Re: [asa] Have Global Warming Alarmist Appeasers Jumped the

Shark, yet?
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Next person to jump the shark: Gingrich

WASHINGTON — In a break with some conservatives, a former House
speaker, Newt Gingrich, is joining those calling for "urgent" action
to address global warming as he sparred yesterday with Senator Kerry
on whether government or the marketplace should be the chief
instrument in combating climate change.

"It is a problem. We should address it, and we should address it very
actively," Mr. Gingrich, who could enter the presidential race later
this year, said at the outset of a two-hour debate with the 2004
Democratic nominee. He later called for "green conservatism," saying
he wanted "radical" changes that would combine tax incentives and even
prizes to stimulate the market toward more environmentally friendly
practices to reduce carbon emissions.

...

The Massachusetts senator also forced Mr. Gingrich to distance himself
from a fellow Republican, Senator Inhofe of Oklahoma, who has called
global warming a "hoax" and more recently berated Vice President Gore
for what he deemed "misleading " and "alarmist" warnings on climate
change. Asked by Mr. Kerry what he would say to Mr. Inhofe, Mr.
Gingrich responded: "My message is the evidence is sufficient that we
should move toward the most efficient possible means to reduce carbon
in the atmosphere."

Praise the Lord, this is a major development as the architect of the
Contract With America has taken a position in support of science.

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Received on Wed Apr 11 12:15:54 2007