Excuse me, I targeted a specific and demonstrably false point in the article. You have also continued to make an absurdly false claim with respect to Gore in an attempt to elevate Perry as it is part of the talking points and revisionist history his campaign dictates. As a Tennessean who was WELL aware of Gore and his voting record, I take extreme offense to this falsehood you and the authors of this article continue to proliferate.
You wish to take down Slick Willard, be my guest, since I already did the heavy lifting for you here starting almost 5 years ago when a lot of folks were ready to just surrender to him, but when you repeat specific fallacies as truth, I will promptly correct you and call you out.
The former vice president and Nobel Prize winner praised Romney for not heeding right-wing calls to reject the science behind climate change.
Good for Mitt Romney though we've long passed the point where weak lip-service is enough on the Climate Crisis, Gore wrote on his blog. While other Republicans are running from the truth, he is sticking to his guns in the face of the anti-science wing of the Republican Party.
Earlier this month, Romney told a New Hampshire town hall meeting that he believes climate change is happening and that man-made emissions are a cause.
"I don't speak for the scientific community, of course, but I believe the world is getting warmer, and I believe that humans have contributed to that," Romney said. "I can't prove that, but I believe based on what I read that the world is getting warmer.
"No. 2, I believe that humans contribute to that," he continued. "I don't know how much our contribution is to that, because I know there's been periods of greater heat and warmth than in the past, but I believe we contribute to that. And so I think it's important for us to reduce our emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases that may well be significant contributors to the climate change and global warming that you're seeing."....
A few questions:
1. Whatever Al Gore was in 1988, and whatever Rick Perry was in 1988, what has Rick Perry’s positions been as Governor of Texas regarding “protecting planet Earth from AGW”?
2. Whatever Al Gore was in 1988, and whatever Rick Perry was in 1988, what do you believe Rick Perry’s positions will be as President (if) regarding “protecting planet Earth from AGW”?
3. Do you honestly believe that Rick Perry is a) a proponent of AGW? b) someone who has increased regulations in response to perceived AGW? c) someone who (if President) will increase regulations in response to perceived AGW?
4. Do you believe it is important to roll back federal regulations aimed at curbing supposed AGW?
5. Which do you believe is more important, actually rolling back harmful EPA regulations, or winning the debate about the politics of 1988 in Texas?