As a presidential candidate, however, he joined the deniers – a switch made clear when he accepted the party’s nomination in Tampa, Florida, in August. “President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans,” Romney told the Republican convention, and then paused, with the expectant smile of a comedian waiting for the audience to catch on to the joke.
作为马萨诸塞州州长，罗姆尼倒是表现出了对全球变暖现实的信念。但是，作为总统候选人，他加入了否认阵营——这是他8月份在佛罗里达州坦帕接受党内提名后做出的改变。“奥巴马总统承诺采取措施延缓海平面的上升，”罗姆尼在共和党大会上说，接着他略作停顿，皮笑肉不笑地等待观众听了笑话后的反应。