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Are GOP Candidates Reversing Course on Energy and Global Warming?

Are GOP Candidates Reversing Course on Energy and Global Warming?Politics can be a tricky game and in today’s fast-paced news cycle almost every speech, interview and comment-in-passing can and usually is on record…somewhere. Candidates on both sides of the aisle are often caught flip-flopping on issues of great importance.

So, with the GOP race off to a lukewarm start, one wonders: Have the prospective candidates been consistent when it comes to global warming and the environment?

Let’s take a look at some past and present positions on climate change among some supposed (and declared) GOP presidential contenders:

Jon Huntsman:

Then: “Now it’s time for Congress to act by capping greenhouse gas pollution.” – Environmental Defense Action Fund ad, 2007.

Now on the science: “This is an issue that ought to be answered by the scientific community. I’m not a meteorologist. All I know is 90 percent of the scientists say climate change is occurring.” – Time magazine, May 23, 2011.

Now on the policy: “Cap-and-trade ideas aren’t working; it hasn’t worked, and our economy’s in a different place than five years ago. Much of this discussion happened before the bottom fell out of the economy, and until it comes back, this isn’t the moment.” – Time magazine, May 23, 2011.

Tim Pawlenty

Then: “If we act now, we can create thousands of new jobs in clean energy industries before our overseas competitors beat us to it. So come on, Congress, let’s get moving. … Cap greenhouse gases now.” – Environmental Defense Action Fund radio ad, 2008.

Now on the science: “I think climate change occurs, but the bulk of it is natural historic trends in climate. There is some suggestion that humans have caused some of it, but the answer is not a government, top-down scheme.” – WHO radio interview, April 1, 2011.

Now on the policy: “What I concluded subsequently is it is really a bad idea. It is ham-fisted. It is going to be harmful to the economy.” – South Carolina debate, May 5, 2011.

Newt Gingrich

Then: “I started by saying let’s stipulate that it is probable global warming is going on, and that it is conceivable human beings have a role, and therefore as a matter of prudence we ought to have less carbon loading of the atmosphere.” – New York Times interview, Nov. 13, 2007.

Now on the science: “I distinguish `science’ from `political science,’ and when I see 6,000 scientists sign something, that’s called political science. That’s not science.” – The Macon Telegraph, May 14, 2011.

Now on the policy: “It is inconceivable that any threat from global warming is big enough to justify destroying the American economy.” – The Macon Telegraph, May 14, 2011.

Mitt Romney

Then: Speaking of a regional cap-and-trade pact for power plant emissions, “This is a great thing for the Commonwealth (of Massachusetts). We can effectively create incentives to help stimulate a sector of the economy and at the same time not kill jobs.” – The Boston Globe, Nov. 8, 2005.

Now on the science: “He believes the climate is changing but he does not know the extent to which human activity is contributing to it.” – Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul, May 18, 2011.

Now on the policy: “Gov. Romney opposes cap and trade because it is bad for business and it costs jobs.” – May 18, 2011, Andrea Saul.

It’s hard not to see these comments as contradictory. But, in a campaign season candidates of all persuasions have a penchant for fearfully reconstructing their views before. The only problem? They forget about the track records they’ve already left for themselves.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Comments (195)

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  • woodyl1011fl
    Posted on May 28, 2011 at 1:02am

    Climate change has always been here spring, winter, summer, fall and always with varying intensities, in each cycle. Man has no impact on these cycles or their intensities, life is carbon base and c02 is necessary for all vegatation. These morons will damage the O2 producers necessary for life and food production. The problem is they take the word of climatologists who can’t predict the weather with any certainty for the next few days let alone for the next 20 years. They know what the forces are that drives our earths weather the sun and the oceans and the impact of volcanos when these clowns can demostrate they can control those forces then they have man controling the climate. They will never have that power!

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  • Cold War Vet
    Posted on May 28, 2011 at 1:00am

    I think it’s about time that the Tea Party become an actual Political Party. All of us have a duty to lose Obama absolutely as soon as possible. Then we can work on restoring our freedoms and free enterprise without government meddling.

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  • CTG INC
    Posted on May 28, 2011 at 12:58am

    We do need a third party but this next election is gona make us or brake us as americans we dount have time to build a third party and the two we have are all crooks Ron Paul has my vote if he wins the nomination if not i hope we get better than the rest off the repubs i like Cain but still unshure i want someone who will stick to the constitution and kill the patriot act and the fed thay just keep chiping away at all our rights and robing us blind

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  • brian8793
    Posted on May 28, 2011 at 12:54am

    Oh my gosh, are you guys kidding me? Why are you BUSTING MITT’S BALLS about everything?! He clearly stated that he isn’t sure to the extent. He knows Global Warming is nonsense. He was the leader of the most Liberal State in The Union! Of course he isn’t going to say that global warming is about as believable as Bigfoot, or the Lockness Monster in a Liberal State.

