Global Warming Questions Taken Seriously from People, Not Snowmen
July 30th, 2007 by Carbon Coalition
Last Friday, the Beltway Blogroll posted a blog about the controversial global warming question that was asked by a snowman on the CNN and You Tube debate. The blogger was “stunned” that CNN used the clip and while he noted it was mildly amusing, he thinks it “made a mockery of a hot-button policy issue.” Read more here.
Mitt Romney told the Union Leader that he thinks “the presidency ought to be held at a higher level than having to answer questions from a snowman” and that he is hesitant about taking part in the Republican version in Florida this September.
Well, both Romney and the Beltway Blogroll should be happy that real people were asking presidential candidates questions about global warming this weekend. The Repeal of Gravity blogger told TPC that he caught up with Gov. Richardson in Claremont and asked for his views on decreasing dependency on foreign oil versus decreasing dependency on oil in general. In his July 28 blog, the blogger recapped that Richardson “is firmly in the camp of those who want to move to renewable resources.” Read more here.
John Edwards was also touring around the state this weekend taking questions from real people (not snowmen) on global warming and energy. A FOTPC who saw Edwards in Manchester reported that he didn’t get a question in, but was happy to hear the Senator talk about the issue. In Epping, a volunteer got Edwards to wear a “Stop Global Warming” sticker even though he said he usually doesn’t wear stickers.
Sen. Edwards told large crowds in Londonderry and Dover that “If we do it the right way, we can strengthen the American economy…We can create at least a million new jobs, you know they won’t be blue collar jobs, we call them green collar jobs.” Edwards also talked about how we could have a positive impact on the world, particularly in the conflict-ridden Middle East, by reducing our dependence on their oil and forcing them to reform.
Hear what Edwards had to say in Dover: Audio1 Audio2
