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  • This Man Is America’s Best Hope for Near-Term Climate Action

    05/13/2015 9:59:51 AM PDT · by Cincinatus' Wife · 28 replies
    Slate ^ | May 13, 2015 | Eric Holthaus
    Conservative climate champions are often laughed off or ignored. But what’s happening within the American political right could change everything, and fast.Each year since 1989, the JFK Library bestows its Profile in Courage award to a public servant who takes a principled but unpopular position. This year,the award went to Bob Inglis, a former congressman from South Carolina who’s turned into America’s best hope for near-term climate action. Oh, he’s also a Republican.As you might expect, Inglis wasn’t always a climate campaigner. In his acceptance speech last week at the JFK Library in Boston,he described how and why he changed...
  • How the science of persuasion could change the politics of climate change

    04/16/2018 6:22:34 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 49 replies
    MIT Technology Review ^ | April 16, 2018 | by James Temple
    Jerry Taylor believes he can change the minds of conservative climate skeptics. After all, he helped plant the doubts for many in the first place. He’s president of the Niskanen Center, a libertarian-leaning Washington, DC, think tank he founded in 2014. He and his colleagues there are trying to build support for the passage of an aggressive federal carbon tax, through discussions with Washington insiders, with a particular focus on Republican legislators and their staff. Lesson one: Pick the right targets Political scientists consistently find that mass opinion doesn’t drive the policy debate, so much as the other way around....
  • Chris Hayes: Trump Is a 'Hot Wet Rag Applied To Infected Wound'

    05/07/2016 4:06:07 AM PDT · by governsleastgovernsbest · 32 replies
    NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
    It's early yet, but Chris Hayes has the early clubhhouse lead for "most disgusting MSM metaphor used on Donald Trump." On his MSNBC show this evening, Hayes called Trump "a hot wet rag applied to an infected wound." Imagine the outrage if a conservative described Hillary Clinton with a similar simile. Hayes was interviewing the MSM's favorite kind of Republican: Bob Inglis of South Carolina, a former congressman who's terribly worried about global warming and called those of us not so concerned "hoaxsters." Inglis said he'd never vote for Trump: surprise! View the video here.
  • Cracks appear in the climate change deniers’ defenses

    06/16/2015 10:02:24 AM PDT · by Brad from Tennessee · 51 replies
    Washington Post ^ | June 16, 2015 | By Katrina vanden Heuvel
    In April 2009, as the political right was finding its voice in the tea party, South Carolina Republican Rep. Bob Inglis was making the case for a carbon tax. “I’m a conservative. I believe in accountability,” he said. “Global warming is not a matter of belief. It’s a matter of facts.” He added, “We don’t want to be a party of deniers.” Most of his party disagreed. A year later, Inglis was trounced in a Republican primary, his staunchly conservative record proving insufficient to overcome this heretical deviation. On the surface, it may appear that little has changed in the...
  • Ex-US Rep. Inglis gets JFK courage award for climate stance

    05/03/2015 3:31:46 PM PDT · by PROCON · 11 replies
    AP ^ | May 3, 2015 | Associated Press
    BOSTON (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Bob Inglis received the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award on Sunday for reversing his position on climate change despite the predictable political fallout that helped cost the South Carolina Republican his seat in Congress. Kennedy's grandson, Jack Schlossberg, presented the award to Inglis on Sunday at the JFK Library in Boston."My grandfather's legacy is kept alive by Bob's courageous decision to sacrifice his political career to demand action on the issue that will shape life on Earth for generations to come," said Schlossberg, son of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg.
  • Former Rep. Inglis to Launch Conservative Coalition to Address Climate Change (RINO BARF ALERT)

    06/19/2011 10:24:18 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 25 replies
    ClimateWire / The New York Times ^ | 2011-06-14 | Jean Chemnick
    A former Republican congressman who is an advocate for action to address climate change plans to launch a new conservative coalition this fall made up of Republicans who, like him, believe that human emissions are triggering global warming and that steps should be taken to stop it.Former six-term Rep. Bob Inglis (R-S.C.) said he hopes his coalition will become a factor in the 2012 presidential and congressional elections -- and beyond. He said the view embraced by many Republicans that human emissions are not a major contributor to global warming is out of step with what it means to be...
  • Outgoing GOP congressman: 'Credible conservatives' not about Obama 'hatred'

    12/31/2010 8:22:08 PM PST · by speciallybland · 153 replies
    The Hill ^ | 12/31/2010 | Bridget Johnson
    Outgoing Rep. Bob Inglis (R-S.C.) said Thursday that a "credible conservative" movement that doesn't focus on "hatred" of President Obama is needed. Inglis was defeated in a landslide by Trey Gowdy in the June primary runoff. Gowdy, a staunch conservative and Tea Party favorite, went on to win the 4th District seat in November. Inglis lamented on CNN that the current wave of populist conservatism is unlike that of Ronald Reagan. "We'll get through and we'll get back to optimistic conservatism," he said. "We just got to get through this unfortunate period." The congressman said he was wounded in his...
  • “No Labels” Group Meets … Or Why I Would Prefer You Not Call Me A Lefty

