James Inhofe claims Obama’s Copenhagen trip will be “dishonest”
Senator James Inhofe, who is calling for an investigation into Climategate, has stated that if the president flies to Copenhagen and announces that the United States will put a cap on its carbon usage that he is being “dishonest.”
He is making this claim based on his belief that there is no way in hell that the senate will take up the cap and trade legislation that was passed earlier this year in the House anytime soon.
The president is poised to tell the world that the United States will reduce its carbon emissions to 17% below what they were in 2005. That is the goal that was agreed to in the House’s version of the cap and trade legislation. Barack Obama will be able to make this claim based on the legislation that is working its way through congress. But James Inhofe believes that this legislation is dead on arrival in the senate, which means that there is no way for Obama to guarantee that the United States will reduce carbon emissions at all.
If James Inhofe is correct in his observation that cap and trade is dead in the senate Barack Obama must also know that this legislation is doomed. Yet he is still prepared to announce to the world that he will meet the goals stated in the legislation. If James Inhofe is correct and Barack Obama realizes that Inhofe is correct, then Barack Obama IS being dishonest if he flies to Copenhagen to announce his intentions.
I think it is dishonest for him to go,” Inhofe told CNSNews.com. “I know that’s a strong word. But if he goes, we have seen what he is going to release there. He’s going to say that the United States of America will commit themselves to reducing our CO2 emissions by 17% by the year 2020. Now, that’s essentially the Markey bill–the Waxman-Markley bill that passed–the same targets. And yet he knows when he says that, that we’re not going to pass it
Barack Obama is more concerned with his perception around the world than he is about what he accomplishes. The world will hear that Barack Obama intends to cap the United States’s carbon emissions and that is what he is most concerned with– the perception that he intends to be environmentally conscientious. But there could be more to Obama’s motives here than the way he is perceived in the world on this issue.
If he flies to Copenhagen and makes this assertion it will put the worldwide pressure back on to the senate to pass cap and trade legislation. I think that is what his goal is. By announcing to the world that he intends to cap carbon emissions he will put himself in a friendly position across the globe on this issue. He will be positioning himself as being a friend to the environment and then will apply pressure to the senate to meet his promises. He is hoping that by forcing the senate’s hand on a worldwide stage that the senate will acquiesce to his desires on cap and trade.
James Inhofe may be correct about Obama being dishonest, and Obama probably knows that cap and trade is dead in the senate but I don’t think that he is being dishonest. I just think that Obama is going to use Copenhagen to put the pressure back on the senate to pass his cap and trade legislation. That is not dishonest, it is using a worldwide forum in an attempt to put his agenda back on the table. Perhaps he sees this as his last offensive on this issue and is attempting to push the senate into the direction that he wants them to proceed.
America's Watchtower 
Senator James Inhofe is correct…
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I’m afraid Obama may have an ace up his sleeve, I understand that next week the EPA will declare co2 a dangerous greenhouse gas, and begin putting emission standands on power plant, oil refinaries, and many large manufacturing concerns. In order to come into line with the new EPA standands these concerns will have to spend billions the cost of which will be passed along to consumers—utility rates will spike, prices at the pumps will rise and the cost of everything including food will rise sharply. This is a backdoor to cap and trade which congress will not pass. With the new EPA guidelines the need for cap and trade becomes somewhat moot. I could be wrong, but this is the way I see it.
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I have heard this too Ron, it seems as though we are probably going to get cap and trade of some sort without the legislation ever going through congress.
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He’s going to pledge to do something. Whether he can deliver on that pledge is another thing. Remember, Obama is willing to be a one term president if he can implement his agenda. Whatever he has to do.
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True, I just hope that he is unable to follow through on his pledges.
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I think Inhoffe is correct in calling it dishonesty because Obama is using “thuggery” (as Michelle Malkin refers to the tactics used by this White House) tactics to pressure the Senate to do what he wants. Anyway you slice it, that is dishonest. If Cap N Trade is such a great thing, then it will pass on its own merit. Of course, we know otherwise. We also know Obama is anything other than honest.
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Good point, the fact that Obama has to force congress to pass his agenda should tell us all that we need to know about how good his policies really are.
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The person who risks the most and still stands up for the cause is a hero…soldiers, Inhofe and the scientists that stood apart from their contemporaries, risking career, credibility and death threats. It took a great deal of courage to enter enemy territory to deliver a massively unpopular message by Inhofe. I have to believe that given situations like these you cannot miss the shine of integrity. Thanks guys, you are worthy of honor!
Don’t let your guard down yet, it ain’t over till the pendulum swings.
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