The Inhofe Ambush and Subsequent Rout

The Gold Standard

“   In late January Hertsgaard explained his big scheme to “confront the climate cranks” in an article in The Nation. “Our plan is to confront the climate cranks face to face, on camera, and call them to account for the dangers they have set in motion. We will highlight the ludicrousness of their antiscientific views, which alone should discredit them from further influence over US climate policies,” he wrote. -Sen. Inhofe turns tables on global warming ambushers — and gets it on tape [VIDEO] ”

Yesterday Hertsgaard's posse "ambushed" Sen. James Inhofe.  You can read a transcript, and watch the video at Daily Caller.  Suffice to say that Hertsgaard's nickname is now "General Custer".  What Inhofe did is what nobody on the right ever does when the left insists on rehashing settled debate they've already lost.  That is, deferring to mountains of paper on the table that put the lie to the thing.  “   Mark Hertsgaard (MH): Why does your party continue to deny what the National Academy of Sciences and virtually every scientific organization… Sen. James Inhofe (JI): You know you ask the same question over and over again. Did you happen six days ago to be at the hearing at the House where I testified? MH: I was not, sir. JI: See I answered all those questions in detail. The science is mixed. We all know the science is mixed. The economy is not mixed because the economics are pretty well established. MH: How is the science mixed when the National Academy of Sciences and every… JI: We have reports all you have to do is go back and look, Next, Inhofe cuts short another leftist tactic; framing the argument with false supposition. “ A Woman from ACP, identified by Solve Climate News as Allie Carter, a recent Michigan State University graduate (AC): I don’t understand why my generation has to suffer because it sounds like you’re not liking what you are hearing from these scientists you’re cherry picking. JI: So your generation — Now who are you with? AC: I’m with the Alliance for Climate Protection and I am here speaking on behalf young people. JI: …No you’re not! AC: I absolutely am. JI: I have twenty kids and grand kids. You want to see a picture of them? [pulls out pictures]. Okay that’s good. Inhofe then proceeded to calmly explain that the United States cannot sink its economy to satisfy the unproven hypotheses of a mixed group of scientists and activists. Thank you Professor Inhofe.