that defends Romney on that belief).
Given that Freepers castigated Rick Perry for not knowing in 1989 that Global Warming was false, and that Gore was going to be the spokesperson for it, I find the argument that we are “liars” for noting what Gingrich said in 2007 to be specious.
The “ManBearPig” South Park episode mocking Gore for his belief in global warming was aired in April of 2006, a year before this debate.
But if you want to argue that Gingrich was simply ignorant at that point, and therefore justified in his proposals, go right ahead. I don’t think that’s going to sell Gingrich with conservatives though.
BTW, I also wouldn’t bother attacking me from the left on environmentalism. I’m the “nut” here at FR who owns not one, but TWO Prius cars, and also traded in my polluting gas mower for a cordless electric back in 1996. And while people here mocked CFLs, I replaced most of my house lights with them long ago.
I’m probably closer to Gingrich than you are on this subject — except I don’t think government should be regulating this, OR giving away tax dollars to “incentivize” us.