NEWSMAX: Former Vice President Al Gore is going where few environmentalists — and fellow Democrats — have gone before: criticizing President Barack Obama’s record on global warming.
In a 7,000-word essay for Rolling Stone magazine that will be published Friday, Gore says Obama has failed to stand up for “bold action” on global warming and has made little progress on the problem since the days of Republican President George W. Bush. Bush infuriated environmentalists for resisting mandatory controls on the pollution blamed for climate change, despite overwhelming scientific evidence that the burning of fossil fuels is responsible…
Regardless of views such as Gore’s, environmental voters may see little choice in the 2012 election. Those in the Republican field so far either deny global warming is a man-made problem altogether or say actions to address it would harm the economy. For Obama, the biggest risk is that some environmental voters may not turn out… (more)
Al Gore blames “denies” but it’s his strategy that is the real problem. The solution is LMAD (Let’s make a deal).
Sure we need a carbon tax to move the economy from fossil fuels to green energy BUT the GOP will never let it happen.
We need limit on the size of government (as a % of GDP) BUT Democrats will never let that happen.
We need a tough but compassionate resolution on the plight of illegal immigrants BUT the GOP will never let it happen.
And we need a resolution on the debt issue and a balanced budget… BUT Democrats will never let that happen.
We need Healthcare-for-all (with a public option). Good luck. The GOP will never let it happen.
We need rational taxation based on consumption NOT production to juice the economy. Democrats will never let that happen.
Are you starting to get it yet? What we need is LMAD… Healthcare-for-All? It’s in there. Balanced budget? It’s in there. Carbon tax? It’s in there. Rational taxation? Amnesty? Border Security? Limited government? Social Security and Medicare solvency? It’s all in there; it’s all paid for and it’s all optimized.
It’s time for American Progressives concerned about rising temperatures, health care for all and illegal immigration and American Conservatives concerned about rising federal debt, bigger government and rational taxation to quit navel gazing and realize the obvious: they need to BUY each other off in order to effectively address their pet ideological concerns—there is no other way.
This means trading things like a carbon tax, healthcare for all (with a public option) and amnesty for a balanced budget, strict limited government (tied to GDP) and an end to the corporate income tax plus other tax reforms. This plan is outlined at letsmakeadeal-thebook.com.
Progressives and Conservatives are actually making the same apocalyptic arguments albeit on different issues. They both make good arguments for action. But the public is yawningly uninterested in global warming for instance and unwilling to make the hard choices on America’s fiscal problems. Buying off the opposition is the American way so use the system we have to get the outcome you want. And that’s what Let’s Make A Deal—The Plan/The Book is all about: getting the outcome you want.
So get the outcome you want at: http://letsmakeadeal-thebook.com/