This is not surprising, either

Even though his speech was pedestrian and uninformative, Mitt Romney showed that his flippy-floppy conversion from knowledgeable about climate change to clueless about climate change (taking his cues from the clueless Tea Party end of the Republican party who get their climate cues from skeptics like Morano and Watts) is just about complete.  He mocked any idea that he might actually help future generations deal with the environment and the consequences of climate change, one of which is rapidly melting in the Arctic Ocean as I write this.  But no, Mitt thinks that he can take better care of the average American family by dumping more tax-free money on his rich brethren, and also by burning more fossil fuels rather than investing in clean alternatives, particularly the one that interests me the most, nuclear energy.

Number one he should know better (and of course he used to, but not anymore).  Number two he should realize that the toxic environmental legacy we are leaving to our children -- yes, I said "we", I'm not blameless in this -- is bad for the economy, too, because as climate change and its related consequences escalate in magnitude, the costs of addressing the damage go up very, very rapidly.

Perhaps it seems obvious that if you care about your family's future, you must also care about the planet your children will inhabit.  Yet critics argue that concept was lost on the audience at the Republican National Convention Thursday night, as they cheered GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney as he declared: "President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans," pausing for the audience to laugh at the absurdity, "and to heal the planet. My promise ... is to help you and your family."

What would help us most, Mitt, is for you to advocate a reasonable platform of actual cuts (including defense) couple with revenue increases. But you won't, so your cluelessness on climate change is reflected in your unconcern for my family and its future.  Thanks so much.

Mitt Romney slams Obama on climate change