    It’s so unfair how HIS OWN PARTY is treating him. Do you guys really think Massachusetts would be better off if Mitt would have lost to a Liberal? COME ON NOW! Again, quit breakin the man’s balls….

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    • iarefounder
      Posted on May 29, 2011 at 7:32am

      Your argument further shows we shouldn‘t vote for Mitt if he’s willing to say things he doesn’t believe for political reasons.

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  • ninja
    Posted on May 28, 2011 at 12:28am

    Rom Paul is consistent. He has the basics down. I see no other candidate who can compare as well. I do not agree with him on everything but we do agree on basics.

    He’s a poor speaker & not pretty. The GOP will embrace another RINO like Julianni before they will accept RP.

    Maybe America has to become insolvent before people will grow up & face reality.and vote with a brain.

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on May 29, 2011 at 11:16pm

      But Ron Paul just seems a few degrees off Radical enough to get us all the way back to where we need to go; Now if Rand Paul would say, “Gee, Dad, maybe you don’t quite have it, I’ll take it from here!” I’d be in all the way!

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  • mtDiamonds
    Posted on May 28, 2011 at 12:13am

    Rino’s except for Newt !!! But Newt proved he can’t be trusted either !.!.!.

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  • freedomcatcher
    Posted on May 28, 2011 at 12:02am

    If some human activities can effect climate on a local scale it stands to reason that some human activities could effect climate on a global scale. The questions are do we know enough yet ? And what can we do if anything ? We change climate locally everyday by turning up the heat or the air condioner. No big deal because such change is planned and controllable. An example of human activity that caused an unforseen local climate catastrophe occured in recent history. Some who lived through it are no doubt still alive today. It was called the dust bowl and it’s effects were felt across most of North America. Not quite global but alot more extensive than just a living room. Please research the dust bowl and black blizzards to see what I mean.

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  • Danola
    Posted on May 27, 2011 at 11:32pm

    Palin has never waffled!

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    • Stopit
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 6:54pm

      She supported McLAME for re-election in Arizona!!!???
      What kind of waffle do you call that?

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  • hogtrashhd
    Posted on May 27, 2011 at 11:29pm

    I hate to say it and it’s gonna be really hard.. but I think it’s time for a third party.. at this time I detest “both” parties.. it seems the two we have are the same party…

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    • let us prey
      Posted on May 27, 2011 at 11:41pm

      I came to realize some time ago that both parties suck. You have to look at who is hated by whom. If both parties detest a candidate maybe you should take another look. Ex. Palin is not liked by some republicans and she is hated by the progs. She must be doing something right. IMO

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  • ByrdsofMisssouri
    Posted on May 27, 2011 at 11:17pm

    I had already marked these four off. These came as no big surprise. Now if we could get some conservatives to run.

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  • onebigassmistakeamerica
    Posted on May 27, 2011 at 11:13pm

    None of these clowns will get my vote…and I’ve voted straight Republican since I was 18 (31 now).

    Go ahead and make one of these idiots the GOP nominee. I’ll vote third party.

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    • AZpatriotmama
      Posted on May 27, 2011 at 11:39pm

      Yeah! Let’s not vote or, better yet, vote for a third party!! Boy, that’ll show them, won’t it! (DUH! WISE UP!)

      You guys are starting to scare me! Either you all are dem/liberal plants or our party is in bigger trouble than I thought. If we lose this election because we didn’t vote or we voted for a third party, we don’t deserve freedom! Get a freaking clue!!

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on May 29, 2011 at 11:09pm

      AZpatriotmama
      Posted on May 27, 2011 at 11:39pm
      Yeah! Let’s not vote or, better yet, vote for a third party!! Boy, that’ll show them, won’t it! (DUH! WISE UP!)
      **************
      No doubt you’ve named the truth of the “Plant” after all TOTUS knows that’s how he got Clinton in twice!
      Forget 3rd party, why not just throw the GOP ( gooey old [Manure, I'm being nice!] ) establishment out on their ears, if the GOP supports them, or Carl Rove, et al, they get the bye bye , if they hate them and they support conservative values in their own lives and records, we support them in the primaries.

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  • Classical Liberal
    Posted on May 27, 2011 at 11:11pm

    This is very disturbing. Have these men seen something that was not available to the rest of us? If they have not then they have been fooled by the popular media and none are fit for the office.

    Believing that Global warming is real is a sign that these are not the men for the Job.

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    • republitarian
      Posted on May 27, 2011 at 11:25pm

      Three took public positions that seemed like a reasonable middle ground to them. Spineless.

      One parsed words very carefully not actually taking a position. Snake.

