Earlier this year, Oklahoma Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe promised to
lead a "truth squad" to the Copenhagen climate summit to dispel what
he believes to be the climate change "hoax."

Inhofe delivered -- sort of -- on his promise Thursday, flying into
Copenhagen for a two-hour visit to find himself received by "a few
aides and a single reporter," according to Politico.

The senator's aides quickly set up an impromptu press conference at
the top of a staircase in the Bella Center, where the Republican
declared that climate change is a fraud perpetuated by the "Hollywood
elite" -- a claim so outlandish to the international journalists in
attendance that one German reporter editorialized directly to Inhofe's
face and said, "You're ridiculous."

Politico reports:

A reporter asked: “If there’s a hoax, then who’s putting on this hoax,
and what’s the motive?”

“It started in the United Nations,” Inhofe said, “and the ones in the
United States who really grab ahold of this is the Hollywood elite.”

One reporter asked Inhofe if he was referring to California Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger. Another reporter — this one from Der Spiegel —
told the senator: “You’re ridiculous.”

Inhofe ignored the jab, fielded a few more questions, then raced to
the airport for the nine-hour flight back to Washington.
Inhofe's appearance in Copenhagen appeared designed to undermine the
credibility of US negotiators at the summit. The Oklahoma Republican
declared that "my stated reason for attending Copenhagen was to make
certain the 191 countries attending COP-15 would not be deceived into
thinking the US would pass cap-and-trade legislation."

"Mind you, Inhofe is crowing about this situation, not bemoaning it,"
blogs Blake Hounshell at Foreign Policy. Hounshell adds that he
believes Inhofe may be wrong that cap-and-trade legislation has no
chance of passing the Senate.

"I think there will be a bill at some point next year," he writes.
"That said, it just might get so watered down in the process of
getting to 60 votes that it becomes a meaningless exercise."

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On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:25:24 -0800, jps wrote:


Earlier this year, Oklahoma Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe promised to
lead a "truth squad" to the Copenhagen climate summit to dispel what
he believes to be the climate change "hoax."

Inhofe delivered -- sort of -- on his promise Thursday, flying into
Copenhagen for a two-hour visit to find himself received by "a few
aides and a single reporter," according to Politico.

The senator's aides quickly set up an impromptu press conference at
the top of a staircase in the Bella Center, where the Republican
declared that climate change is a fraud perpetuated by the "Hollywood
elite" -- a claim so outlandish to the international journalists in
attendance that one German reporter editorialized directly to Inhofe's
face and said, "You're ridiculous."

Politico reports:

A reporter asked: "If there's a hoax, then who's putting on this hoax,
and what's the motive?"

"It started in the United Nations," Inhofe said, "and the ones in the
United States who really grab ahold of this is the Hollywood elite."

One reporter asked Inhofe if he was referring to California Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger. Another reporter - this one from Der Spiegel -
told the senator: "You're ridiculous."

Inhofe ignored the jab, fielded a few more questions, then raced to
the airport for the nine-hour flight back to Washington.
Inhofe's appearance in Copenhagen appeared designed to undermine the
credibility of US negotiators at the summit. The Oklahoma Republican
declared that "my stated reason for attending Copenhagen was to make
certain the 191 countries attending COP-15 would not be deceived into
thinking the US would pass cap-and-trade legislation."

"Mind you, Inhofe is crowing about this situation, not bemoaning it,"
blogs Blake Hounshell at Foreign Policy. Hounshell adds that he
believes Inhofe may be wrong that cap-and-trade legislation has no
chance of passing the Senate.

"I think there will be a bill at some point next year," he writes.
"That said, it just might get so watered down in the process of
getting to 60 votes that it becomes a meaningless exercise."

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enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.
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