2009: The year that Ben Stein became a climate realist

Feb 21, '09 - Ben Stein - The Dangers of ‘Cap and Trade’ - NYTimes.com

Indeed, President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency now seems likely to act within months to begin restraints on carbon dioxide. This move had been resisted by the previous administration.

Obviously, oil and gasoline are a big part of the emissions problem, and something needs to be done. I seem to have trouble breathing on too many days.

April 27, '09: Ben Stein: "Global Warming is By No Means Proved" : TreeHugger

Courtesy of Media Matters, actor and global warming denier Ben Stein told Fox News that "global warming is by no means proved." Mr. Stein added "Cap and trade is a nightmare, disaster, will benefit only the speculators."

July 24, '09: Ben Stein - The American Spectator : We've Figured Him Out

Now, we face a devastating loss of freedom at home in health care. It will be joined by controls on our lives to "protect us" from global warming, itself largely a fraud if believed to be caused by man.

How many influential people (and how many voters) have followed similar paths to climate realism over the last two years?