"The Endarkenment"
by digby
Over the week-end I wrote about the frightening fact that presidential aspirants to the Republican nomination such as Marco Rubio are climate change deniers. And I pondered what that says about the state of our politics and the future of the planet. I'm not the only one who found that comment horrifying.
But nobody gets to the heart of the matter like his fellow Floridian Alan Grayson:
It’s insane, but that’s what passes for political discourse these days. It’s a complete rejection of facts, evidence and logic – the “Endarkenment.”
He's not being hyperbolic.And if you need further proof:
Christian Post blogger Michael Bresciani writes this week that changes in the climate are indeed taking place, but not due to human activities such as fossil fuel emissions. Instead, he says extreme weather is the result of “homosexuality, abortion [and] general sexual preoccupation,” which according to Bresciani is bringing about the End Times and the coming of the Antichrist.
See? It's all good.
Update: And Rubio's not alone. Senate candidates are hedging too.
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