on Palin's hunting expedition on that stupid show of hers

[acroyear]

Aaron Sorkin: In Her Defense, I'm Sure the Moose Had It Coming:

I'm able to make a distinction between you and me without feeling the least bit hypocritical. I don't watch snuff films and you make them. You weren't killing that animal for food or shelter or even fashion, you were killing it for fun. You enjoy killing animals. I can make the distinction between the two of us but I've tried and tried and for the life of me, I can't make a distinction between what you get paid to do and what Michael Vick went to prison for doing.

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And you didn't just do it for fun and you didn't just do it for money. That was the first moose [sic] ever murdered for political gain.

Actually, I think it was for the money. By inviting the wrath of PETA, that brings in controversy which may potentially bring in ratings as everybody goes to look at the train wreck. For Palin today, for the politics and for the money are utterly indistinguishable...and perhaps it was always thus.

Comments

[stori-lundi.livejournal.com]

Or maybe she was just reenacting that sketch she did on SNL...

[lookingaround17.livejournal.com]

Really tragic, in a dumbass uncomprehending way--the fact that anyone will think "it's okay because..."

[uncle-possum.livejournal.com]

Actually, having seen reruns of one of her shows, I find the most egregious act was the halibut fishing. I accept commercial fishing (it is for food, ultimately), and know that any kind of hunting can be brutal. But, for the sake of cameras, having the part time governor show off by whacking away at living beings who were drowning (in air, but that's what they were doing) is beyond disgusting. One good blow on the head knocks them out, and puts them out of their misery. Sarah needed more "optics", so was quite willing to torture the fish. Haven't watched any more and won't.