Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist gave the perfect response to his opponent's typical Republican dodge on climate change questions. That dodge has been so over-used by people like Marco Rubio, John Boehner, et al -- that it is already a tired cliche.
And it fools no one. When asked whether they think climate change is real, the Republican talking point goes something like, I'm not a scientist. I'm not qualified to debate the science."
Enter Crist, who told a group at a climate change conference at Florida State University, I’m not a scientist either, but I can use my brain, and I can talk to one."
President Obama made a similar good point, talking to a group in drought-ridden California, "I'm not a scientist either, but we've got some good ones at NASA."
Just one further point to Republicans: Most of you are not economists either . . . nor obstetricians.
So why do you feel qualified to tinker with financial regulatory
laws? Why do you feel qualified to tell women how to manage their
reproductive choices?
Ralph
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