Taliban Bob McDonnell Doesn't Believe in Global Warming

The GOP candidate for governor of Virginia, Bob "Taliban Bob" McDonnell, continues to demonstrate that he clings to a 13th century view of the world and dismisses science. I wish someone would ask McDonnell if he believes in evolution or not. On almost every other issue he's shown himself to be a perfect puppet for Pat Robertson and The Family Foundation. After eight years of the Chimperator's misrule based on his delusion that he was divinely inspired, one would think voters would run screaming from McDonnell. Taliban Bob's latest disingenuous dance is trying to avoid revealing just how anti-science and knowledge his world view is in reality. How someone can claim they want to be a "jobs governor" when they embrace legalized discrimination that will drive away progressive employers and rejects scientific knowledge is beyond disingenuous. Here are some highlights from WVEC-TV that look at Taliban Bob's efforts to dodge giving a straight forward answer to direct questions:

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Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell said Saturday he believes the globe is warming but wouldn't fix blame on manmade carbon emissions as its cause. McDonnell said after a veterans rally with Sen. John McCain that he remains firmly opposed to energy reform legislation intended to slow global warming by reducing carbon emissions into the atmosphere.

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When asked to clarify whether he believes that global warming is scientific fact, however, he hedged. "Well, there's some debate that various scientists are going on in that," he said. "I think the temperature of the earth, from the science I've seen, is going up."

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Virginia Democrats fired back by calling McDonnell and the GOP ticket he heads as "the most backward, anti-science" ever in Virginia. For the better part of a week, Bob McDonnell has had the opportunity to answer the straightforward question, 'Do you believe in the science of global warming,' and he still refuses. It's not a hard question," said Deeds strategist Mo Elleithee. The question came again after McCain and McDonnell addressed a crowd of veterans in a region rich with military installations, including the world's largest U.S. Navy base in neighboring Norfolk.

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Eight years of ignorance and an anti-scientific mindset in the White House was more than enough. We do not need to place the same type of ignorance and closed mindedness in Virginia's governor's mansion.