After Greenwashing His Climate Record, Sen. Sununu Reveals His True ‘Drill Here’ Mentality To Glenn Beck
After Greenwashing His Climate Record, Sen. Sununu Reveals His True ‘Drill Here’ Mentality To Glenn Beck
Sen. John Sununu (R-NH) is facing a tough reelection campaign against former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen (D). During their debate on Tuesday night, Sununu tried to greenwash his dismal record on climate change, claiming to be “concerned” about global warming and touting his involvement with the issue in the Senate:
SUNUNU: I cosponsored legislation this past year with Tom Carper, bipartisan legislation, that would set restrictions not just on pollutants like mercury or sulfur or NOx, which causes ozone, but also limits on CO2 emissions. … I voted to move the climate change legislation forward on the Senate floor, because I think this is an important issue. [...]
QUESTION: Would you consider it a priority for you, global warming?
SUNUNU: Well a priority enough that I was the lead Republican on the piece of legislation that I cosponsored with Tom Carper.
Watch it:
As the moderator noted, just last year Sununu denied that a link between global warming and human activity even exists, so his new-found concern about the climate might have left viewers skeptical. That skepticism was validated today, when Sununu — appearing on notorious global warming denier Glenn Beck’s radio show — made his true feelings about global warming clear:
GLENN: All right. Talk to me a little bit about oil. Are you a global warming guy?
SENATOR SUNUNU: Drill here, drill now.
GLENN: Okay.
Listen here:
Considering Sununu’s long record of voting for Big Oil’s interests, it’s no wonder he’s latched on to their favorite cheer when asked if he’s “a global warming guy.”
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Was Senator Sununu pointing to his head when he said "Drill here, drill now"?
October 24th, 2008 at 5:43 pmRabid right-wing douchebags don't watch 'debates.' Their attention span and vocabularies aren't up to that much exercise. So they listen to the likes of Falafel Bill, Handjob, and Blechhh...
Sununu knows that and shaped his remarks accordingly.
October 24th, 2008 at 5:46 pmLiberalVoter Says:
Was Senator Sununu pointing to his head when he said “Drill here, drill now”?
October 24th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Lol...I wondered the same thing...
October 24th, 2008 at 5:47 pmSENATOR SUNUNU: Drill here, drill now.
I'm guessing he would not have said the same thing if he was asked about gay marriage.
October 24th, 2008 at 5:59 pmDrill here, drill now... in New Hampshire?
They're going to need a lot of drill bits to get down through all that granite.
October 24th, 2008 at 6:12 pmThis dude's dad burdoned us with a nuke plant built in a totally absurd location with no hope of summertime evacuation. Oh and ClusterTim, your days are sooo numbered. You never say shit and LOL is just lame and so eighth grade. Overall you suck
October 24th, 2008 at 6:13 pmWow John Sununu sounds a lot like Gordon Smith. Lie like hell to your constituents when you are up for reelection and then go back to your neoCON ways ways when you are re-elected. Doesn't look like it's working for either of them this time. Too bad so sad.
October 24th, 2008 at 6:41 pmHow come Beck is no longer at CNN Headline News? I heard he upped their ratings? How could they have let such an outstanding original talent get away? (Exiled to FOX Noise is the buzz...)
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October 24th, 2008 at 6:59 pmThat was a total non sequitur. What does energy independence have to do with global warming?
October 24th, 2008 at 7:19 pmBetween the oil crash, the high cost of American labor and Palin's increase on oil company taxes in Alaska, "Big Oil" has much less incentive now to expand domestic drilling. I even heard it said on CNBC today that most of the world's leading oil producers are themselves over-leveraged, so OPEC is unlikely to cut production much more than the 1.5m bpd announced this week, so why would the western oil companies be in any hurry to build new wells in the US when they cost $100m each?
October 24th, 2008 at 7:24 pmI am horrified. I live in New Hampshire. I went to MIT, I saw rich frat-boy Johnny in my classes. He is a waste of an MIT education with his rubber-stamp of Bush's policies. He votes against issues where the science is clear. I am ashamed to say we went to the same school. I'd vote for The Penguin before I vote for Johnny Sununu.
October 25th, 2008 at 2:00 amHere's a test:
Question: Carbon Dioxide is 40, 14 or 4 percent of the atmosphere?
Answer: none of the above (it's less than .04 percent).
October 25th, 2008 at 5:18 amHo AcePilot101:
October 25th, 2008 at 2:33 pmSo is it safe to assume you don't buy into the climate disruption premise?
AcePilot101 Says:
Here is a test do you EVER make a cogent point? Do you know what one is or is this inane BS all you have? You are a troll without a single functioning braincell
October 26th, 2008 at 1:14 am