Like They're Trying To Destroy Their Own Credibility

The UN climate change conference kicks off today in Bali, Indonesia, parts of which are sinking, by the way. And the Republicans are sending a representative from the Senate Environment Committee. Obviously they're looking to burnish their standing by sending someone of stature, of renown, of credibili...

Larry WHO???

Craig is traveling to Bali this week for the U.N.-led climate change conference as the “Republican representative from the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee,” which is led by chief global warming denier Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK).

Prior to his travels, Craig attacked EPW Chairwoman Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) for creating “all-pain, no-gain” climate change legislation that would call for caps on greenhouse gas emissions. It “demonstrates nothing more than her intent to revert the United States to a developing country,” he asserted.

Now, Washington to Bali is a long flight. It may not have been nonstop. My point is that there are a lot of airport bathrooms between here and there.

By the way, this comes on the heels of another devastating story from several men claiming they either received sex or sexual advances from Craig, which he categorically denied. Obviously, Bali is off the beaten path for political reporters looking to Craig for comment.

In a way, Craig is the perfect symbol for the GOP message on global warming: discredited, in denial, untrustworthy.