House GOP Memo Gives Advice On Environmental Issues In 2004 - Lie!

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WASHINGTON — "Republican House leaders are warning their members that “Democrats will hit us hard on the environment” this election year. Their advice?

Tell voters that global warming has not been proved, that there are no clear links between air pollution and childhood asthma and that America’s rivers and lakes aren’t nearly as polluted as the Environmental Protection Agency says they are.

Moderate Republicans fear that the “talking points” in a memo from the House Republican Conference could make their party appear indifferent to the health threats of smoggy skies or mercury-contaminated fish. And that could hurt them in tight races where they must appeal to middle-of-the-road voters.

Republican House leaders recently sent the memo to GOP press secretaries to use to beat back accusations from Democrats and conservation groups that Republicans are anti-environment. The memo charges Democrats with trying to hype pollution problems to frighten voters into supporting the party. Among the memo’s assertions: “Global warming is not a fact,” “Links between air quality and asthma in children remain cloudy” and the EPA exaggerates when it says at least 40 percent of U.S. streams, rivers and lakes are too polluted for drinking, fishing or swimming. “Republicans can’t stress enough that extremists are screaming, ‘Doomsday!’ when the environment is actually seeing a new and better day,” says the Feb. 4 memo put out by the communications office of the House Republican Conference.

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http://news.statesmanjournal.com/article.cfm?i=78010

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1. I thought Bush already admitted Global Warming is a fact...

but that there is nothing we can do about it, or some such BS.

Funny, I did not realize that over 40% of our streams, rivers
and lakes are too polluted for drinking, fishing or swimming.
Pretty sad.

[ramapo]

2. My Rep has been spinning away

I'm represented by a conservative Republican in what is a moderate district. This guy has voted against every piece of environmental legislation with the exception of two which directly impact the district. He has an abysmal rating from the LCV.

His latest update mailed to all constituants cleverly highlights his efforts to successfully pass the two pieces of locally-oriented legislation. The flyer was printed in green no less.