Mitt Romney: The World is Getting Warmer

By Doug Powers  •  June 4, 2011 10:13 AM

**Written by Doug Powers

Scooch over, Newt and Nancy, and make some room on the global warming love seat!

If Mitt Romney is the GOP nominee, the big winner might be Al Gore, because no matter who comes out on top in the general election, Gore could come out smelling like a carbon-neutral rose.

From Reuters:

Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney broke with Republican orthodoxy on Friday by saying he believes that humans are responsible, at least to some extent, for climate change.

“I believe the world is getting warmer, and I believe that humans have contributed to that,” he told a crowd of about 200 at a town hall meeting in Manchester, New Hampshire.

“It’s important for us to reduce our emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases that may be significant contributors.”

Well, on the upside for Mitt, this will certainly distract some of the conservative base from his health care albatross for a little while.

For presidential candidate from any party who believe anthropomorphic global warming is a dire problem, I have a humble request: Take a pledge to not use private jets on the 2012 campaign trail. Commercial flights and eco-friendly ground transport only please. In 2008, private and chartered campaign jets used by candidates who believe global warming is a real threat spewed untold amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Why? So they could go to rallies and tell everybody how greenhouse gases were killing the planet.

Which candidate will be first to take the “no private jets” pledge and lead from the front?

Anyone? Anyone…? Cue the crickets…

**Written by Doug Powers

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  1. #301
    On June 7th, 2011 at 5:04 pm, Mike2011 said:

    Vote for whomever you want. Campaign for whomever you want. Just don’t presume you have the right to make my choices.

    We’re not making your choices. We are criticizing your choices because your choices will help Obama get reelected.

    And you criticize our choices too, so don’t be a hypocrite.

    No one forced you to announce that you plan to vote for an independent. You have the right to make such an announcement, and we have the right to criticize you.

  2. #302
    On June 7th, 2011 at 5:56 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    I said that if Mitt was the “choice” I’d be choosing to vote 3rd party again. Choose to follow along if you can, Mikey…

  3. #303
    On June 7th, 2011 at 6:02 pm, Mike2011 said:

    Did you vote for an independent instead of McCain? If so, thanks a lot for helping Obama win.

  4. #304
    On June 7th, 2011 at 6:07 pm, Mike2011 said:

    By the way, had McCain the RINO defeated Obama, the awful healthcare law that we have now would never had been created.

  5. #305
    On June 7th, 2011 at 6:23 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    Wow, so many, many things you don’t know!

    I voted for a candidate of my choice because McCain doesn’t understand the US constitution or free enterprise or pretty much anything else. Go back and look at all the idiotic things McCain has said from 2000 forward.

    And you simply don’t know that McCain wouldn’t have caved in to a government run health care system.

    Again, look at all the things he has said over the past 10 years…

    Wishful thinking and denial are powerful forces…

  6. #306
    On June 7th, 2011 at 6:37 pm, Mike2011 said:

    So even now, you don’t care that Obama defeated McCain? Maybe YOU are a RINO.

  7. #307
    On June 7th, 2011 at 6:42 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:
  8. #308
    On June 7th, 2011 at 6:42 pm, Mike2011 said:

    FYI Obama did not “cave in” to Obamacare. He AGGRESSIVELY pushed for it, even resorting to reconciliation and bribery of Democrat congressmen. You are insane of you think McCain would have done the same.

  9. #309
    On June 7th, 2011 at 7:41 pm, Roland said:

    Once again, you presume to know what I have done and presume some right to tell me what I must do.

    No one here has told you what you must do. You have every right to do whatever dumbass thing you choose to do with your vote.

    It just feels to you like we’re ordering you do things because deep down you know what we are saying is correct, and if we are correct, then you feel like you “must” do what we’ve said you should do.

    And it’s my fault you feel that way. It feels to you like I’m trying to force you.

    BTW, although I have not done so, I do have the right to tell you what you must do. I just don’t have any right to compel you to do it.

  10. #310
    On June 7th, 2011 at 7:46 pm, Roland said:

    On June 7th, 2011 at 6:42 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    Ann’s kind of scary.

    I mean, you gotta love it the way she gives socialist thinking no quarter ….. but would you really want to be around when she’s in a bad mood? Youch.

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