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on May 29, 2011 at 11:00pm

      It’s probably the Chinese Lighting already installed all over DC, those little curly things probably give off electrical emissions to reprogram the brain, (if there is one.) and if that doesn’t work, they can just break a few and the mercury poisoning will take away the ability to think freely.
      The first Candidate who says (and means it),” I‘m going to make every agency of the federal government prove that they have a constitutional right to exist and will not tread on the freedom’s of the American people, or abolish them by Executive Order.” Is my hero for life! (My vote I’m not sure about.) Of course they can do it without Congress, look what all our esteemed (lol) pres. and his czars are doing now!

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  • Casca
    Posted on May 27, 2011 at 11:06pm

    I can add this to my list of no-no’s for GOP candidates. I will not vote for any who are pro-choice and/or believe in this global warming hoax.

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  • brickmoon
    Posted on May 27, 2011 at 11:03pm

    A scam? The Brick Moon Meteorological Laboratory would beg to differ!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE_avBRQqbk

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  • i want the truth
    Posted on May 27, 2011 at 10:59pm

    Floating around and going where ever the wind takes you. On issues and personality that sounds like Obummer. He wants to helpAmericans, but is handing out 20 billion dollars to the arib spring! Why don’t you go do your homework and find out how Obummer has helped this country!
    Oh and it looks like Obummer is trying to be Irish or is he French? And two years ago it was Kenyan. What a fake!

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  • republitarian
    Posted on May 27, 2011 at 10:56pm

    Just say it. Hoax.

    The truth would be a refreshing change.

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    • MIBUGNU2
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 12:21am

      @ republitarian

      “Just say it. Hoax.
      The truth would be a refreshing change”

      We havn’t been told the truth for Years, Used to Pis** Me off when
      Maher called Us “STUPID” I am starting to think He is right.. The
      Dembo’s get up in front of the camera and pump us up with all this
      Shi**, and no one calls them out for it..ie:Pelosi,Clyburn,etc.etc..
      and there is no end to it, they all think they are above the Law.
      Need to send some of these people to Jail, see what they did
      with Charlie Rangel.and then he gets re-elected to another term..
      Trust and Honesty is non-existent in DC…

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  • BoilitDown
    Posted on May 27, 2011 at 10:51pm

    Well, that does it for Pawlenty and Romney since Gingrich and Huntsman aren’t worth consideration. They’ve been smoking from the liberal bong and gone over to the cultists. We don’t have time to deprogram them an turn them into viable Presidential candidates.

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  • Rob
    Posted on May 27, 2011 at 10:49pm

    fagggggots

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  • TomFerrari
    Posted on May 27, 2011 at 10:49pm

    Beware ManBearPig!!!

    I’m thuper therial !

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  • BoilitDown
    Posted on May 27, 2011 at 10:48pm

    Well, that does it for Pawlenty and Romney since Gingrich and Huntsman aren’t worth consideration. These guys have been smoking from the liberal bong and gone over to the cultists. We don’t have time to deprogram them in order to make them viable Presidential candidates. The fact that they are so malleable makes them unworthy.

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    • Teaparty-grammy
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 12:00am

      Absolutely. But if the worst happens and one of them gets nominated, I will hold my nose and vote for him, because we cannot survive four more years of O’Bummer in the White House, and we cannot keep him OUT unless we vote together. A split Conservative vote will be fatal!

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    • Cold War Vet
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 12:56am

      I’m sick of the lame choices we have. Obviously, the republicans we put in there last November are mostly worthless and spineless. They‘ve already been bought and paid for by the same corrupt system that’s driving the democrats. As far as I’m concerned, old and experienced republican means untrustworthy RINO. I’ll do my part to keep Obama from finishing off our nation by getting reelected in 2012. But we could sure use some REAL CANDIDATES. I wish Allen West would run.

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  • therapist
    Posted on May 27, 2011 at 10:48pm

    Well, 4 down. We need Herman Cain, Marco Rubio, Alan West, or Michele Bachman. Anyone who can argue like Trump, believe like Rubio, and have no hesitation about telling the truth about this global warming crap. Where are they ?????

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    • CHECKYOURPREMISES
      Posted on May 27, 2011 at 10:55pm

      I believe her name is Sarah

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    • hogtrashhd
      Posted on May 27, 2011 at 11:34pm

      Checkyourpremises:

      Right frigging on..

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    • MIBUGNU2
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 12:29am

      Chalk off everyone on this list…RINO’S ,,GAWD,I hate Politicians..

      Run Sarah, Run

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    • PATTY HENRY
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 3:53am

      YOU BETCHA her name is SARAH!!! RUN SARAH RUN!!!

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    • tifosa
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 4:50am

      I look forward to all of them giving statements on the climate change issue, have they?

