Norquist: voters don’t care about global warming.
By on Jan 22nd, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Norquist: voters don’t care about global warming.
In an interview with CQ, conservative activist Grover Norquist says that he doesn’t think “there’s a person in this country that votes on this subject.” Norquist’s claim flies in the face of public opinion as 60 percent of Americans believe “we must take action now or it will be too late to stop it” and 58 percent favor capping carbon emissions. Contradicting Norquist, pollster Frank Luntz has said climate change is “the single biggest vulnerability” for conservatives.
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January 22nd, 2008 at 12:33 pmCNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll. Jan. 14-17, 2008. N=1,393 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.
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“How important will each of the following be to your vote for president? Will it be extremely important, very important, moderately important, or not that important? . . .”
Global warming
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:38 pmExtremely Important/ Very Important/ Moderately Important/ Not That Important/ Unsure
21 ……………………../ 27…………………/ 30…………………………/ 22…………………/ 1
Norquist tries to spin the lie. Beep…thanks for playing Grover but we catch your drift here….a bit too over the top. The fact is that this grave global crisis is “on the hearts and minds” of any human being with a conscience.
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:39 pmAnd, thankfully, the only americans without a soul right now are the Bush supporters – those 28%ers/losers.
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:39 pmRemember, this is the same Grover Norquist who wants to “shrink government to the size we can drown in the bathtub.’
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:44 pmShould Norquist be indicted already?
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:45 pmSorry, I meant:
Shouldn’t Norquist be indicted already?
i.e. it was a rhetorical question, the answer to which is: of course.
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:46 pmSpeaking of lowlifes, NYT is running a great story about Giuliani that I’m sure must be causing steam to come out of that creepy thug’s ears by now.
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:47 pmShouldn’t Grover get back to his muppetry instead of taking up valuable bandwidth with this nonsense?
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:49 pmThe reason cons, particularly the religious ones, ignore global warming is because it does not fit their end times scenario. Jesus must return for the end of world. We puny humans could not possibly bring about a disaster that would extinct us, God would’nt let us, it screws with his plans for supernatural global mayhem.
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:50 pm#6 & 7
Yes, and Yes.
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:50 pmIn an interview with CQ, conservative activist Grover Norquist says that he doesn’t think
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Interesting and probably true.
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:58 pm#12 Norquist does seem rather reptilian.
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:59 pmWhat planet does Grover live on? He’s hanging on by his finger nails to the last seven years…
Mr. Purple
January 22nd, 2008 at 1:10 pmThe Luntz knows all.
LOL
Republicans could not possibly be more behind the curve.
January 22nd, 2008 at 1:12 pmVoters don’t care about Norquist.
January 22nd, 2008 at 1:23 pmThis is the same Norquist who wrote the neocon pipe dream post-invasion plan for Iraq that’s been oh-so-successful so far. Why his opinions should be taken seriously by anybody is a mystery to me.
January 22nd, 2008 at 1:34 pmUnfortunately, Norquist may be closer to the truth than progressives care to admit — but he hasn’t hit it spot on.
http://www.pollingreport.com/prioriti.htm
According to a poll conducted by CNN this month, 78% of those polled said that global warming is at least “moderately important” in their voting decisions, with 48% saying that it’s either “very important” or “extremely important”. This should be good news to environmentalists.
The bad news (and where Norquist may have a small point) is that global warming falls TENTH on the priority list — behind (in order) the economy, the situation in Iraq, terrorism, health care, gas prices, the situation in Iran, illegal immigration, taxes, and abortion.
A candidate’s position on global warming is still going to make a difference, though. In the Republican primaries, many of the candidates will agree on most of the top nine priorities, but McCain differs from the pack significantly on global warming. Because surely a portion of that 78% who think global warming is a concern are Republicans, this could sway some votes McCain’s way.
In the general election, however, people will probably vote according to their thoughts on other issues. The sad thing is that global warming probably won’t climb up the priority list until it’s too late to do anything about it.
January 22nd, 2008 at 1:35 pmGrover is just projecting his own stupidity onto others. A very common Republican trick in the 21st century…
January 22nd, 2008 at 1:38 pmdid anyone see 60 minutes sunday?
looking for a link, i found that is was a special report, not 60minutes…
Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008
60 Minutes will not be seen this Sunday, Jan. 20.
Taking its place will be CBS News Presents: “The Age Of Warming”
Nowhere is the evidence of global warming as striking than near the earth’s poles. CBS News correspondent Scott Pelley’s report brings him to the top and the bottom of the world, where scientists point out the effects of the warming trend. He also speaks to NASA’s top scientist studying climate, who says the Bush administration has restricted what he can say about global warming. Catherine Herrick and Bill Owens are the producers.
hopefully all the john&jane doe’s of the country saw that and are
January 22nd, 2008 at 1:40 pmtalking about it also…
The bad news (and where Norquist may have a small point) is that global warming falls TENTH on the priority list — behind (in order) the economy, the situation in Iraq, terrorism, health care, gas prices, the situation in Iran, illegal immigration, taxes, and abortion.
Comment by missmolly — January 22, 2008 @ 1:35 pm
All of which makes perfect sense. It’s human nature to worry more about immediate problems than the problems facing us 30 years from now.
I also wonder if the public is beginning to lose faith in the idea that government can actually do anything about climate change, and are banking on the idea that innovation and the private sector will take the lead.
January 22nd, 2008 at 1:48 pmShhhhhhssssssshhhhhHH!!!
Don’t tell them!
We want the RW “strategists” to stay ignerrent…..
Cheers,
January 22nd, 2008 at 1:48 pmNorquist is a neoCON and neoCONs don’t need no stinkin proof. All they need is what they want to believe. They all live in an alternative universe and wouldn’t know reality if it punched them in the face.
If we don’t elect a Democrat as President in 2008, I fear that our planet will be doomed. Global climate change isn’t something that is going to wait until every single scientist in the world (other than the vast majority of scientists in the world) believe it is a problem. By the time that happens, it will be way too late to save the planet.
January 22nd, 2008 at 2:11 pmReality is not a Repukian strong point.
Buck Fush
January 22nd, 2008 at 2:11 pmBecause surely a portion of that 78% who think global warming is a concern are Republicans, this could sway some votes McCain’s way.
Comment by missmolly
I think this is something that McCain is going to hit heavily on. I saw him at a recent campaign stop and all the people sitting behind him had signs about global warming. There were no other subjects on the signs they were holding.
January 22nd, 2008 at 2:15 pmSome people are simply delusional, and in deep denial; the only problem is others listen to them in place of experts. The facts are:
Greenland’s ice sheet melted nearly 19 billion tons more than the previous high mark, and the volume of Arctic sea ice at summer’s end was half what it was just four years ago, according to new NASA satellite data obtained by the Associated Press.
See National Snow and Ice Data Center for more information.
We are leaving our children and grand-children with “one heck of a mess”. My guess is history, if there is any history, will surely condemn us in the end.
January 22nd, 2008 at 2:46 pm