Climate change denier Sarah Palin: 'Bill Nye is as much a scientist as I am'

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Climate change denier Sarah Palin: 'Bill Nye is as much a scientist as I am'

Ex-Alaska governor promotes Climate Hustle film and calls for
intervention to stop the ‘peer pressure’ as world leaders agree
global warming is a serious threat

Suzanne Goldenberg
Friday 15 April 2016 14.04 BST

Of all the causes Sarah Palin has embraced in her varied career as hockey mom, Alaska governor, Republican vice-presidential nominee, Fox television commentator and Donald Trump supporter, none perhaps may be as bold or – as she still likes to say, “rogue” – as trying to take down a much-beloved children’s television personality: Bill Nye the Science Guy.

But that was where hardcore climate change denial landed Palin on Thursday: a wood-panelled committee room in Congress where she disputed the credentials of a hugely popular science educator who has designed devices for Nasa and been awarded several honorary degrees.

“Bill Nye is as much a scientist as I am,” Palin told the gathering. “He’s a kids’ show actor. He’s not a scientist.”

And that was not even the low point of the event.

The occasion was the premiere for the Climate Hustle, a film that dismisses global warming as an excuse for government takeover and makes the outrageously false claim that rising carbon emissions are beneficial.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/15/sarah-palin-bill-nye-climate-change-hustle-film

Grifters gotta grift...

[katsy]

1. She is vastly & completely stupid.

[maxsolomon]

2. just another chapter in the endless gish gallop that is climate denial

attack messengers, sow doubt, & spread bullshit that needs to be debunked. all to delay meaningful action, protect profits, dividends, and stock value. it's been going on for 2 decades now.

but, someone's going to catapult that propaganda. why not palin? american rubes are going to listen to her over Lord Moncton.

besides, it's a paycheck, and todd's got a long recovery in front of him. maybe not so much reckless snow machining anymore, though. no snow.

[2naSalit]

3. She's not only an embarassment to our species..

She is a waste of good air that should be put to better use by endangered species. Truly a poster child for mental health reform and ... I'd rather not be banned so I'll leave it there.

[HuckleB]

4. He has shown that he understands how science works.

This is something far too many people fail to grasp. Of course, Palin fails to grasp almost everything.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. The Stupid is strong with her

[tabasco]

6. This person (Palin) was elected as the governor of a state in the USA.

Is this an indictment of democracy, generally, or just the USA version?

[SeattleVet]

7. She knows all about climate and stuff...

after all, didn't she get her start as a TV 'weather girl'?

[MisterP]

8. engineer who made the other Boeing pipefitters laugh

*massive fight breaks out over whether engineers are actually scientists*

[Initech]

9. Sarah Palin is a scientist? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha...

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!