A. Barton Hinkle on How the Wind Power Debate Turns Conservatives Into Liberals

How
do you make a conservative sound like a liberal? Easy, writes A.
Barton Hinkle: Just bring up wind power. For years, progressives
have been pressing the country to use more renewable energy,
including wind energy. Since liberal support for anything
automatically renders it suspect in conservative eyes (and vice
versa), conservatives have made a series of claims as to why that
support is misguided. Unfortunately, Hinke observes, in their zeal
to slaughter a liberal sacred cow, conservatives rely on an
argument that only hurts their greater cause.

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