Sanders: GOP's climate change denial an 'embarrassment' (photo needed of Bernie on his jumbo jet)

The Hill ^ | 6/20/15 | Mark Hensch

[Libloather]

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Friday night said Republican skepticism towards climate change science is a national “embarrassment.”

“One of the embarrassments that goes on in this country today is that we have a major political party called the Republican Party that is rejecting what the overwhelming majority of scientists are saying,” Sanders told host Bill Maher on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher.”

“That is, of course, climate change is real and caused by human activity,” said Sanders, a 2016 Democratic presidential candidate. “That’s an issue we’re going to talk about a whole lot.”

Sanders praised Pope Francis for writing an encyclical on that topic released Thursday.

In his formal statement of the church’s views on the subject, Francis argued climate change is real and that greater international efforts are needed for stopping its ill effects.

“This Pope has, dare I say, been a miracle for humanity,” Sanders said.

“He makes me very conservative on economic issues and that he spoke on climate change in as forceful a manner as he did is just extraordinary,” he said. “I think the fact that the Pope has spoken out will have a profound impact all over this world.”

Sanders also argued climate change is one of the key issues that will help him win young voters on the campaign trail.

“We are being very aggressive in reaching out to young people,” Sanders said. “What we want to do is tap, Bill, the idealism of the kids.”

“And what the kids are saying, for example, is that this country should lead the world in transforming the energy system and dealing with climate change,” he added.

The Vermont lawmaker touted his growing success with social media attention from potential supporters.

“I will tell you we have a very active social media effort,” Sanders told Maher.

“In the Senate, we have more people on our Facebook page than any other member of the United States Senate,” he added.

This level of interest stemmed from a growing dissatisfaction with income inequality among Americans overall, Sanders argued.

“The truth is that for 40 years, the middle class of this country has been disappearing,” he said.

“There has been a huge transfer of trillions of dollars in wealth from working families to the top one-tenth of 1 percent,” Sanders said.

“And what the people of this country are saying is, ‘Enough is enough,’ ” he added. “Our country and our government belongs to all of us, not just a few billionaires.”

Sanders formally launched his presidential campaign May 26 in Burlington, Vt.

He has made tighter regulations of wealthy special interests and fighting climate change key parts of his campaign platform.

[lowbridge]

“Mostly he is an honest marxist.”

No such creature exists. The only thing honest about him is that he admits he’s a socialist. Everything else about him is dishonest. Such as claiming his socialist ideas work and will fix whatever is wrong with this country.

[Vaquero]

That doesn't stop Vermonters from being sincere about the environment.

Yes and most are former NY Progressives.

As a conservationist myself, I see a stark difference between Conservation (ie Land Stewardship)....and Protectionism which can cause vastly more damage to the environment.....and come back to bite them like a west coast cougar does to a yuppie jogger.

[ladyrustic]

I was born and raised in liberal Massachusetts, God help me, and people around here just love this guy, including two of my own brothers and their spouses. I just don’t get it.

Honestly, I try to comprehend what drives a person to embrace socialism/communism in the face of 100 years of leftist mass murder and the inevitable impoverishment and loss of freedoms. I think maybe part of it is personal guilt over their own affluence?

Family gatherings can be downright unpleasant, needless to say, and I think it’s time to move to another state, somewhere more conservative. It’s just so hard to be near self-satisfied leftists all the time... sorry for the rant.

[a fool in paradise]

And Bernie denies the horrors of socialist Communism.

[a fool in paradise]

Ask him if he sees himself as an extremist or a moderate.

If he says moderate, ask him what sort of positions would it take someone on the Left to be described as an extremist.

[RightGeek]

[God luvs America]

according to open secrets he’s worth $460K...my house is worth three times that amount...

https://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/summary.php?cid=N00000528&year=2012

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Sanders is Hillary’s wingman. He’s trying to get the Republicans to compromise and move to the left on the issues so Hillary can present herself as a moderate.

[GOPJ]

Every time I see Clintons grubbing for money I feel embarrassed....

[HomerBohn]

Bernie, you senile old communist bastard.

[TribalPrincess2U]

Tell me that not Driscoll’ strawberrys ???

[TribalPrincess2U]

Yet we now have more damn paperwork from hospitals, doctors offices, etc.

[SunkenCiv]

Paul Erhlich / Population Bomb keywords, newest to oldest:

