'If being green will get us elected, then, we're green (cough!) for now'
Florida's vast, tourist-spooking algae plague is like conversion therapy for Republican candidates this year.
Suddenly they're environmentalists. It's as if Green Jesus appeared to them in a dream and told them to go forth and clean up thine mess.
The GOP's latest political ads ring with heart-tugging, tree-hugging promises:
Don't worry, folks, we'll fast-track that reservoir and send those billions of gallons of tainted water south from Lake Okeechobee, instead of pumping
