Senator Inhofe commonly makes claims about the science of global warming. When Chris Mooney asked about Inhofe’s disdain for the scientific mainstream, a member of his committee staff responded
How do you define ‘mainstream’? Scientists who accept the so-called ‘consensus’ about global warming? Galileo was not mainstream.
Galileo’s spirit looked on, more than a little irritated. But it wasn’t provoked to return until Inhofe said:
…God’s still up there. We’re going through these cycles…The [AGW] science really isn’t there.
That very night in Inhofe’s office, a spectre rose up from the floor in a great, billowing cloud.