Monday, December 03, 2007

Larry Craig Flees to Bali to Deny Global Warming Too (Guard the Bathrooms!)


I hope some of the 1,280 journalists at the Bali Climate Change Conference are staking out the men's bathrooms!

Not only does Senator Larry Craig have a long history of denying that he his gay, he is also a longtime global warming denier. Of course the fool is attending the Bali Climate Change Conference along with the crazed Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK).

How much longer do we have to be embarrassed on the world stage by lunatic Republicans?

Think Progress has lots of details about Lusty Larry's global warming denial career, here's an excerpt:

Currently the subject of an ongoing Ethics investigation, continued allegations of being gay, and stripped of his leadership positions on the Veterans’ Affairs and Appropriations Committees, Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID) is seeking temporary solace in the tropical resort island of Bali. . .

Prior to his travels, Craig attacked EPW Chairwoman Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) for creating “all-pain, no-gain” climate change legislation that would call for caps on greenhouse gas emissions. It “demonstrates nothing more than her intent to revert the United States to a developing country,” he asserted:

"I’ve been to three of the last six “COP” conferences, so I’d expect the COP-13 crowd will be singing a familiar tune. Sen. Boxer will be welcomed as the liberator, and Al Gore will probably receive another award, but in the end, the only impact the conference will have will be the pollution and consumption they all create in traveling to Bali in the first place…we can avoid suffering for symbolism, and continue to keep things cool in our own backyard, even if there’s nothing but hot air in Bali."

Notably, Boxer is also the Chairwoman of the Senate Ethics Committee, which is investigating “allegations of sexual misconduct” by Craig and is currently “continu[ing] to conduct its preliminary inquiry into the matter.”

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