John McCain has been distancing himself from his previous championing of climate action as he tries to appeal to conservatives. Well, he's certainly keeping that theme with his vice presidential pick.Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been a champion of a different fight -- the one to try to keep the polar bear from being protected by the Endangered Species Act:
"She's either grossly misinformed or intentionally misleading, and both are unbecoming," said Kassie Siegel of the Center for Biological Diversity. "Alaska deserves better."With this pick, McCain has completely turned his back on his past leadership on global warming.
Siegel said it was unconscionable for Palin to ignore overwhelming evidence of global warming's threat to sea ice, the polar bear's habitat.
"Even the Bush administration can't deny the reality of global warming," she said. "The governor is aligning herself and the state of Alaska with the most discredited, fringe, extreme viewpoints by denying this."
UPDATE 1:47pm - Much more on Palin's sorry environmental record over at Gristmill.
UPDATE 2:13pm - Palin today tells a conservative website she doesn't believe scientists who say global warming is man-made.
Now more than just her hairstyle frightens me. McCain may gain back some Christian Conservative voters with this VP selection, but at real risk of alienating environmentalists.
ReplyDeleteHere are some of my thoughts
ReplyDeleteIt looks like McCain may have made a mistake. He only talked with her one time and that was last week about being VP. There appears to be several major issues. I'm not a Rep. But he am shocked about a rash decision. He was close in the polls. This just does make sense. He looks very implusive.
Now the talking heads are starting to talk about McCain's 2 serious runs with cancer. And that the cancer could set i again. The last one needed a 5 hr operation. Is she really ready for the President. She not a very worldly. She is not brillant.
She's insane!
ReplyDeleteSAVE THE POLAR BEARS!
And BOYCOTT PALIN!!!