    12/14/2010 3:21:25 AM PST · by Biggirl · 35 replies · 1+ views
    http://radioviceonline.com/ ^ | December 14,2010 | Jim Vicevich
    If only this were a coalition of the left and the right working out differences. But alas, it’s just a coalition of mostly liberal politicians who used to label themselves by a political party and now would rather fly stealth. Sigh. If you are not familiar with “No Lables”, no worries, it’s brand new and they certainly deserve a Hat Tip for brevity. Here’s their declaration: We are not labels – we are people. We care deeply about our country. We are frustrated and concerned about the tone of politics. We are passionate about addressing America’s challenges. We are Democrats,...
  • Republicans Learn the Perils of Being Politically Incorrect on Climate Change

    11/26/2010 10:51:11 PM PST · by Minn · 29 replies
    The New York Times ^ | November 22, 2010 | EVAN LEHMANN
    Defeat came for Republican Rep. Bob Inglis because he slid to "Satan's side." That's how South Carolina voters perceive Inglis' newfound belief in climate change, says the outgoing lawmaker, who lost his primary bid in June to tea party candidate, and now representative-elect, Trey Gowdy. Inglis reflected on several blasphemies he committed in the eyes of voters in a departing interview last week, held in his congressional office. They ranged from opposing President George W. Bush's troop surge in Iraq to supporting his Troubled Asset Relief Program. But none of those, Inglis said, had as strong an impact as his...
  • GOP Congressman: Reagan Would Have "Tough Time" As Republican Today

    09/21/2010 10:25:09 AM PDT · by i88schwartz · 39 replies
    RealClearPolitics ^ | September 21, 2010 | RealClearPolitics
    REP. BOB INGLIS (R), SOUTH CAROLINA: "Well, not so much moderates. Surely maybe they're unwelcome, but also conservatives of the optimistic sort. I think this would be a tough time for Ronald Reagan and Jack Kemp. They were optimists that believe in America. Right now, unfortunately, conservatism is being presented with a voice of snarling rather than a face of smiling, and it really doesn't fit America, I think, is the challenge." Inglis says President Obama is "not a socialist." Rep. Inglis is an outgoing Congressman as he was defeated in a primary earlier this year.
  • Tea party activists say Graham out of touch (as defeated RINO Inglis attacks conservatives)

    U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham is in hot water again with tea party activists for his comments that their movement cannot endure "because they can never come up with a coherent vision for governing the country." It's an opinion Graham has expressed before, but it drew national attention recently in a profile published in The New York Times as he was leaving for the Middle East during the Senate's Fourth of July recess. Ralph Billeter, 76, said he heard it on Fox News and it reinforced to him that Graham, a Republican from Seneca, is out of touch with the people...
  • GOP leaders let demagogues set tone, lawmaker says (Bob Inglis - SC)

    07/09/2010 10:35:41 AM PDT · by C19fan · 48 replies · 14+ views
    AP ^ | July 9, 2010 | Ben Evans
    Too many Republican leaders are acquiescing to a poisonous "demagoguery" that threatens the party's long-term credibility, says a veteran GOP House member who was defeated in South Carolina's primary last month. While not naming names, 12-year incumbent Rep. Bob Inglis suggested in interviews with The Associated Press that tea party favorites such as former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and right-wing talk show hosts like Glenn Beck are the culprits. He cited a claim made famous by Palin that the Democratic health care bill would create "death panels" to decide whether elderly or sick people should get care.
  • Glenn Beck's 'demagoguery' threatening Republican party, says veteran GOP lawmaker

    07/09/2010 7:42:57 PM PDT · by Vigilanteman · 123 replies · 3+ views
    Christian Science Monitor ^ | 9 July 2010 | Ben Evans
    Too many Republican leaders are acquiescing to a poisonous "demagoguery" that threatens the party's long-term credibility, says a veteran GOP House member who was defeated in South Carolina's primary last month. While not naming names, 12-year incumbent Rep. Bob Inglis suggested in interviews with The Associated Press that tea party favorites such as former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and right-wing talk show hosts like Glenn Beck are the culprits. He cited a claim made famous by Palin that the Democratic health care bill would create "death panels" to decide whether elderly or sick people should get care. "There were...
  • Inglis takes on Beck, Palin