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on May 29, 2011 at 10:45pm

      @therapist
      …Anyone who can argue like Trump, believe like Rubio, and have no hesitation about telling the truth about this global warming crap. Where are they ?????

      ****
      Maybe biking across the bridge with Roaring Thunder!
      Palin/ Bachmann 2012 :)

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  • barrycooper
    Posted on May 27, 2011 at 10:47pm

    I created my first blog out of frustration with the amateur, sophomoric level of “debate” on this topic.

    Here is my first post, which tries to deal with this issue seriously, without omitting the world views of my opponents: http://moderatesunited.blogspot.com/2008/01/global-warming.html

    My case has only strengthened since then. GOP: please be Grand, not mediocre.

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    • Teaparty-grammy
      Posted on May 27, 2011 at 11:26pm

      One thing for sure, giving us has-been retreads like Mitt Romney is not going to defeat Obozo! We need a real candidate who is not part of this rotten system. My vote goes to Allen West. I am just not sure a ‘real’ candidate, who is not already part of this rotten system can get nominated. The GOP is just as rotten and corrupt as the Dems, and anybody who is not already OWNED by the same special interests as the rest of them, they will move heaven and earth to keep them from getting nominated. But a third party is also dangerous because you risk splitting the vote–and that would be fatal. We CANNOT have a split conservative vote when the liberals and moonbats are voring as a bloc, unless you want four more years of Obummer. I’m not sure the country can survive his FIRST term, let alone a SECOND!

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  • Psychosis
    Posted on May 27, 2011 at 10:43pm

    and that is why i wont vote for any of the above listed

    not only do they float whatever way the wind is blowing, they do so without basing their decisions in fact

    though, to be honest, with the amount of global warming alarmist and propaganda out there at the time they made those decisions , it is nice to see they have come around and recognized it for the scam it is

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    • AZpatriotmama
      Posted on May 27, 2011 at 11:25pm

      “…with the amount of global warming alarmist and propaganda out there at the time they made those decisions, it is nice to see they have come around and recognized it for the scam it is.”

      I agree with this statement. But keep in mind that not voting for the Republican candidate, no matter who it is, will ASSURE the destruction of this country.

      Let’s keep our wits – every vote for the Republican candidate is a vote against Obama! We can and SHOULD be selective in the primary, but we’ll need EVERY VOTE POSSIBLE in the final election just to counter-balance the Obama voter-fraud machine. Their plan is to over-whelm the system with fraudulent voter registrations and votes like they did in 2008. We need to overwhelm the system with VALID Republican votes!

      Any good Conservative needs to vote in 2012 or give up their citizenship. Our country needs us – this is no time to stand on the sidelines.

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  • Alvin691
    Posted on May 27, 2011 at 10:42pm

    Thanks, that’s a list that will NEVER get my vote

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    • TomFerrari
      Posted on May 27, 2011 at 10:48pm

      rhinos

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    • Dan
      Posted on May 27, 2011 at 10:54pm

      Agreed, let the has beens and the rinos step aside and fade away. We don’t want you! We need to clean house.

      I’ll keep my guns, freedom, and money. You can keep the “change!”

      Dan

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    • vennoye
      Posted on May 27, 2011 at 11:04pm

      Yes, listened to Mitt today supporting the Ethanol subsidy……..have you really researched the crop loss due to midwest snow, rain, tornados, flooding farm land down the Mississippi…………..and then, of course, we already have people starving to death in other parts of the world…….then Obama sending grain overseas………..But we are growing corn for grain!!

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    • GEW
      Posted on May 27, 2011 at 11:32pm

      Thinking the same thing…Jon Huntsman…godd help us, I didnt realize he has delcared his royal bid.

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    • glashole
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 12:15am

      It is all cyclical. if you want climate change, burn the commies, marxists and progressives. things will cool off cause the hot air will be gone. wait isn’t it cool now, i am confused. Lick the Oreo in 2012.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 12:25am

      Just a power grab ,,,,,,,green should be commie RED

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    • MIBUGNU2
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 12:51am

      vennoye

      “Yes, listened to Mitt today supporting the Ethanol subsidy”

      You have to realize he was in Iowa, hes going to tell the sheeple
      exactly what they want to hear…RINO ……..NOBAMA-2012
      Anyone Trust politicians from MA. .Romney, Brown, Franks ??
      Must be the Water…

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    • snidley-whiplash
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 12:51am

      Thanks but he forgot Herman.

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    • 40 Ford Ragtop
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 1:58am

      If you voted for Obama in 2008 to prove you’re not a racist, you‘ll need to vote for someone else in 2012 to prove you’re not an idiot.

