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61. After Illinois, Santorum Gets Wackier on Global Warming

After Illinois, Santorum Gets Wackier on Global Warming
By Matthew Rothschild
March 21, 2012

In his rambling concession speech after the Illinois primary Tuesday night, Rick Santorum got even wackier than usual on the issue of global warming.

First he mocked those who take global climate change seriously.

“When times were tough and people thought, well, all this oil and gas and coal in the ground is all a source of carbon dioxide, and we can’t take that out of the ground because, well, there’s a finite supply and it could damage our environment and cause global warming, when those who profess manmade global warming and climate science convinced many, many Republicans, including two who are running for president on the Republican ticket, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, there was one who said: I know this isn’t climate science. This is political science.”

The know-nothings in his crowd cheered that line, and Santorum went on to denounce government efforts to limit global warming: “This was another attempt of those who want to take power away from you and control your access to energy, your utilization, whether it’s in your car or in your home, of energy, because they are better to make these decisions about how you use energy than you do. That’s what they believe.”

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