{"id":350247,"date":"2024-11-05T17:25:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T16:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=350247"},"modified":"2024-11-05T17:25:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T16:25:08","slug":"climate-losing-politics-time-to-end-the-futile-wasteful-crusade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=350247","title":{"rendered":"Climate: Losing Politics (time to end the futile, wasteful crusade?)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Master Resource<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Robert Bradley Jr.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nat Cohn identified climate\/energy transformation as a losing strategy in \u201cWhy Are Democrats Having Such a Hard Time Beating Trump?<\/a>\u201d (November 2, 2024). \u201cWhatever happens Tuesday, it\u2019s fair to say this campaign has not gone as smoothly as Democrats expected,\u201d he stated in New York Times<\/em>\u2018s The Tilt. Some quotations follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cHow is Mr. Trump still so competitive? The simplest answer is that the national political environment just isn\u2019t as conducive to a Democratic victory as many might imagine.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cTrust in the media, \u2018experts\u2019 and scientists plunged. Younger Americans took to social media \u2014 perhaps with the help<\/a> of algorithmic changes \u2014 to vent their frustrations with an aging president, high prices, lost opportunity and anger at a system that wasn\u2019t working for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u201c[Democrats] enacted much of this agenda over the last 16 years, but many voters still aren\u2019t satisfied with the state of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cInflation and high interest rates could be blamed on high government spending stimulating excessive demand. High gas prices could be blamed on suspending drilling permits<\/a> and the termination<\/a> of the Keystone pipeline project.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe party championed a tough response to the virus\u2026. It \u2026 sought to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and spent trillions on stimulus. As the pandemic ended, all of this quickly became a liability.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cOn issue after issue, Democrats have responded by moving to the right. Most obviously, Ms. Harris had to back away from positions she took when the progressive cultural ascendancy was near its peak in 2019 \u2014 a ban on fracking \u2026. But the Democratic shift isn\u2019t simply about backing away from positions taken during a Democratic primary. Across the board, Democrats have de-emphasized policies they preached with confidence to a general electorate only a few years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

If Kamala loses, the recriminations will be fast and furious. And the Green New Deal is part of the problem, the subject of yesterday\u2019s post. If Kamala wins, she will be the most unpopular president on Day One. But will her Progressive Left even notice? Or will they race down the road to serfdom as if getting there will bring propensity and stability?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nat Cohn identified climate\/energy transformation as a losing strategy in \u201cWhy Are Democrats Having Such a Hard Time Beating Trump?\u201d (November 2, 2024). \u201cWhatever happens Tuesday, it\u2019s fair to say this campaign has not gone as smoothly as Democrats expected,\u201d he stated in New York Times\u2018s The Tilt. 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