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    • Robert Hawk
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 6:45am

      But you need to go further than this list of folks as it is not all inclusive. What we are observing in the United States is a paradigm shift from Christian doctrine to Stoic doctrine among the politicians and college educated. Stoic doctrine has been driven into the United States like a searing hot drill bit, driving out Christian doctrine and replacing it with Stoic doctrine. Don’t be surprised, the Apostle Paul warned of this in Colossians 2:8 after his visit to Athens (Acts 17:15).

      80% of the politicians in the United States, are not believers in Christian doctrine, most believe in Stoic doctrine, which is the same doctrine that Hegel taught to his students which included Marx & Engels, (but also those who argued against Hebrew-Christian doctrine (Bauer Feuerbach, Sterner etc) its also the same doctrine which Henri Saint Simon believed in, as well as Darwin. The current President of the United States is not a believer in Christian doctrine, he is a Zealot of Stoic doctrine as defined by Hegel. Marx & Engels, James Cone, and mentor to James, Gustavo Merino.

      Some 80 – 95 % of politicians in the USA today, believe in some form of Stoic doctrine (Socialism, Communism, Progressivism and Liberation Theology). The mistake made in the USA was to vote in a single party (democratic) which contains over 98% believers in Stoic doctrine. The second mistake is for Christians not to understand Stoic doctrine. Stoic doctrine, is the fundamental Transformation Mr Obama Spoke o

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  • 82dAirborne
    Posted on May 27, 2011 at 10:40pm

    Are politicians born with two faces or must they work at it??

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    • Revere1
      Posted on May 27, 2011 at 10:44pm

      Candidates can make mistakes, they’re only human. People (and parties) change their minds. But they’d better be convincing and own up to their failures, not try to dodge them like Romney did with Romneycare. http://www.elephantwatcher.com/2011/05/romney-speech-reveals-flawed-strategy.html

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    • TomFerrari
      Posted on May 27, 2011 at 10:48pm

      Libs/Dems/Socialists AND Rhinos – yes, it is in their dna – not sure if they were born that way or if it was a choice. lol

      That’s the secret of the TEA party – real people who speak their mind and don’t calculate every single move in a political light.

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    • seeker9
      Posted on May 27, 2011 at 10:48pm

      If the GOP blows this election, the country is doomed!

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    • LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
      Posted on May 27, 2011 at 10:54pm

      I think they work at it and try to avoid mirrors so they don’t have to look at their souls

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on May 27, 2011 at 11:00pm

      Tim Pawlenty said:

      “If we act now, we can create thousands of new jobs in clean energy industries before our overseas competitors beat us to it.”

      The clean energy industry is a cluster of errors caused by government intervention. Run to oil FAST. The citizens of the several States have the Constitutional right to drill for oil where ever they like. The government may not violate State’s rights.

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    • Sinista MACE
      Posted on May 27, 2011 at 11:02pm

      Ron Paul isn’t a flip flopper.

      Ron Paul 2012.

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    • cous1933
      Posted on May 27, 2011 at 11:06pm

      Seeker,
      Anything other than Ron Paul in the White House will be a blown election.

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    • IMAWAKENOW
      Posted on May 27, 2011 at 11:09pm

      If a candidate would grow a set and just take a true position on any subject that came from their beliefs rather than consult focus groups or polls they wouldn’t have to worry about flip flops. I am so sick of being told what someone thinks I want to hear rather than what they believe. Oh yeah, that is what makes them polititions.

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    • theonefromabove
      Posted on May 27, 2011 at 11:25pm

      They should do all they can to stop this.

      http://politicalbowl.com – Political Videos

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    • american1st
      Posted on May 27, 2011 at 11:25pm

      if a candidate was to base his opinions on…. oh say…
      …the constitution …
      then they would be consistent and clear…..

      no RINOS no neocons 2012

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    • landofaahs
      Posted on May 27, 2011 at 11:31pm

      Yes. When the laws do not respect the people, the people will not respect the laws; The fealty of one for the other must exist if either is to survive.—–Enil Selnad

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    • D0ntTread0nMe
      Posted on May 27, 2011 at 11:31pm

      Thanks Blaze, I wan’t gonna vote for any of these guys but now I have a great reason…
      Cain/Bachmann 2012
      http://www.mythoughtsfromthemiddle.blogspot.com

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on May 27, 2011 at 11:45pm

      @Sinista MACE,

      “Ron Paul isn’t a flip flopper.
      “Ron Paul 2012.”

      Agreed. Ron Paul 2012.

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    • asybot12
      Posted on May 27, 2011 at 11:56pm

      They are born with it but have also been carefully nurtured by their wishy. washy parents that as liberals always do “ what fitted yesterday did not work so we will just flip flop to what works today”. Although GOP candidates are known to do the same thing!
      Do not forget the pot at the end of the rainbow all these ass ses get, the gravy just tastes way to good and all of it on OPM! As far as I am concerned they should put up a bond of their OWN money before they run!

