[rightwing2]

Actually, the funny thing is that the Bush Administration is reverting its original position which the President expressed during the campaign when he belatedly announced in 1999 that for the first time he believed that global warning was a major threat to the US. So at least unlike the Bush breaking of his campaign pledge ("read my lips, no new campaign finance reform") not to sign the Democrat Congressional Majority Insurance Bill which will bring a swift and permanent end to the GOP Congressional majority once it takes effect in the 2004 election cycle, this is actually a case of "promises made, promises kept." I do think however, that Bush will pay a heavy price for betraying the Republican Party and ensuring the electoral defeat of scores of his loyal Republican supporters in Congress when conservatives desert him en masse in the 2004 election in favor of a real conservative.

[Askel5]

Actually, the funny thing is that the Bush Administration is reverting its original position which the President expressed during the campaign when he belatedly announced in 1999 that for the first time he believed that global warning was a major threat to the US.

YES!

I'm so happy someone around here still has a functioning memory!! Indeed he did. In fact, he specifically said that "after consulting with my advisors ... I think there is something to global warming"

(I've tried several searches but can't find *any* "global+warming" articles prior to 2002 as yet.