House GOP leader: ‘I think the Earth is in a cooling trend’

[KamaAina]

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/house-gop-leader-i-think-the-earth-cooling-trend

In other words, Trump was caught brazenly lying about one of the most important challenges facing humanity. The Huffington Post’s Sam Stein asked a variety of Trump campaign surrogates for their reactions to this, including Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.). Consider this amazing exchange:

The right-wing congresswoman wasn’t kidding. Blackburn went on to argue that the planet “is in a cooling trend. It has cooled for about the past 10 years.” Reminded that nine of the hottest years in the history of the planet have been recorded in the past decade, the Tennessee lawmaker once again insisted, “We have also seen the past 10 years a little bit of a cooling.”

Remember, Blackburn isn’t just some random conservative activist. She’s a frequent Sunday-show guest; she was rumored to be a contender for the GOP’s vice presidential nomination; and she’s the vice chair of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. In other words, her ignorance isn’t just cringe-worthy; it’s arguably quite dangerous given her official responsibilities....

But by clinging to “global cooling” nonsense, what Blackburn actually said is vastly worse. The vice chair of the House Energy Committee looks at an intensifying climate crisis and concludes that reality is the exact opposite of what the evidence shows.

Um, no, Marsha, that's just the wind whistling through your ears.

[spanone]

1. marsha is one of the dimmest bulbs in the gop

[11 Bravo]

11. She makes Palin look like Socrates.

As a child, her parents printed TGIF on her shoes ... not as a celebration of the end of the work week; but to remind their idiot offspring that "Toes Go In First".

[exboyfil]

2. Hooper from Jaws

Hooper: I think that I am familiar with the fact that you are going to ignore this particular problem until it swims up and bites you on the ass.

[Orrex]

9. Like to prove that, wouldn't you? Get your picture in the National Geographic?

[smirkymonkey]

3. Yes, I have noticed it's been colder the last few days.

We are DEFINITELY in a cooling trend. It's bizarre.

[FigTree]

4. That's because it's flat.

The cold from below seeps up.

[C_U_L8R]

5. Blackburn lies without conscience

She's really good at lying. Doesn't even blink.

[dembotoz]

8. gop magic thinking like capt picard on the enterprise....Number one....make it so

if they believe it and say it
it must be true

[sharp_stick]

10. I don't think she's lying

She doesn't have the mental capacity to lie.

I think she's a true believer, an actual fundie wackjob. She'll believe anything her pastor and the rest of the social conservative cabal tell her to believe.

[peabody]

6. These people are so divorced

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from reality it's not even funny.

[The_Casual_Observer]

7. This is one of those southern ladies that doesn't

Believe in evolution. Her career was in marketing and fashion. Her opinion has no merit.

[GulfCoast66]

15. Not looking to start a fight...

But if she lived in Michigan would you have said 'This is one of those northern ladies that doesn't believe in evolution'?

Because there are plenty of ladies and men in the north that think the same way.

Now I admit the south may have more than it's share of cretins, hell my governor is Skeletor, but stupid knows no borders.

Well, maybe the border between Canada and we Americans. Because they seem to have a lot less stupid!

Have a nice evening.

[The_Casual_Observer]

19. When I wrote this I knew it didn't sound right,

But I've had the misfortune of listening to that sweet little southern accent and seeing that made up face hiss out the most horrible brown fetid bile for weeks. It's an embodiment of a stereotype that was unavoidable, that I have to believe she consciously promotes.
Sorry if I offended you, honestly.

[FSogol]

12. Hell is freezing over due to Trump's candidacy?

[KamaAina]

13. Thread win!

[Proud Liberal Dem]

14. Hey, we still get snow in most parts of the US!

[GulfCoast66]

16. Not here!!

And because I am polite I will not remind people of that come January.

Well, maybe a little...

Although I have inlaws in the Midwest that love winter. This southern boy cannot understand that. I wear a jacket if it is in the mid-60's.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

17. Forgot my Sarcasm tag

Memories of a US Senator bringing a snowball into the Senate chamber to disprove global warming.

[GulfCoast66]

18. I got it.

Was just being a smarty pants.

And I really hate the cold. I hunt up north(Arkansas ) and the cold kills me.

[spanone]

20. science is based on facts & reality, marsha. your gerrymandered district is not