Saturday October 4, 2008, 9:18 pm
This is the Cheney that Palin so much admires. They do have a lot in common. Maybe Cheney will take her hunting and shoot her, welllll just wound her like he did for his hunting friend. Thanks Tom

Saturday October 4, 2008, 9:41 pm
I was just thinking they should become hunting buddies...

Saturday October 4, 2008, 10:28 pm
Cheney doesn't care about wildlife...he shoots lawyers ~ his own!!!

Saturday October 4, 2008, 10:48 pm
I guess Cheney thinks the American people can't read or think for themselves - if Bush is a "champian" for wildlife, I would hate to see someone who is anti-wildlife LMAO!!!!

Saturday October 4, 2008, 11:11 pm
How about Cheney's want-ta-be replacement, Chris. She would fill the bill nicely with her stand on polar bears and indorsing aerial hunt of wolves. These people are the kind of animal lovers we can do withOUT!

Sunday October 5, 2008, 6:51 am
Agin, we reach agreement Ralph :) Palin is another "champion" alright LOL

Friday October 10, 2008, 8:47 am
My God....I couldn't even get through that without fear of losing my breakfast....What a revolting display of hypocrisy. Yech!

Friday October 10, 2008, 2:01 pm
THEY ARE NOT CONCERNED WITH ENDANGERED SPECIES IT WAS ONLY MONTHS AGO THEY TOOK ALOT OF ANIMALS OFF THE LIST IT IS ONLY NOW DURING THE COMING UP OF ELECTIONS THEY ARE TRYING TO PLAY BOTH SIDES OF THE FIELD. YOU CAN'T TRUST A THING THEY SAY. THEY ARE ONLY LOOKING OUT FOR THEIR OWN PARTY. HOW DARE THEY NOW STAND UP AND SAY THEY ARE PUTTING WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AS A HIGH PRIORITY THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT EIGHT YEARS AGO.

Friday October 10, 2008, 2:04 pm
Do we, at this point, ever expect the truth from this administration? Just another lie to add to the pile. CLEAR OUT CLOWNS. Thanks, Tom.

Friday October 10, 2008, 6:02 pm
War is Peace.
Freedom is Slavery.
Ignorance is Strength.
Bu$hCo cares about animals.

Saturday October 11, 2008, 4:18 am
What a crock of !*X# !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday October 11, 2008, 9:05 pm
Bastards. 23 days.

Saturday October 11, 2008, 9:08 pm
There is something about Sarah ...

Going For The Gut

by digby

I can't honestly say that I'm prescient about much of anything, but
I have said from the day she was nominated that her attitude toward animals was a serious weak point for Palin. It wasn't about regular All American hunting. This was about her not caring if the polar bears drown and supporting aerial wolf hunting, which takes her way into the outer boundaries of the anti-environmental and gun culture. She
is far from being mainstream on a whole host of issues, but this is one that creates a visceral, emotional reaction and shows just how extreme she really is.

It looks like that disturbing wolf hunting ad moves voters:

A new national focus group among 312 self-reported Democrats, Republicans and Independents, revealed that after viewing a new ad by the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund regarding "Palin's Wildlife Record", there was moderate movement among all parties toward Barack Obama.

The study was conducted by HCD Research and the Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion (MCIPO) on September 15, to obtain Americans' perceptions of a new ad which questions Governor Sarah Palin's record in regard to wildlife in Alaska.

"The ad which focuses on Governor Palin's record regarding the treatment of wildlife in Alaska seemed to strike a chord with voters," commented Glenn Kessler, president and CEO, HCD Research. "The recent ads from both parties have had little impact among voters. This is the first ad in over a month that seems to have broken through," he added.

Among the study findings:

The ad earned Barack Obama a Political Communications Impact Score (PCI of 29.4 and John McCain received a score of 5.9, resulting in a net score of 23.5 for Barack Obama. The scores can be compared to a mean score of 9.3 for previously tested Obama ads and 7.5 for previously tested McCain ads. To date, the total mean score for all previously tested ads is 8.3

The most prevalent emotional responses reported from voters were "angry" and "disturbed" after viewing the ad. Click here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQobIUE1zTU

It's one thing to be a frontier gal who hunts moose in Alaska for food. But most people instinctively get that there's something fundamentally wrong with this:

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/going-for-gut-by-digby-i-cant-honestly.html