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Fred Thompson Mocks Global Warming Fears
Likely presidential candidate Fred Thompson has been seeking to solidify his conservative credentials with frequent online postings, including statements opposing gun control and downplaying global warming fears.
In one of his three dozen postings on National Review Online, the former Tennessee senator compared scientists who warn about man-made climate change to those centuries ago who suppressed Galileo’s scientific findings because science — like the “consensus” on global warming — had already been “absolutely decided.”
He also wrote: “It seems scientists have noticed recently that quite a few planets in our solar system seem to be heating up a bit, including Pluto. This has led some people, not necessarily scientists, to wonder if Mars and Jupiter, non-signatories to the Kyoto Treaty, are actually inhabited by alien SUV-driving industrialists who run their air-conditioning at 60 degrees and refuse to recycle.”
In another posting, he said that students at Virginia Tech — site of the killing spree that claimed 32 lives — could have protected themselves if they had been allowed to carry guns on campus.
He also criticized Congress’ recent attempt at immigration reform for failing to deal with the problem of insecure borders, stating: “A nation without secure borders will not long be a sovereign nation.”
And he praised Israel’s “restrained and pinpoint reactions” to missile attacks from Gaza, likening Palestinian militants’ actions to Canadians firing missiles every day into Buffalo, N.Y.
Thompson’s writings have been “wildly popular,” Kathryn Jean Lopez, editor of the National Review Online, said in comments reported by the Seattle Times.
“He had just the right balance of red meat and substance to feed a conservative audience.”
Thompson has also posted to the Townhall.com blog and placed podcasts on RedState.com.
The writings are seen as an attempt to reassure core conservatives that he is one of them, despite his past actions supporting campaign-finance reform and opposing federal limits on malpractice lawsuits and attorneys fees, which most conservatives supported.
“Most of the other candidates — other than an issue here or there — are trying to conceal their viewpoints in which they think they will offend some portion of the electorate,” conservative talk radio host Mark Levin told the Times.
“Thompson comes out and he is unafraid of articulating his viewpoints. He’s not trying to camouflage them.” |
