This one I really like. In case it escaped your notice, prominent eco-thug and seven-term GOP Congressman Richard Pombo, who has done some remarkably evil things, was defeated by wind energy consultant Jerry McNerney. There truly is a God.
Read all about it here, and try this excerpt on for size:
Of the two races, the Pombo-McNerney matchup got the most attention, due to Pombo’s high-profile as chairman of the powerful House Resources Committee. The Sierra Club and other environmental groups targeted him as an “eco-thug” who once proposed selling off some national parks, led the drive to open Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, wants to let states drill for oil and gas off their coasts, and has pushed to revamp the Endangered Species Act to provide more rights for property owners.
“We’re thrilled,” said Roger Schlickeisen, president of Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund, which made Pombo its top target in the congressional races. “Not only was he a vote against the environment, but as committee chair he could push his agenda.”
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