17 Aug 11
From the Houston Chronicle.
8/17/2011
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/politics/7700968.html
"BEDFORD, N.H. — Rick Perry says he does not believe in global warming. The newest Republican presidential candidate also says he would not have signed the debt-ceiling compromise brokered by Republicans and Democrats.
The Texas governor made the comments as he launched a two-day New Hampshire campaign tour. He was speaking at a packed breakfast event with business leaders Wednesday.
Perry said global warming is based on scientists manipulating data. He said he wouldn't devote federal resources to battling the environmental concern.
The Republican also said the debt-ceiling compromise, which helped avoid a national default, sent the wrong message by spending money the nation doesn't have."
17 Aug 11
Originally posted by moon1969I wonder if Perry believed that when he was a democrat working as Al Gore's campaign manager.
From the Houston Chronicle.
8/17/2011
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/politics/7700968.html
"BEDFORD, N.H. — Rick Perry says he does not believe in global warming. The newest Republican presidential candidate also says he would not have signed the debt-ceiling compromise brokered by Republicans and Democrats.
The Texas governor made the ...[text shortened]... avoid a national default, sent the wrong message by spending money the nation doesn't have."
I tend to think he is just playing the role. It is hard to know what Perry really believes.
17 Aug 11
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Originally posted by moon1969That's not what he said at all. Both your thread title and the article title are misleading
From the Houston Chronicle.
8/17/2011
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/politics/7700968.html
"BEDFORD, N.H. — Rick Perry says he does not believe in global warming. The newest Republican presidential candidate also says he would not have signed the debt-ceiling compromise brokered by Republicans and Democrats.
The Texas governor made the avoid a national default, sent the wrong message by spending money the nation doesn't have."
"I think we're seeing almost weekly, or even daily, scientists that are coming forward and questioning the original idea that manmade global warming is what is causing the climate to change," the Texas governor said on the first stop of a two-day trip to the first-in-the-nation primary state.
He said some want billions or trillions of taxpayer dollars spent to address the issue, but he added: "I don't think from my perspective that I want to be engaged in spending that much money on still a scientific theory that has not been proven and from my perspective is more and more being put into question."
What he said is that whether human activities are causing global climate change is unclear enough so that he doesn't want money to be spent to remedy it. That is not the same thing as saying he does not believe the globe is warming and it is not even the same thing as saying he's convinced that human activity is not causing global warming.
25 Aug 11
Originally posted by sh76always good to see you sh76... didn't photos from NASA also question the green house gas escaping? More than what was previously thought?
That's not what he said at all. Both your thread title and the article title are misleading
[quote]"I think we're seeing almost weekly, or even daily, scientists that are coming forward and questioning the original idea that manmade global warming is what is causing the climate to change," the Texas governor said on the first stop of a two-day trip to the fi ...[text shortened]... same thing as saying he's convinced that human activity is not causing global warming.
26 Aug 11
Originally posted by sh76In his book, he wasn't so nuanced:
That's not what he said at all. Both your thread title and the article title are misleading
[quote]"I think we're seeing almost weekly, or even daily, scientists that are coming forward and questioning the original idea that manmade global warming is what is causing the climate to change," the Texas governor said on the first stop of a two-day trip to the fi ...[text shortened]... same thing as saying he's convinced that human activity is not causing global warming.
Because as Perry wrote in his new book, global warming is “all one contrived phony mess that is falling apart under its own weight."
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/texas-gov-rick-perrys-answer-to-climate-change-start-prayin-20110428
26 Aug 11
Originally posted by moon1969Whether you agree with him or not, he is getting a lot of support based on those beliefs.
From the Houston Chronicle.
8/17/2011
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/politics/7700968.html
"BEDFORD, N.H. — Rick Perry says he does not believe in global warming. The newest Republican presidential candidate also says he would not have signed the debt-ceiling compromise brokered by Republicans and Democrats.
The Texas governor made the ...[text shortened]... avoid a national default, sent the wrong message by spending money the nation doesn't have."
26 Aug 11
Originally posted by normbenignI understand that. I regard it as "good" because that particular belief is out of touch with the majority of voters and should Perry get the nomination or force whoever does to move closer to his views on this subject it will make it more likely that I will win my wager with uther.
He isn't running for the Democratic nomination.