• Welcome to the 6th mass extinction (which you caused, of course) [2015]
• The sixth mass extinction on Earth has officially begun and could threaten humanity's existence [2015]
• Sixth mass extinction is here: US study [2015]
• Mankind will be extinct in 100 years because of climate change, warns expert [2015]
• Whatever Happened to the "Population Bomb"? [2015]
• Einstein Memorial Refutes White House Environmentalist [2015]
• Epic Fail: Seven Big Failed Environmentalist Predictions [2015]
• Sixth extinction, rivaling that of the dinosaurs, should join the big five, scientists say [2015]
• Obama's Science and Tech Adviser, Holdren, laid foundation for understanding environmental probs [2014]
• NYT had 0 right-leaning books on its top 100 list -- here are 15 bestsellers they could've included [2014]
• It seems The End is to come. (We'll all be extinct by 2030) [2014]
• Paul Ehrlich, of 'Population Bomb' infamy, now predicts we will be eating our dead [2014]
• Movie for a Sunday afternoon: "Kiss The Girls And Make Them Die"(1966) [2014]
• Alarmist Population Controller Paul Ehrlich Suggests Cannibalism to Control "Overpopulation" [2014]
• Alarmist Paul Ehrlich Predicts Need to 'Eat the Bodies of Your Dead' [2014]
• Paul Ehrlich: "Nobody Has The Right to Have 12 Children -- Or Even 3" [2013]
• Cut world population and redistribute resources, expert urges (Says Stanford Prof. Paul Ehrlich) [2012]
• Obama Adviser: 'References to Size, Power or Sexual Potency... Could be Banned From Automobile [2012]
• Population control: the rich controlling the poor? [2011]
• With 7 billion on earth, a huge task before us [2011]
• White House Science Czar Says He Would Use 'Free Market' to 'De-Develop the United States' [2011]
• Prince Charles warns of human extinction [2011]
• LA TIMES: The world's biggest problem? Too many people. [2011]
• Agenda 21 -- What Is It? Apparently is is a plan to reduce the population [2011]
• The War Against Girls (Unintended Consequences of Abortion) [2011]
• Report Offers Surprises on Muslims' Growth (We Are Doomed) [2011]
• Population bomb still a fizzer 40 years on [2010]
• Loaf of wheat bread may soon cost $23 due to skyrocketing food price inflation. [2010]
• The -- Population Bomb -- Has Fizzled [2010]
• Global food prices plummet, UN reports [ 3 June 2010 ] [2010]
• Taiwan: Birth rate continues to decline (Birth Rate of 1.03) [2010]
• Climate of fear [2010]
• Paul "Population Bomb" Ehrlich: Fight the Climate Skeptic Conspiracy! [2010]
• E-mails from National Academy of Sciences plot attacks on AGW skeptics [2010]
• Failed "Scientist" Paul Ehrlich Among AGW Alarmists Swiping at Skeptics [2010]
• Boxer, Holdren Defend Motley CRU [2009]
• Cap And trade For Babies: One Child Policy Coming to USA? (Limbaugh/IBD) [2009]
• Cap-And-Trade For Babies? Holdren, Cal Your Office) [2009]
• The New Scientist? (30 years after losing the bet to Julian Simon, Paul Ehrlich is at it again) [2009]
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• Obama's Science Czar: Traditional family is obsolete, punish large families [2009]
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• John Holdren, Obama's Science Czar: Forced abortions and mass sterilization needed to save planet [2009]
• Obama's Science Czar: Forced abortions and mass sterilization needed to save the planet [2009]
• Global Crisis 'to Strike by 2030' [2009]
• Obama's Science Advisor [2008]
• MSM Shuns Embarrassing 'The Population Bomb' Anniversary [2008]
• The coming population bust [The Malthusian Overpopulation Hysteria] [2008]
• Overpopulation [2008]
• Population Implosion [2007]
• Don Feder: How to Take the Chill Out of Demographic Winter [2007]
• The Population Time-Bomb Fizzles [2007]
• COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE WITH FEWER BABIES -- OPT REPORT [2007]
• The Left's Global Warming Solution: No More Children! (Ben Shapiro: Leftist Eco-Nazism Alert) [2007]
• The Don Imuses of Environmentalism [2007]
• Alarm sounds on US population boom [2006]
• Overselling Climate Change [2006]
• Wager between Julian Simon and Paul Ehrlich [2005]
• Population as a resource, not a bomb [Paul Ehrlich was wrong. Julian Simon was right.] [2005]
• Aliens Cause Global Warming (MUST READ) [2004]
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• Exploring the 'Singularity' [2003]
• Tampa Bay tapped as new source of drinking water [2003]
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• Bono is Deaf on Africa (If not for Marxism, Africa would be the world's breadbasket) [2002]
• Bjorn Lomborg's critics have ignored 95% of his book, "The Skeptical Environmentalist." [2002]
• PAT Answers -- It's time to stop taking the likes of Paul Erlich seriously. [2002]

[SunkenCiv]

The Pope, the Demagogic Party candidates, their media shills -- sounds like the current talking point. Thanks LibLoather.

[servantboy777]

Yea...right?

or bait him. Ya know, Stalin really did attempt to create a better society. In fact, if given a lil more time, he might have just created the perfect scenario for societal harmony.

If he say’z to ya, “young man, your correct. Stalin was truly a revolutionary and a people’s leader”.

Ya then know how radical his innerds are.

[a fool in paradise]

The die hard commies think that Stalin was right to kill tens of millions. The editor of Maximum Rock and Roll was one such dupe.

Neo-Commies are as repugnant as Neo-Nazis.

Maybe the “extremists” are the bomb throwers like The Weather Underground but the Left is even accepting of them today. They aren’t considered outcasts like David Duke or Fred Phelps.

[48th SPS Crusader]

Bernie you wannabe communist you are the embarrassment to America........

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

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