Newt on climate change/pandemics: I'm an amateur paleontologist ... therefor no climate change

[Ichingcarpenter]

when asked to explain his position on global warming, he delivered a new line.

“I’m an amateur paleontologist,” Gingrich said. “I spend a lot of time looking at the Earth’s temperature for a very long time. I’m a lot harder to convince than just looking at a computer model.”


a woman asked if America is prepared for a pandemic.

“I honestly don’t know, and it would depend on what kind of pandemic it was,” Gingrich said.







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WTF?.......

[spanone]

1. he's an amateur 'smart guy'

[geckosfeet]

2. Computer model? Look at the actual data. What a dumba$$.

[bigtree]

3. he's a climate change historian

he was researching the very subject on that Greek Cruise he took a few months ago . . .

[JoePhilly]

5. Ugh ... I did NOT need to see THAT!!!

[JDPriestly]

16. And an expert on nutrition and health as we see.

[athenasatanjesus]

4. In his defense he's a professional bullshitter.

Thats gotta count for something.

[barbtries]

12. counts for a whole lot of bullshit nt

[think]

6. Newt is also an amateur comedian but just not a very funny one...

[rucky]

7. He had me at "amateur"

[lunatica]

8. But he IS a professional grifter

Although his grifting history is beginning to bite him in the ass.

[SammyWinstonJack]

9. None of that made any sense.

[MarkCharles]

10. Even as the supposedly smartest of the Rethuglicans, he's

still a pretty dumb ass!

How much "paleontology" does one need to study the climate change and carbon emssions of the last 200 years?

[Morning Dew]

11. Staying at the Holiday Inn Express will do that to you, Newt.

[HillWilliam]

13. No, Newt, being a fossil

doesn't make you a paleontologist any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.

[MNBrewer]

18. LOL

[Viva_La_Revolution]

19. duzy! nt

[bigbrother05]

14. Where does the amateur stand on evolution?

Would seem to be a dangerous assertion for the guy hoping to harness the GOP base when he stands with the folks that support not only Darwinian theory, but a non-creation view of the planet's history and age.

[Ichingcarpenter]

15. My prediction in January

JANUARY: Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich fails to place higher than third in the South Carolina primary, then throws an on-camera tantrum in which he claims that he has the right to subpoena all of the voters in the state to come to Washington and appear at a hearing to explain themselves

[Loudly]

17. How does he feel about the existence of air pollution generally?

Does he favor emissions control technology on automobiles?

Or is that just an unduly burdensome regulation?

[Ichingcarpenter]

20. Well according to his paleontology studies

His homo erectus brain is still working out
how to start a fire.

That technology is over his head... he needs to start some place I guess.

[quinnox]

21. Yes Newt, we already know you think you know everything

[WingDinger]

22. I think he meant to say, PROCTOLOGIST. Which makes sense, as he's surrounded by them.

[opihimoimoi]

23. TYP GOPer..always bragging about shit....amateur shitologist is more like it..the man is so shallow

[tabasco]

24. Did you pay your Tiffany's bill yet Newtie?

Maybe you should go professional and it will be easier to pay for your bling.

[gkhouston]

25. Fossilized thinking doesn't make you a palentologist, Newt. n/t