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The question concerning her position on climate change was a serious question, as climate change is an issue that has come before the Congress in recent years and almost certainly will do so again.
In the past, Ms. Whitney stated, "Quite inconveniently for Al Gore, and for the rest of the politicians who continue to advance this delusion, any 10-year-old can invalidate their thesis with one of the simplest scientific devices known to man: a thermometer."
Lenar Whitney: Climate change is the biggest 'deception' - UPI.com
That statement would imply that she had seen information concerning temperature data indicating that the world is not warming.
Here's what the interviewer noted in The Washington Post:
Whitney’s brand of rhetoric obviously resonates with some very conservative Louisiana voters who view President Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency as big-city elitists directly attacking the state’s energy industry and their own way of life. And she would hardly be the first “climate denier” elected to Congress. But it’s not unreasonable to expect candidates to explain how they arrived at their positions, and when I pressed Whitney repeatedly for the source of her claim that the earth is getting colder, she froze and was unable to cite a single scientist, journal or news source to back up her beliefs.
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The gap between her unambiguous claim and her inability to respond to the question revealed that her unambiguous claim on climate change was nothing more than a hollow soundbite. Not every political leader will reach or accept the same conclusions on given issues (even matters where there is scientific or economic consensus), but the adoption of superficial positions that are little more than soundbites does not give confidence that such leaders will be willing or able to make informed judgments.
Those who believe in global warming would also have difficulty outlining their beliefs in a scientific manner. Since global warming, or cooling, is out of her hands it is irrelevant to her candidacy. Certainly there are more important questions relevant where she is able to have some control rather than silly questions like this.
Its one of those 'do you believe in God' questions where the belief, and the positive response, is really the important part.