"A substantial number of scientists [have] manipulated data to keep the money rolling in," New Hampshire Union Leader editorial page editor Drew Cline quoted Perry saying on the stump in a tweet. Before that, Cline quoted Perry saying, "I do believe the issue of global warming has been politicized."
Another Granite State reporter listening to Perry, this one from New Hampshire Public Radio, tweeted that Perry said "Scientists are 'coming forward daily' to disavow a 'theory that remains unproven.'"
Climate skeptics love Perry, and this kind of rhetoric is why. While Mitt Romney is out and about on the campaign trail agreeing with the overwhelming scientific status quo on the topic, Perry appears poised to take up a view of climate change on the presidential campaign trail that would be right at home in a Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) floor speech.
Perry has been pushing the doctored science line for a while now. As ThinkProgress reported Monday, Perry's book, Fed Up! takes a look a climate science and finds it to be "all one contrived phony mess that is falling apart under its own weight."
His climate views are legendary among the conservatives. No less than Grover Norquist -- who knows a thing or two about ideological purity -- told Politico there was no chance Perry would go all wishy-washy on climate change if he wins the White House.
"If Perry was president, one of the things I'd not worry about is a carbon tax," he said. "I'd worry about big spiders eating New Jersey first."Update: Here's Perry's full quote, as reported
by National Journal:
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