Pure Comedy Gold In HuffPo Headline: "Republicans Care About Climate Change"

[hatrack]

My pal Tina Beattie and I talk a lot about what it means to be a Republican who is deeply concerned about climate change. Tina is a founding member of the Moms Clean Air Force's Leadership Circle, and also the Chair of ConservAmerica; the president, Rob Sisson, is also a member of our leadership circle.

Nothing makes Tina crosser than to be labeled a RINO -- a Republican in Name Only -- just because she is an environmentalist. She is proud of the long tradition of conservation, stewardship and protection of our land, air and water, that were once the pride of the Republican party. She wants that commitment back. And, as a recent poll shows, it turns out so do many Republicans.

Tina is a mom who is raising her family in Arizona, but she and her husband have roots in Rhode Island, the Ocean State -- and a love for a place that I share with her. It is painful to think that if we don't slow down global warming, Rhode Island will one day be the Under the Ocean State; since 1993, the rate of sea level rise has increased over three times. That's only one of a million things that concerns Tina about climate change. She has been suffering through the intense new heat waves in Arizona, and has been dumbfounded by the clouds of dust that envelop her city (view Arizona dust cloud photos here). Climate change is not causing heat and haboobs, but it is intensifying them: our weather is on steroids.

Ed. - Re. bolded item above, words like "marginalized", "isolated", and "powerless" come to mind, so you might want to start there, Dominique.

EDIT

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dominique-browning/republicans-care-about-cl_b_3020778.html

[gordianot]

1. She must have much in common with "Log Cabin Republicans" they should get together and network.

I wonder if in the 1930's and 1940's there was a pro Jewish faction of the Nazi Party? Tina Beattle must feel like a latter day Oskar Schindler.