Republicans for Environmental Protection drop 'Republicans' from their group's name

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Republicans for Environmental Protection drop 'Republicans' from their group's name

by Meteor Blades

Over at Grist, Lisa Hymas points out that the folks at Republicans for Environmental Protection have changed their name as of Monday.

They've taken out "Republicans."

And "Environmental."

And "Protection."

They are, however, keeping the green elephant that's been on their logo since the organization was founded in 1995. Gotta keep pretending. Their new name is ConservAmerica.

Jim DiPeso, policy director for the newly christened ConservAmerica, says, "We thought it was important to hammer home the connections between conservation and traditional conservative values."

DiPeso says the Republican trend toward climate denial is "disturbing," but his group certainly isn’t giving up on the party.

The trouble for DiPeso's organization, no matter how much rebranding goes on, is that the party has given up on environmental protection. If GOP leaders could take the "Environmental" and "Protection" out of the EPA's name, they would do so....

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/04/03/1080366/-Republicans-for-Environmental-Protection-drop-Republicans-from-their-group-s-name

Republicans are pathetic.

[hatrack]

1. But they managed to work "Conserv" into their New Improved Greenwashing

Nice going, guys. Substantive! Impressive!

On edit: I also like this from the article:

"In fact, of the 22 board members who have held public office, 17 were "formers." And the ones still in office weren't exactly what you'd label new blood."