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Wed Aug 29, 2012, 09:23 PM Aug 2012

Snort! Tampa Convention Billboard Highlights Kasich's (R-OH) "Belief" In Climate Breakdown

Republican devotees who have traveled to Tampa, Fla. for their party’s national convention expect a week filled with activities aimed at unifying the GOP around the central policy and agenda messages as they nominate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for president.

But as thousands of out-of-towners arrived and made their trek to the Tampa Bay Times Forum, the arena hosting the convention, they have been greeted by some well-placed advertisements featuring some prominent conservative leaders -- including Ohio Gov. John Kasich -- that are not quite in lock-step with the message Republicans have long touted.

Kasich is prominently featured on a billboard outside the arena and on one at the most central interstate highway crossing in the city, as well as, on some placards adorning 40 city taxi cabs proclaiming his belief that global warming is real.

"I am a believer – my goodness I am a Republican – I happen to believe there is a problem with climate change," reads a quote attributed to Kasich that appears next to a picture of the smiling Ohio governor.

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http://www.politifact.com/ohio/statements/2012/aug/29/florida-wildlife-federation/convention-billboard-touts-john-kasichs-view-clima/

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