Manchin (Asshole - WV) "There Are Deniers On Both Sides" Of Climate "Debate"

[hatrack]

Pardon my French, but JESUS FUCKING CHRIST.

The climate change debate has “deniers” on both sides, Sen. Joe Manchin said Tuesday. Deniers include people who don’t think the climate is changing, the West Virginia Democrat — who famously shot the cap and trade bill during a campaign commercial — said during POLITICO’s “Great Energy Debate” panel discussion in Washington. But activists and liberal lawmakers who suggest that the country can quickly move away from fossil fuels are also in denial, he said.

“There are deniers on both sides,” Manchin said. “On my side, there’s people who say, ‘Oh, the climate is not a problem.’ Well, let me tell you, 7 billion people, we have an impact on the climate and we have a responsibility. And if you don’t think so, you’re a denier.”

But he also criticized climate advocates like Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), who has made dozens of speeches on the Senate floor in favor of taking stringent action on the issue.

“I said, ‘Sheldon, you’re a denier,’” Manchin recalled telling his Democratic colleague, adding, “If you believe that we can continue to run this country and this economy without any fossil [fuels] or any coal — if you do, then you’re a denier.”

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http://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/joe-manchin-climate-change-106634.html?hp=l10

[JeffHead]

1. What do you expect?

This guy has coal industry cash running through his veins. He will defend them to the end.

[phantom power]

2. both sides

both sides!
both sides!
both sides!

[Nihil]

3. Fair and Balanced!

Non-partisan support!

Both sides of the debate!

Suicidal *and* fucked up!
(Oh, did I say that out loud?)

[pscot]

4. He's right

You can't run the economy without fossil fuels and fossil fuels are killing the planet. Reality sucks.

[GliderGuider]

6. Doesn't it suck to agree with an asshole?

He could have used a better word, though.

He said this: “If you believe that we can continue to run this country and this economy without any fossil or any coal — if you do, then you’re a denier.”

It would have been more accurate (though not as good rhetoric) if he'd said this: “If you believe that we can continue to run this country and this economy without any fossil or any coal — if you do, then you’re delusional.”

[pscot]

7. Might as well say it sucks to be us

the whole damned human race is in denial. I know what's coming yet I still drive, kick the heat on when it's cold and eat an occasional burger. We're all complicit. As Milo Minderbinder would say, everybody has a share.

[theHandpuppet]

5. Manchin is such a tool

It's embarrassing.