Energy Etch A Sketch

nytimes.com:

On climate change as on other issues, he has transformed himself, bit by reactionary bit.

Read the whole story: nytimes.com

Comments

[l78lancer]

04:43 AM on 06/24/2012

Just how imaginary was the government's energy world when it built TVA and lit homes all across middle America, or when nuclear power was translated into civilian energy use?

It woulld be easier to believe that he would lose his faith in religion than for Romney to deny his beliefs in energy - and be credible.

[xxixpines]

12:34 AM on 06/19/2012

And now for the ultimate flip flop collection.

No wonder he does not want to answer questions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_pgfWK3sxw&feature=related

[SETexasLib]

10:31 AM on 06/18/2012

Romney is a flop who has flipped.

[queequag]

07:20 AM on 06/18/2012

Etcha-sketch playing duck-duck-goose.

[xxixpines]

09:53 PM on 06/17/2012

There is at least one subject that Romeny does not flip flop on.

You should take a look and be informed.

http://www.lds-mormon.com/fourteen.shtml

[Alekxi]

06:24 PM on 06/17/2012

Romney: "Honesty is the best... Screw honesty I'll just bend over so these Republicans like me and I can get elected and have my turn as President."

[SeekingClarity]

06:16 PM on 06/17/2012

"what he contemptuously dismisses as Mr. Obama’s “imaginary world where government-subsidized windmills and solar panels could power the economy.” Or as he once said, 'You can’t drive a car with a windmill on it.' ”

Great Argument! You also can't drive a car with an oil derrick on it!

Yet some American states are receiving a significant percentage of their power from renewables, and some countries are reaping even larger "harvests" with wind and solar (Germany's solar electric production is said to equal the output of 20 nuclear power plants).

(And Germany has not collapsed).

True, the up-front costs are high and renewables won't solve ALL of our problems any time soon, but they are renewable (petroleum isn't) and much of the money paid can go to American companies and workers, not dodgy foreign governments and cartels.

[Jrg Frei]

06:14 PM on 06/17/2012

On what issue has he not flipped?

[Alekxi]

06:16 PM on 06/17/2012

He should be President.

[Atheist Jewboy]

06:03 PM on 06/17/2012

It wiill be news when Mittens does NOT flip-flop on an issue!

[WESTistheman]

05:41 PM on 06/17/2012

He didn't flip flop, he evolved as the Global Warming science turned into Global Warming science-fiction.

[mamacat]

05:23 PM on 06/17/2012

Birkenstock is going to change the name of their flip-flops to "The Romneys".

[Lwtsn7]

04:46 PM on 06/17/2012

He's flipped flop on ALL issues......You better believe that he would go which ever way the Koch brothers, and the other billionaires wanted him to but we won't have to worry about that, because OBAMA is going to win!

[mxytsplyk]

04:37 PM on 06/17/2012

But in the end, he flip-flopped on climate change the same way heʻs flipped-flopped on nearly everything else: Research doctored to the taste of his corporate masters.

[GoldwaterKid]

05:38 PM on 06/17/2012

Corporate Masters is a phrase that belongs to both Obama and Romney. And so does 'flip flop' and 1% and many other talking points.

[MartinEden]

04:11 PM on 06/17/2012

Mittens would flip flop on the law of gravity if it would get him elected.

[hhoc612710]

04:39 PM on 06/17/2012

Right , Romney will do anything to get elected ANYTHING!!!
Obama 2012

[SeekingClarity]

06:18 PM on 06/17/2012

"Mittens would flip flop on the law of gravity..."

That would be a flip and then flop. Don' mess with Mother Nature.

[obamathegreat235]

11:23 PM on 06/17/2012

And I imagine Isaac Newton would be highly offended.

[Kane]

04:07 PM on 06/17/2012

From a political standpoint, Romney's current opposition to global warming and climate change speaks volumes about the weakness of his candidacy within his own party. Consider this;

In his attempt to out-green AGore in the 2000 presidenti­al campaign, GWB proposed to slow the pace of global warming by limiting the amount of carbon dioxide that electrical utilities release into the atmosphere. As we know, GWB didn't keep that campaign promise.

In the 2008 campaign, JMcCain spoke about the issue of climate change throughout his campaign, telling voters that he was "convinced­, without a doubt" in his mind that climate change is real. He argued for an increase in green technology and the importance of a cap and trade system. Five months after losing the election, JMcCain was ripping President Obama for his climate change proposal because it included a cap and trade system, which McCain described as a "giant government slush fund."

Even though GWB and JMcCain had no intention whatsoever of addressing global warming, their status within the GOP was firm enough that they could move to the center on the issue and offer rhetoric designed to persuade environmentally conscious swing voters that they were green-friendly. Even with the nomination wrapped up, Romney is still unable to do that.

[GoldwaterKid]

05:38 PM on 06/17/2012

Romney is running in the now time period. Not ten years ago.