On "dissing" a sacred cow...

From The Senile ol' Biddy:

Over the years, a number of writers have visited President Bush, including Natan Sharansky, Bernard Lewis and John Lewis Gaddis. And while the meetings are usually private, they rarely ruffle feathers.

Now, one has.

In his new book about Mr. Bush, "Rebel in Chief: Inside the Bold and Controversial Presidency of George W. Bush," Fred Barnes recalls a visit to the White House last year by Michael Crichton, whose 2004 best-selling novel, "State of Fear," suggests that global warming is an unproven theory and an overstated threat. (GASP!!!)

Mr. Barnes, who describes Mr. Bush as "a dissenter on the theory of global warming," (DOUBLE GASP!!!) writes that the president "avidly read" the novel and met the author after Karl Rove, (YIKES--TRIPLE GASP!!!) his chief political adviser, arranged it. He says Mr. Bush and his guest "talked for an hour and were in near-total agreement. (This is about the time in the story where Joe Whacko Environmentalist reader "liberally" applies duct tape to his head) The visit was not made public for fear of outraging environmentalists all the more." (emphases and commentary added, as if you couldn't tell).

And there was much wailing and gnashing of enviro-whacko teeth. Heck, Bush and Crichton dared question one of their sacred cows!!!

"This shows the president is more interested in science fiction than science," said Frank O'Donnell, president of Clean Air Watch, after learning of the White House meeting. Mr. O'Donnell's group monitors environmental policy. "This administration has put no limit on global warming pollution, and has consistently rebuffed any suggestion to do so," he said.

Err... you may want to reverse that statement, Mr. O'Donnell; it is you and yours that are hooked on fiction. Human caused global warming. heh. You mean like all those SUVs that are causing Martian ice caps to melt?

But, alas, the Bush administration did throw the moonbat whackos a bone (sort of):

Michele St. Martin, a spokeswoman for the Council on Environmental Quality, a White House advisory agency, pointed to several speeches in which Mr. Bush has acknowledged the impact of global warming and the need to confront it, even if he questions the degree to which humans contribute to it.

heh.


(Filed under enviro-whackism moonbat adventures)