Related stuff - a great interview by Rachel Maddow with climate denialist/(apparently former) HIV denialist/radiation enthusiast Art Robinson. How she keeps her sense of humor is beyond me. At the same link is the video debunking of Robinson's Oregon Petition that fraudulently claimed 32,000 scientists dispute climate change.
And yesterday, I was precinct walking for my campaign and a nice old man in slippers invited me into his living room. He was an arch-conservative, couldn't stand Obama, and convinced that climate change is only natural. Then he said that based on his gut reaction to me, he liked me and would give his vote to me. My reaction: I'll take it!
I once walked the precinct collecting signatures to get some libertarians on the California ballot. I needed signatures specifically of registered Libertarians. Often when I got to some address I found the libertarian there had moved and the person I was speaking to was registered with some other party, but I was amazed to find how many of these people just didn't care at all about issues or parties but still liked the idea of "being included" in the political process. I met several who were happy to change their registration to libertarian just so they could sign my petitions!
ReplyDeleteBeing in a campaign gives one a warped view of the importance of politics and issues; a lot of voters just want to vote for somebody who "seems nice" or somebody they've met. Good luck in your campaign!