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    • OlefromMN
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 12:06am

      Interesting group of 4 selected here. Huntsman, Pawlenty, Gingrich, and Romney. Where’s the conservative candidate? These 4 are progressives.

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    • TheLascone
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 12:07am

      Global Warming is caused by …..
      http://www.flickr.com/photos/23630227@N06/4117961176/in/photostream/

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 12:13am

      This is not on topic, but it is urgent.

      Blazers, the whistleblowers of Project Gunrunner need your help with an ATF power grab. It is with regard to “ATF’s proposed multiple rifle sale reporting requirement for the Southwest border states.”

      Read it carefully, and please pass it on!

      Easy Way To Comment On ATF’s Power Grab
      http://onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com/2011/05/easy-way-to-comment-on-atfs-power-grab.html

      “Please forward this to all your friends, family, and others you know who believe in preserving our gun rights and freedoms. This really is an “Army of Davids” approach to use the Instapundit’s term. Unlike the Brady Campaign and Mayor Bloomberg’s Illegal Mayors, this is a totally grassroots effort done in less than 24 hours. We didn’t need a grant from the Joyce Foundation to put this together!

      “Please help OPPOSE the ATF’s power grab”

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    • Showtime
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 12:29am

      I don’t know about their two faces, but I can tell you that nobody‘s going to pull the wool over Allen West’s eyes.

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    • OlefromMN
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 12:34am

      @SHOWTIME,

      West will be on Chris Wallace’s show on Sunday. A debate with a liberal gal. Should be good.

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    • LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 12:49am

      @SHOWTIME,…..how is the West site going, making any progress promoting him for Office for 12
      or is it going to be 16 ?

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    • ipaevavu
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 12:50am

      Ron Paul as president would be a disaster

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    • CatB
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 12:54am

      Newt Gingrich .. on the couch with Pelosi .. remember that?

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi6n_-wB154

      So do I believe them .. no .. do I think they would say anything .. yes.

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    • Showtime
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 1:46am

      @OleFromMN ~
      Thanks!

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    • PATTY HENRY
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 3:49am

      WHO says it’s “LUKEWARM” ? As far as NEWT (with his former aid now lobbyist for Tiffany & Co…gee…do you suppose….??? ) or Huntsman or Pawlenty (the guy who let Sharia Law be practiced in MN) …they aren’t real candidates and do not even begin to speak for a CONSERVATIVE Republican…and trust me… the vast majority of people have had it with PROGRESSIVES…all the people…even a lot of the DEMS.

      TO make sure we defeat the Marxist in the WH all we have to say is that their plan, if they get O back in the WH is to raise taxes on wealthy to 62% …can anyone say “JIMMY” (as in Carter)? raise our taxes and these poor misguided idiots think that’s going to pay down the debt. THEY Never say anything casting out the food stamp whores or the fraudulent Medical tramps… they never talk about ridding the govt.of the useless duplication (or more) of useless entities…. IF OBAMA gets elected there will be no small businesses; no jobs; and all the wealth will leave the USA. It did before, it will again. What idiots these people are. How many times do they have to wreck the economy before they figure it out? Twice in my lifetime so far…JIMMY and this jerk. GOOD NAME FOR A SONG…JIMMY AND THE JERK.

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    • GONESURFING
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 4:44am

      We do need someone who looks, sounds and acts presidential, and it isn’t Ron Paul. If Ron Paul were president now, we may well have not killed Bin Ladin. Not sure who it is yet, but we sure need to beat Obama, that is the main objective.

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    • 79USMC83
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 6:09am

      The problem with flip-flopping and double speak is that these are“ ALL” CAREER POLITICIANS !!! We have to VOTE them “ALL” OUT !!!! What ever happened to “Joe” the plumber?? It is about time for the COMMON “MAN” Oh I am sorry “PERSON” to be given a shot. Someone that worries about staying on budget so they can meet PAYROLL every month for their employees!! TERM LIMITS NOW !! FAIR TAX NOW !! back to the CONSTITUTION in 2012 or REVOLUTION !!!

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    • Robert Hawk
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 6:23am

      People read this and are surprised? Its not the politicians that don’t understand, its the people who don’t understand politicians. Even Glenn Beck gets it wrong concerning politicians. We assume the old theory or the political Right and Left of one linear line. The fact is there has never been one linear line of people. The closest we came to one linear line was in the early days of this country when most men (90+%) were believers in Christian doctrine. At that time you could have had liberal and Zealot viewpoints under one doctrine.

      As time has moved foreword and especially since the 1960s, the USA has become split over two doctrines. And now a third doctrine is emerging. Many of the people of the United States remain believers in Christian doctrine, this makes up the majority of the Tea Party folk. In the 1960s and beyond there was a paradigm shift among 95% of the college educated who switched from Christian doctrine to the Stoic based doctrine of Hegel and his students Marx & Engels, and some to Henri Saint Simons version (Socialism, Communism, Progressivism, and Liberation Theology). The final doctrine which is emerging today is Muhammad’s doctrine (Islam).

