Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Newt Gingrich: slippery as an eel

Seems that it wasn't just sitting on the sofa with Nancy Pelosi:

WASHINGTON — American Tradition Institute, a non-profit research institute dedicated to restoring science, liberty and accountability to the environmental debate, filed on Dec. 10 a Public Information Act request with Texas Tech University relating to collaboration on a book, using public time and resources, between “climate” activist Professor Katharine Hayhoe and presidential candidate Newt Gingrich.
Texas Tech was to produce responsive records by early last week. To date, ATI has not received a response.


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Hayhoe, who preaches that human activity is destroying the climate and that Christian stewardship compels acceptance of the ‘climate’ agenda, had been publicly identified as a contributor to Gingrich’s forthcoming book “Environmental Entrepreneurs.” Hayhoe had gained notoriety for urging evangelical Christians into supporting the controversial, costly and according to all computer models, climatically meaningless ‘climate’ agenda.  News outlets now report that Gingrich, under fire for his left-of-center views on the environment from presidential competitors and Tea Party activists, quickly deep-sixed Hayhoe’s chapter last week.
So just what does Newt think about climate change, Cap and Trade, and government control over energy?  We don't know, and it seems that Freedom Of Information Act requests regarding this are being stymied.

3 comments:

New Jovian Thunderbolt said...

I think Newt and climate change stuff with Nancy was just him trying to get in front of a parade, oblivious to the fact it was turning down a blind alley, the wheels were coming off the float, and a modified black 1960 Cadillac deathmodile was soon to cause mayhem in the parade route.

It speaks to the politician in Newt over-ruling the principled conservative. Now how MUCH of Newt is which flavor is certainly a concern.

Broken Andy said...

I agree with Thunderbolt. This was Newt's inner-politician getting the best of him.

I noticed the latest copy of National Review has Newt, and though I haven't read it yet I can tell from the cover that NR is giving him two thumbs down.

NotClauswitz said...

Newt's inner Ice-Cream Maker put a little poo in the frosty dessert and tried to sell it as Fudge - but any amount of poo makes it Poo-Cream...