Posted on 9/24/2004, 2:40:24 PM by Indy Pendance
SPARTANBURG, SC (Talon News) -- Attempting to take political advantage of the devastating hurricanes that have hit Florida and the southeastern section of the United States in the past few weeks, liberal political action group MoveOn.org is saying that President George W. Bush is to blame for "making extreme weather stronger."
In an e-mail to supporters, MoveOn.org rhetorically asks "why such extreme weather" has taken place with Hurricanes Charley, Frances, and Ivan causing billions of dollars in property damage and loss of life.
"Scientists agree that global warming makes sea levels rise and makes storms stronger, because temperature shifts disrupt the normal balance," MoveOn.org explained. "Warmer water makes more violent hurricanes."
The group added that insurance companies such as Swiss Re and Munich Re say "global warming is causing more losses."
Ridiculing President George W. Bush for "handing out emergency aid" in Florida while doing "nothing to reduce global warming," MoveOn.org contends that the president has "done a lot to make the problem worse" and has caused the massive hurricanes to form.
Asking its members to write letters to the editor of their local newspapers, MoveOn.org offers key "talking points, sample letters, and a tool to find your local paper."
MoveOn.org points the finger at Bush, saying that he has "helped the oil companies drill more, and the big polluters pollute more, at every opportunity" while he "has done nothing to stop global warming pollution, which is making extreme weather stronger."
The leftist group supporting Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kerry said Bush "walked away from the Kyoto Protocol, the only major international treaty to curb global warming pollution" and allegedly "broke a campaign pledge to limit emissions of CO2, the biggest global warming pollutant."
Blaming Bush for giving "tens of billions of dollars in subsidies to oil and coal industries that cause most of this pollution," MoveOn.org said the president has done "virtually nothing to make our use of these energy sources more efficient or to promote cleaner alternatives."
Again accusing Bush of being responsible for the hurricanes, MoveOn.org said the letter campaign will get the word out of how dangerous weather is connected to the occupant of the White House.
"By writing to our local papers, we can reach out to neighbors who are concerned about the extreme weather but don't yet know the connection to President Bush protecting the polluters," MoveOn.org argued.
The e-mail concluded, "And best of luck coping with the weather."
Wow. Liberals will say and believe anything. This sort of stuff seems to backfire.
I was wondering how long it would take them to come up with Bush being responsible.
Kerry, in his monotone: "If I am elected president, I will make sure that no hurricane ever again touches the shores of the United States."
Someone needs to send them a 20-year history report on air quality in the US.
In three and a half short years Bush has caused global warming such that we've had four hurricanes attack our country....WOW.
Dang! Well if he can do that I'm votin' for him!
Point to remember for Conservatives: Never underestimate the stupidity of the American people.
MoveOn better keep MovIn around.
Just think, it took less than four years for him to do it! What a President!
Carl Sagan would say: billions and billions of years... and um, somehow the passing of the rotten, lousy Kyoto treaty over the past 4 years would have prevented.. Hurricanes?
Oh heck, liberals, despite billions of dollars still can't stop the spread of STDS.
You will all have to excuse me for a while, I have to go to the hospital and have my 'mouse' finger fixed.
Part of the sky fell on it.
I always thought that the "global warming" we've been seeing lately is a result of all the hot air being put out by all these far-left bozos.
There was a guy on one of our local radio stations this morning who said that the hurricanes were a sign of the end of the world. Does this mean that GWB is responsible for the world ending, too?? LOL!
I was sure that the source of this report would be from "The Onion". But, when I saw "Salon", I thought...same thing.
I've got more mixed feelings. OK, I know that politically, Bush did what he had to. Following my advice would be political suicide (and then we'd see Kerry in office, so I hope he doesn't follow my advice.)
Still, I'd love to see the President go down there after a hurricane, and tell people, "Look, you live in the middle of a hurricane zone. That's why insurance is expensive here, but you can't go asking the rest of the country to bear your burdens. Buy insurance yourself, or move. You've got my sympathy, of course, and I'm making a personal donation to the Red Cross, and I urge the rest of America to do the same. But that's it."
Yeah, that'll happen...
Drew Garrett
Moveon.org needs to clarify their own candidate's position before attacking the President.
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