On the same day that Herman Cain opined that the Taliban was going to be part of the new government in Libya, Mitt Romney joined the Republican StupidFest on the question of whether the Environmental Protection Agency should regulate carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas. According to The Boston Globe, Romney stated, “I exhale carbon dioxide, I don’t want those guys following me around with a meter to see if I’m breathing too hard.’’
Now perhaps Romney was channeling Ronald Reagan and his much-ridiculed statement that trees give off carbon dioxide, thereby obviating the need to do anything about pollution. Or maybe he wanted to join in the fun with his Republican competitors by showing that he too can make asinine statements, especially since someone like Herman Cain can stay near the top of polls without any evidence that he knows anything about anything a President should know.
Tom Noonan 