Isn't the politics about the spin about the agenda...to either hide or distort the motivation for the position taken, or, if deemed advantageous....to tout or confine the spin justifying the position and motivation to the simplest and most flattering talking points ?
Here's more support for the hypocrisy behind the Luntz crafted, GOP talking points on global warming, dating back to 2000....
http://www.luntzspeak.com/whatspeak.html
Quote:
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/27/luntz-gw/
VIDEO: Luntz Converts On Global Warming, Distances Himself From Bush
In 2000, conservative pollster Frank Luntz famously penned a memo that recommended ways for President Bush and his allies to discuss global warming in a manner that cast doubt on the science. Among his suggestions, Luntz recommended the following key point:
Nearly six years later, Bush is still adhering closely to Luntz’s talking points. But the author himself has since backed away from his advice, believing the scientific issues are now settled. In a documentary that first aired on BBC, and was broadcast last night on Canadian television, Luntz said he accepts that humans are affecting the climate, and he distanced himself from the administration’s repudiation of global warming science. <a href="http://images1.americanprogress.org/il80web20037/ThinkProgress/2006/luntzgw.320.240.mov">Watch it.</a>
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