1.0 link 188688 <![CDATA[Boehner Cites Cow Farts To Downplay Global Warming (VIDEO)]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/19/boehner-calls-global-warm_n_188688.html Minority Leader John Boehner described the overwhelming scientific consensus that carbon dioxide is contributing to climate change as "comical" during an appearance on Sunday, noting that cow flatulence contributes CO2 to the environment all the time.

Appearing on ABC's This Week, the Ohio Republican was asked what to describe the GOP plan to dealing with greenhouse gas emissions, "which every major scientific organization said is contributing to climate change."

Boehner replied: "The idea that carbon dioxide is a carcinogen that is harmful...

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