Spinning the Planet: John McCain and Climate Change

This is a classic case of what our president calls the soft bigotry of low expectations. Judged against his fellow Republicans, McCain is a paragon of atmospheric wisdom. Judged against the climate and energy legislation afoot in Congress, he falls short. Judged against the two leading Democratic presidential candidates, he is a pale shadow. Judged against the imperatives of climate science -- that is to say, judged against brute physical reality -- he ... Full Story »

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Roland F. Hirsch
1.6
by Roland F. Hirsch - Oct. 1, 2008

This is a partisan opinion piece that includes a bare minimum of factual information. The author lacks knowledge of climate science and should have read about the subject before venturing his opinions; several of the comments at the blog site point this out.

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