Believe it or not, there’s new news from the Copenhagen Climate Climate Summit & Circle Jerk that took place last year.
But first, let’s review what the President said before the summit that was billed as “our last chance to save the world.”
Few challenges facing America – and the world – are more urgent than combating climate change. The science is beyond dispute and the facts are clear. Sea levels are rising. Coastlines are shrinking. We’ve seen record drought, spreading famine, and storms that are growing stronger with each passing hurricane season….
Once I take office, you can be sure that the United States will once again engage vigorously in the [climate] negotiations, and help lead the world toward a new era of global cooperation on climate change…
Delay is no longer an option. Denial is no longer an acceptable response. The stakes are too high. The consequences, too serious.
Now here’s the new news. Der Spiegel, the highly-respected German magazine, has gotten hold of recordings of some “private” conversations between world leaders. And it looks like Obama definitely wanted to change the world, but not if it required him to, you know, like inconvenience himself.
President Barack Obama at the Copenhagen summit, in leaders’ conversations “accidentally” recorded and now published in Der Spiegel:
In response to Sarkozy, Obama makes it clear that he is not prepared to stay beyond a few hours. “Nicolas, we are not staying until tomorrow. I’m just letting you know. Because all of us obviously have extraordinarily important other business to attend to.”
Who knew that hope and change meant “Hope I don’t have to change my flight.”
H/T: Andrew Bolt
