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OKIsItJustMe

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8. Yes, I asked where the Republican comedians were last year…
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 05:41 PM
Mar 2012
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/32783.html
[font face=Times, Times New Roman, Serif][font size=5]Conservatives mock Al Gore on snowstorms[/font]

By ANDY BARR | 2/10/10 11:36 AM EST
Updated: 2/10/10 5:35 PM EST

[font size=3]With the nation’s capital buried in several feet of snow and the federal government brought to a halt by Mother Nature, conservatives are mocking former Vice President Al Gore and his crusade to curb global climate change.

The vocal doubters of global warming frequently use any unseasonal snowfall or cold spell to mock Gore, despite the fact that climate scientists study long-term trends and give little weight to one-time occurrences or random meteorological events.

But the historic snowfall in Washington — coinciding with a push from Democrats to enact legislation capping carbon emissions — has left conservatives crowing that fears of environmental catastrophe make no sense.

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) jabbed at Gore on Twitter Tuesday, writing that “it’s going to keep snowing in D.C. until Al Gore cries ‘uncle.’”

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