    07/09/2010 11:30:15 AM PDT · by Free ThinkerNY · 54 replies
    politico.com ^ | July 9, 2010 | Jonathan Martin
    Rep. Bob Inglis (R-S.C.), who lost his primary in part because he was openly critical of Glenn Beck and told his conservative constituents not to believe everything they hear on Fox, is letting loose now that he's not on the ballot. Pointing a finger at Beck, Sarah Palin and such conservative figures, Inglis told AP: “There were no death panels in the (healthcare) bill … and to encourage that kind of fear is just the lowest form of political leadership. It’s not leadership. It’s demagoguery,’’ said Inglis, one of three Republican incumbents who have lost their seats in Congress to...
  • Mediocre GOP congressman loses; AP figures that horrible Sarah Palin must be to blame

    07/09/2010 12:36:09 PM PDT · by Donald Rumsfeld Fan · 17 replies · 1+ views
    The North Star National ^ | July 9th, 2010 | Dan Calabrese
    The Associated Press is lost. It can’t understand what’s going on in America this year, and its hopeless attempts to come up with an explanation are leading it to indulge some of the year’s biggest losers in their predictable exercises in blame-deflection – mixed in, of course, with the AP’s usual propaganda disguised as news. All propaganda. I give you, Congressman (but not for long) Bob Inglis, Republican of South Carolina. Mr. Inglis was destroyed in his primary this year by local prosecutor Trey Gowdy. How badly destroyed? How about by 42 percentage points? That’s pretty destroyed. Now, many people...
  • Uncivil War: Conservatives to challenge a dozen GOP candidates

    11/03/2009 12:48:58 PM PST · by BGHater · 126 replies · 4,482+ views
    Politico ^ | 03 Nov 2009 | CHARLES MAHTESIAN & ALEX ISENSTADT
    In what could be a nightmare scenario for Republican Party officials, conservative activists are gearing up to challenge leading GOP candidates in more than a dozen key House and Senate races in 2010. Conservatives and tea party activists had already set their sights on some of the GOP’s top Senate recruits — a list that includes Gov. Charlie Crist in Florida, former Rep. Rob Simmons in Connecticut and Rep. Mark Kirk in Illinois, among others. But their success in Tuesday’s upstate New York special election, where grass-roots efforts pushed GOP nominee Dede Scozzafava to drop out of the race and...
  • Representative Inglis shouted down at ObamaCare town hall in South Carolina

    08/10/2009 4:25:46 PM PDT · by neal1960 · 17 replies · 1,107+ views
    randysright ^ | 08/10/2009 | Randy’s Right
    Didn’t help his cause bad mouthing Glen Beck either on false accusations CONGRESSMAN’S ATTEMPT TO SPIN SUPPORT FOR GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE GETS HIM ‘BARRETTED’ South Carolina’s wackiest member of Congress got a harsh wake-up call Thursday night at a town hall meeting in which he unsuccessfully tried to spin a plan to turn private health care into a massive, government-run, bureaucratic nightmare. At the meeting, held in Boiling Springs, 4th District Rep. Bob Inglis desperately pleaded with his constituents to see things his way and consider President Obama’s trillion-dollar proposal that would tax the uninsured, cut or destroy Medicare, and...
  • (Bob) Inglis faces fight from the right

    08/08/2009 6:45:52 PM PDT · by St. Louis Conservative · 22 replies · 1,163+ views
    The Politico ^ | April 7, 2009 | Josh Kraushaar
    There are some Republican-oriented congressional districts where bucking the party line on high-profile issues is a smart political play. South Carolina’s 4th District, however, is not one of them. For that reason, Rep. Bob Inglis (R-S.C.) finds himself in a battle to win his own party’s nomination for reelection. In the deeply conservative, church-filled 4th — home to Bob Jones University and an outspoken and politically active evangelical base — Inglis’ apostasy on issues ranging from climate change to Iraq to the Pledge of Allegiance has already earned him four primary opponents and the prospect of more to come. Inglis...
  • Why are Republicans offering a carbon tax?

    05/14/2009 2:53:01 PM PDT · by Bratch · 32 replies · 1,054+ views
    Hot Air ^ | May 14, 2009 | Ed Morrissey
    Conservatives have warned of the disastrous economic effects of Barack Obama’s proposed cap-and-trade system and the massive burdens it will impose on American families. Republicans have derided it as a tax, and a particularly regressive one, that will force working-class earners to choose between heat, lighting, and food. In response, House conservatives have proposed … a carbon tax?
  • GOP governors urge action on global warming [RINO barf] [McCain alert]

    01/14/2009 8:59:33 AM PST · by rabscuttle385 · 31 replies · 768+ views
    Politico ^ | 2009-01-14 | Erika Lovley
    Republican governors, battling climate change in their states and fed up with the GOP’s inability to organize in Washington, are urging their congressional colleagues to start the new Congress with unprecedented dedication to addressing global warming. “It’s been enormously frustrating,” said Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, a Republican who recently signed up his state for the Western Climate Initiative, a bloc of states committed to reducing greenhouse gases 15 percent below 2005 levels by 2020. “We would not need the Western Climate Initiative if it were not for the foot-dragging nature of Congress,” Huntsman said. “If Republicans had identified this problem...