"Mitch McConnell on climate change: "I'm not a scientist""

[applegrove]

Mitch McConnell on climate change: "I'm not a scientist"

by Jed Lewison at the Daily Kos

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/03/1334130/-Mitch-McConnell-on-climate-change-I-m-not-a-scientist

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"I'm not a scientist, I am interested in protecting Kentucky's economy, I'm interested in having low cost electricity," said McConnell Thursday in an interview with the editorial board of The Cincinnati Enquirer.

Funny, because Mitch McConnell isn't the president, but that hasn't stopped him from telling the president what to do.

McConnell also isn't a soldier—nor has he ever been—but that hasn't stopped him from pushing to fight more wars.

In fact, last I checked, McConnell wasn't a woman, but he still feels like he's the right guy to be making medical decisions for them.





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[BlueJazz]

1. I know what Mitch is but I've eased up on my screaming and cussing.

[lpbk2713]

2. Not much of anything else either.

His record speaks for itself.

[elleng]

3. and in his incessant pandering to coal and oil etc,

he's made himself unable to help the President and other decision-makers to make decent decisions for a healthy economic and environmental future for this country and the world.

[Dont call me Shirley]

4. Obviously Mitch is not a legislator either.

[eggplant]

23. I doubt he even ever stayed at a Holiday Inn Express. n/t

[Dont call me Shirley]

24. Or a Marriott Courtyard

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

5. "....but I am a reptile......." nt

[mindwalker_i]

6. In Jon Stewart's McConnell voice...

I guess... I guess I'm just talkin' outta my butt... yup.

[IDemo]

7. You know, when someone says "scientist",

I think - Stephen Hawking, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Mitch McConnell.

[Kelvin Mace]

8. No shit!

[longship]

9. He's not a scientist...

...let alone a climate scientist, but he thinks climate change is a hoax anyway.

[jimlup]

10. So many of them have said exactly this ...

they must have recieved a memo telling them to begin with these remarks. The idiot is just following his marching orders.

[Old Crow]

22. I agree completely.

I noticed all the prominent AGW deniers repeating the exact same stock phrase, verbatim, starting at the same time about 8 month or so ago, if I remember correctly. It was so coordinated it was clearly a talking-point diktat issued by a conservative think tank. My guess would be either the Heartland Institute or the George C. Marshall Institute.

Mitch (the Turtleman) McConnell is, indeed, following his marching orders, just as you said.

[juxtaposed]

11. nor will he ever be!!!!!!!!

[world wide wally]

12. So, fucking ask a scientist, dipshit

[Fred Sanders]

14. Yep...he could ask a scientist but he knows he and his Koch masters would not like the answers.

Better to say "I am not a scientist", and then deflect from why he would not ask a scientist?

[Wounded Bear]

13. You're not much of a Senator, either...

[paleotn]

15. F___ the climate, I've got mine!!!!

....Not a scientist? I don't think he qualifies as human either.

[CaptainTruth]

16. "I'm not a turtle ... I just enjoy pulling my head & limbs inside my shell."

Lord I hope Grimes beats this dickwit!

[applegrove]

17. a..............................yup!

[IDemo]

18. Here is their anthem:

[spanone]

19. well, we agree on one thing.

[drm604]

20. That seems to be the current Republican talking point regarding climate change.

"I'm not a scientist".

It's their way of attempting to avoid the question. They know that if they actually give an opinion they'll upset one block of voters or another.

What I want to know is; since they are claiming that they're not qualified to have an opinion on scientific issues, do they believe in gravity, or the heliocentric model, or the germ theory of disease?

What about economics? Republicans love to go on about economics as if they're experts. But how many of them are economists? If they're going to be consistent, then the next time someone asks them about the minimum wage, or the deficit, or trickle down theory, their answer should be "I'm not an economist".

[FlatStanley]

21. He isn't an economist either, but he pretends to know how to deliver cheap energy to Kentuckians.

[City Lights]

25. True, but you are a douchebag, Mitchy! nt

[Greybnk48]

26. Did he go to College? Can he read?

He must have taken Biology or Chemistry or some other science and to some degree understood the material. Someone needs to ask him how he was able to get through College without being able to understand and process (a mountain of) empirical data.

[hobbit709]

27. Or anything else that would require synapses firing in sequence.

[Zambero]

28. ....Nor does he listen to them

Politicians may not be scientists, and may or may not heed their advice. However, they are often unflinching ideologues who have the capability of stopping science and its beneficial application dead in its tracks. Thank you Senator, for reminding us of who you REALLY are.