CO Republican: Fracking is okay, it’s natural for water to burn. ‘Indians’ used it for warmth

[DonViejo]

A Colorado Republican state senator justified the practice of hydraulic fracturing — commonly known as “fracking” — by saying that the presence of burnable amounts of methane gas in drinking water is a perfectly natural phenomenon. In fact, he said, the “Indians” used it for “warmth in the wintertime” many years ago.

According to Right Wing Watch, state Sen. Randy Baumgardner (R) was speaking to former Navy chaplain turned conservative activist Gordon “Dr. Chaps” Klingenschmitt at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver.

Klingenschmitt recorded the interview for his daily “Pray in Jesus’ Name” show. He asked the Republican what he thought of the government trying to “pick and choose” and prioritize some forms of energy over others.

“I’ve been doing a lot of the fracking seminars,” said Baumgardner, “and if people haven’t been, then they really don’t understand it.”

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/12/co-republican-fracking-is-okay-its-natural-for-water-to-burn-indians-used-it-for-warmth/

[samsingh]

1. raises the question: how ignorant and stupid are repugs?

[BillZBubb]

3. It is a rhetorical question: I think we all know the answer.

[samsingh]

5. i seem to ask it with every new low the repugs reach

seriously, I wonder if they have an IQ bar that repug candidates have to be below to run for repug office?

I'm thinking an IQ of 90 tops

[onecaliberal]

2. If they elect him

They shouldn't expect taxpayers to pay for the cleanup of their water once corporate America poisons it all.

[Takket]

4. oh really?

I'd love to know his source on that. I'd also love to know the mechanicals of how that worked.