The climate-gate controversy created by ethical improprieties of climate scientists at the University of East Anglia in England has created a crisis of confidence among Republicans and other political conservatives in the United States.

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Suffice it to say, if climate-gate was not the elephant in the room for many of those present, it should have been.

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