I think the real question at hand is what are the Republican hardliners going to do, if anything, to court that group because because they are growing more and more ardent in their AGW beliefs, and hardliners and when republican partisans insult them (calling them weak minded and rino's) will only alienate them and shrink the party. The best arguments are not going to sway them (either side, really), but please go on ahead and keep trying ... and driving them away.
Ultimately what the GOP old guard needs to decide is will they ostracize them over this issue because if so the GOP is gonna be pretty damn small when the next generation takes over and 36% of republicans decide that the earth can't survive a republican agenda ... or ... the GOP can admit that climate change, even if it is a hoax, is an absurd thing to make a test of one's devotion to republican principles. It actually has NOTHING to do with republican principles. NOTHING! Your move GOP, your future hangs in the balance.
You can still believe in AGW phenomena (or reserve judgement on the matter) and propose a republican strategy to deal with it. 36% of young republicans are doing it. As someone who is more Republican than Democrat let me say: please don't alienate them, for your own sake. Or they might actually do what I did and become an independent and vote for a 3rd party.
Ultimately what the GOP old guard needs to decide is will they ostracize them over this issue because if so the GOP is gonna be pretty damn small when the next generation takes over and 36% of republicans decide that the earth can't survive a republican agenda ... or ... the GOP can admit that climate change, even if it is a hoax, is an absurd thing to make a test of one's devotion to republican principles. It actually has NOTHING to do with republican principles. NOTHING! Your move GOP, your future hangs in the balance.
You can still believe in AGW phenomena (or reserve judgement on the matter) and propose a republican strategy to deal with it. 36% of young republicans are doing it. As someone who is more Republican than Democrat let me say: please don't alienate them, for your own sake. Or they might actually do what I did and become an independent and vote for a 3rd party.
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