“Utter ignorance”, “I think these people, if they want to run for president, had better do eighth

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“Utter ignorance”: Jerry Brown calls out Carly Fiorina for her ridiculous theory that liberals are responsible for California’s drought
http://www.salon.com/2015/08/24/utter_ignorance_jerry_brown_calls_out_carly_fiorina_for_her_ridiculous_theory_that_liberals_are_responsible_for_californias_drought/

Appearing on Meet the Press Sunday, Fiorina doubled down on her theory that left-leaning politicians caused the drought by failing to properly regulate California’s water supply. When prompted by host Chuck Todd to acknowledge the role of climate change in the drought, she quickly deflected, responding: “You know what else has made it worse? Politicians. Liberal politicians who stood up for forty years, as the population of California doubled, and said you cannot build a new reservoir, and you cannot build a water conveyance system.”

“So for forty years, 70 percent of the rainfall has washed out to sea,” she continued. “That’s pretty dumb when you know you’re going to have droughts every single year. Or every three years, let’s say.”

Todd was ready, and had already gotten California Gov. Jerry Brown to respond to Fiorina’s criticism. “I’ve never heard of such utter ignorance,” Brown said in a pre-recorded interview. “Building a dam won’t do a damn thing about fires or climate change or the absence of moisture in ground and vegetation of California.”

“I think these people, if they want to run for president, had better do eighth grade science before they make any more utterances.”

[TreasonousBastard]

1. Why don't we see more of this? The adults in the room calling out...

the morons with the simplistic, and generally wrong, answers to serious problems.

We have become a nation of lazy imbeciles who are actually listening to that drunk at the end of the bar with the easy answers to everything.

[2naSalit]

2. He was Gov for a time while I lived in

California and I was glad he was there, I did help vote him into office.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

3. These damn liberals! How dare they let rivers run out to the ocean! nt

[Volaris]

4. Why would there be a drought every 3 years, Carly?

No take your time. We'll wait.

[HickFromTheTick]

5. Speaking as someone with no political horse in the race....

my first questions would be; and I mean no offense....

"You live in a drought-prone area that provides huge amounts of critical crops to the nation and other nations. Where are your reservoirs and other large-scale emergency irrigation/water management plans?" "Liberal OR conservative, what were you thinking?'

[edhopper]

6. They are there

but California gets a large part of it's water from the western rivers, not rainfall. This drought was bigger than the infrastructure could overcome.

[KamaAina]

7. G'day, eh?

And welcome to DU!

[olddots]

8. Carly should atleast watch the movie Chinatown .

oh but she is a repukian idol .