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So much for carrying over....
May 31, 2007 by Dave Huntsman (not verified), 2 years 23 weeks ago
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By that I mean.....Mike's relationships in Congress has tended to be bipartisan; as can be seen, for example, by watching the March 15th hearing before the full House Science Committee (available on that website).
There has been talk that he might survive the transition to a new, possibly Democratic, Administration, because of that. However, it is as a practical matter now impossible - from today - for any Democratic President to carry him over.
There are also Republicans who now would not want to do so; thinking particularly of, for example, John McCain, and Rudy Guliani. (And my favorite, Michael Bloomberg....if he were running, which unfortunately for the country, he is not).
I find Mike's statements, and even worse, his attitude, to be unbelievable. No criticism of Exxon Mobil and their well-financed disinformation campaign to be able to pollute without limits - something which is effecting the planet terribly (as today's report by NASA scientist James Hansen shows; and as Griffin's boss, President Bush, directly implied today). But criticism of attempts to rain in the negative effects of our activities as 'arrogant' is something I personally didn't think Mike was capable of. I still find it difficult to believe.
If he were an engineer applying to work for me and demonstrated that arrogant contempt for facts and for the safety of humanity, I probably wouldn't hire him.