ABSTRACT
During the second presidential debate of the 2000 campaign, moderator Jim Lehrer asked then Governor George W. Bush: “Would you believe the federal government still has some new rules and new regulations and new laws to pass in the environmental area…?” Governor Bush replied: “Sure, absolutely, so long as they’re based upon science and they’re reasonable. So long as people have input.” Lehrer then asked: “What about global warming?,” and Bush responded, “I think it’s an issue that we need to take very seriously. But I don’t think we know the solution to global warming yet And I don’t think we’ve got all the facts before we make decisions” (Commission on Presidential Debates, 2000).
