So warbled Kermit the Frog many years ago. Wikipedia says the song “is associated with problems with identity,” and I’m sure a few noteworthy conservative conservationists can relate.
Newt Gingrich is one. As my fellow Terra Rossa contributor Whit Ayres pointed out last week, Newt has been feeling the heat for his position on climate change and for appearing with Speaker Pelosi in a recent TV ad on the issue.
Jeffrey Immelt, CEO of GE, is another. Mr. Immelt, who confessed to have “never voted for a Democrat,” put in place a new business model at GE called Ecomagination to capitalize on the growing demand for green products and services. As a member of USCAP he’s also an advocate of federal legislation to reduce greenhouse gas pollution. He faced intense pressure from climate change opponents at a conference sponsored by the Wall Street Journal earlier this year.
Rich Cizik, vice president for governmental affairs at the National Association of Evangelicals, has for years urged responsible stewardship to stop climate change – and he’s been criticized for it all along.
As conservatives, these leaders won’t play the victim, won’t bemoan their fate. And hey, by the end of the song Kermit himself cites the “positive associations with the color green, and concludes by accepting and embracing his greenness,” according to the Wiki-wonks.
Better to quote Kermit directly: “I am green and it’ll do fine. And I think it’s what I want to be.” On his own terms, of course.
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