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[kpete]

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[leftofcool]

1. No, he isn't smarter than a 5th grader.

[JackInGreen]

2. Perhaps he means

The wind between his ears?

[frogmarch]

3. Did he really say that?

OMG, he didn't really, did he? Oh, wait, he's a republican.

[frogmarch]

4. Snopes says

it's a mixture of true and false.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/bartonwind.asp

snip:

The purported quote has since circulated on the Internet intermittently; however, the meme is not quite an accurate representation of Barton's remarks, as it excludes the context that Barton was quoting someone else when he mentioned that "wind energy is a finite resource" and stated that "slowing down the wind by using its energy to turn turbines has environmental consequences." He did summarize those points in his own words at the end of his statement and averred that they "made sense," but he also posited them as speculative hypotheticals, saying it would be "ironic" if they occurred, and proclaiming that "I am not saying that is going to happen."