Thursday, February 18, 2010

It's come to this: Cap and trade is so unpopular that Charlie Crist has released a fake Rubio speech to remind us that Rubio once supported it

Satire in Florida: Crist unveils fake Rubio speech for CPAC 
I now say cap and trade is wrong, but I supported a carbon tax. May sound strange (does to me too), and I know that shakes many of you to the core, but it’s true. Before I became a candidate for U.S. Senate I supported giving Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection agency a mandate to go out and develop a cap-and-trade program including a carbon tax. This position was to get ahead of what would be coming down from Washington. Clearly I read the political tides wrong, but I cannot stand by my comments from March 2008 or all of you will see right through me, I mean, that’s a lifetime ago in politics. Moving on …
[2007: Governor's Agenda - Warming Now on Front Burner]
GAINESVILLE - With "STOP GLOBAL WARMING" bracelets dangling from his wrist, Gov. Charlie Crist took his seat between the two women who would soon embrace him in a hug before a row of television cameras: rock star and environmental activist Sheryl Crow and Laurie David, producer of the Al Gore documentary on global warming.

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