      Believers in doctrine generally shift from Zealot (Right) adherence to Liberal (Left) adherence. What you are observing in these political comments is the movement of the politician from the Mid stream of Stoic doctrine to the liberal or left side of that doctrine.

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    • hauschild
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 6:33am

      None of these 4 candidates is the answer, and it doesn‘t have anything to do with their position on the earth’s climate – which has fluctuated over time. Why don’t people understand this? Remember when dinosaurs roamed the earth. Wasn’t it a bit warm then?

      These (4) are shining examples of RINO’s. They’re primary goal is the assume the position. Secondary is leading, and none of them have vision.

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    • old white guy
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 7:17am

      not two faced. just natural born liars. when man can control the sun he will control the climate. question why does the blaze tell me to log in at times when i am already logged in?

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    • dizzyinthedark
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 7:36am

      I hope I get the spelling right, I heard T. Boone Pickins is letting go of his ‘wind projects’ and pushing for gas projects as they are more cost effective. Speaking of those wind projects has anyone looked into the vibration effects and harm they can cause the humans? I know on sailboats wind generators do have a vibration and they certainly throw an awful vibration. When shut down one is glad for it as they tend to wear you out physically.

      I personally do not believe in this man-caused global warming and trust more that it is of natural phenomenon. This needs to be brought out by the scientific community, the GOP needs to ‘sell’ this one hard same as Gore sold his false bill of goods to America which most bought into due to ‘guilt’. Now we are heading down the road of throwing good money down a bottomless pit–which is what I think Gore’s plan has been all along. Bringing down America cause no one voted him President–whaaaa.

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    • avenger
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 8:33am

      hmmm…well these clowns are off my potential list…….

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    • The1stDave
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 8:33am

      As children they started out with natural talent. However, with years of practice they have attained the abilty to craft deception with the best of them. A case of having a talent and refining it to its fullest potential. It probably takes a while to destroy the human conscience as well.

      To rise to the top of a system based on corruption is only a testament to your corruption.

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 8:41am

      Four (4) down, let’s see if any of the candidates left have a spine. No “green” words and no global warming “sucking up”. We do not need politicians who speak out of both sides of their mouths.

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    • Ashley
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 9:23am

      These four “cadidates” are Progressive Republicans who really do believe in the global warming nonsense. They are attempting to reverse their previous stances, because it has become very unpopular with the American people and would prevent them from being elected. They hope that people have short-term memories and will vote for them regardless of what has been said and done in the past by these Progressives. Don’t believe a word that they say, as they have proven that they are more than capable of flip-flopping on issues to the point who knows what they really believe.

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    • BJColter Country Music Iconoclast
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 9:34am

      These idjits just don’t realize that this whole “global warming, environmental justice” thing is merely a front for the neo Bolshevik/Muslim takeover. Shut this crap down, kick a$$ in the mideast, bring our boys and girls home, turn this nation back to its Biblical foundations. Here’s the tune guaranteed to make you piss your pants.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqdufoUASMc

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    • Colonial Revolutionary
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 9:40am

      All 4 quoted are RINO’s. No surprise here Blaze. I can’t speak for everybody but I am going to go out on a limb here and say I do not think any of the Blaze readers will be voting for any of these 4 guys.

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    • SlimnRanger
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 10:21am

      climate change is natural,it has changed over and over since begining of time,last year here in eastern Okla. we had a serious drought,this year more rain than i can remember in years, nothing to do with global warming, last 2 winters here more snow than normal and colder temps,it’s nature,it happens

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    • Blazer334
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 10:25am

      Ron Paul is not two faced. Problem is, he’s not presidential either. He would allow our enemies to walk up on our shores before he did anything about it.

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    • seemsew
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 10:40am

      Flip and flop on global warming and you have lost my vote. Exploring new industry by private investors is one thing. Government interference and control is quite another. I am not anti government, but too much of it just dirties the waters.

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    • ggr1868
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 10:55am

      Today is almost the end of May and it is October-COLD here in STL. Lucky for us climate change is a constant on this planet. If not, we’d not only be fighting storms and cold, but also sabre tooth tigers and mastodons. Until AlGore, the tree huggers, the investment bankers and the politicians took ownership of the subject, it used to be called evolution. Darwin’s theory lives!

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    • Jim AZ
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 11:15am

      4 candidates, 4 strikes, 4 outs. BATTER UP!

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    • FormerLib
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 12:18pm

      I wish these guys would learn to separate the two issues with ‘climate change’ : One, is the climate changing, and two, is it caused by man? The are separate issues. The answer to # 1 is yes, of course it’s changing, as it always has and always will. # 2 is debatable, but if we are going to say yes, then someone needs to explain how the area of the country I live in has been under ice about 30 times over the millenia and each time, the ice receded thousands of miles north without so much as a single SUV or an air conditioner to be found. Someone needs to explain how a naturally occuring gas that is less than 3% of our atmosphere is destroying it. Someone needs to explain why life during the Eocene Age exploded on the planet, when the atmospheric C02 levels were approximately 300 times higher than they are now. Someone needs to explain why every warming period in recorded history led to an advance in agriculture, manufacturing, innovation and standard of living, but why it’s bad now.

      or they could just swallow the “science” to not rock the boat.

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    • jackrorabbit
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 1:10pm

      We now know who NOT to vote for.

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    • american1st
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 1:44pm

      @Blazer334 don’t buy into the establishment neocon sound bites about Ron Paul, he is a constitutionalists…. of course he would defend the country….. listen to what he is saying, not what politicians with a vested interest in the military industrial complex are telling you to think about him…

      our country is messed up right now, maybe he can be elected maybe he cant, but either way the message he represents is one that needs to be heard
      look up what he has to say on you tube and make up your own mind…

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    • ComeAndTakeThis
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 3:59pm

      Sarah Palin never followed the sheep on the global warming debate. It is vanity to think that man can change the climate, Belief in glibal warming is religion for the irreligious.

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    • satotbs
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 4:48pm

      Not only two faces but have you ever looked closely at their shoes? They have toes at each end and a heel in the middle. They’re designed that way for quick backups and escapes.

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    • PatriotsLikeMe
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 7:37pm

      Just this morning I was watching a re-airing of that series ‘America–The Story of Us’ and this particular show was about the early settlers and it mentioned that when the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth they soon were experiencing a winter two degrees colder than normal called a mini-ice age. Hmmm, but how can that possibly be when there weren’t any cars and factories and selfish industrialists to muck it all up? It’s all bs and just a way for libs and their friends to get rich investing in the green energy solutions they are cramming down our throats. We need to take our country back once and for all. The work begun in 2010 needs to be completed in 2012 with a decisive win for conservatives and constitutionalists. Amen!

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    • TulsaYeeHaw
      Posted on May 29, 2011 at 12:14am

      Watch what is occuring in Joplin. THAT is what will save this country. We are a good and just people. We just need to stop being afraid and act.

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    • one yrs. food ration like Glenn says..
      Posted on May 29, 2011 at 6:24am

      WOW !! Al Gore is amazing ,.. He can make Zombies out of anyone with spewing trash out of his mouth, no one is safe.. I’m amazed..

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    • sbleve
      Posted on May 29, 2011 at 7:52am

      Two faces. All humans are born with this judgement decision. It is spelled Greed. Power over another person. Addictive beyond narcotics. Perhaps Pharaoh defines this human option.

      Europe and Asia have no hope of achieving Jeffersonian Liberty.

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    • Luke21
      Posted on May 29, 2011 at 11:38am

      Genesis 8:21-22 And the LORD smelled a soothing aroma. Then the LORD said in His heart, “I will never again curse the ground for man’s sake, although the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done. (22) “While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, Cold and heat, Winter and summer, And day and night Shall not cease.”

      These guys are all cut from the same cloth. Not one of them said “I believed at one time that there was GW, but now that I’ve actually looked into the matter, my position is…” And if you pay close attention none of them has changed their opinion on GW they just say C&T would be bad for the economy…right now.
      So now its “climate change”. Is there climate change? Duh. It changes from year to year, season to season, month to month, day to day, even morning to evening. We’re being played as fools.

      Seeker says “If the GOP blows this election…”? Really? How about if the american electorate blows this election… At the end of the day we’d be better off electing mickey mouse than what either of the two parties offer – although they probably have his signature programmed into robot pen as well. Lord have mercy upon us. 2 Chronicles 7:14

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on May 29, 2011 at 10:23pm

      @SlimnRanger
      Posted on May 28, 2011 at 10:21am
      climate change is natural,it has changed over and over since begining of time,last year here in eastern Okla. we had a serious drought,this year more rain than i can remember in years, nothing to do with global warming,
      ***************
      I live in OH where we have a saying for newcomers: “If you don’t like the weather, wait 10 minutes!” Climate change is a little different but the same theory, “of course it changes, always has, always will!”
      We need to once again teach in the schools that as the Earth revolves around the sun, it rotates on it’s axis. This rotation means that what was N will over time change until it finally becomes S as in the “Polar Flip”, if I may quote the Polar scientist from Rush last year. Anyone should know that as the poles prepare to flip the climate will change accordingly. No mystery, They used to teach it in 2nd & 3rd grade science classes.

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