« Muslim Grannie was jihadi by day and rape coordinator by night | Main | An impending Obama meltdown? »

February 4, 2009

What you really need to know about the Sarah Palin wolf killer story (Updated)

Topics: Political News and commentaries

The truth is nothing like the way it's portrayed in the Ashley Judd/Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund "Sarah Palin is wolf killer" ad:

[...] Alaska's aerial hunting policy was explained during the campaign, but either those on the left don't understand it or they do and they just want to score political points against a rising GOP star. I suspect Ashley Judd, who has joined a campaign against aerial hunting, is mainly looking for some free media. (I haven't seen her in anything that wasn't a political ad in quite some time.) For those who need a refresher, Noel Sheppard reminds readers of the reason aerial hunting of wolves is allowed in Alaska and the reason bounties are offered. As shocking as it might be to some, it is not because Sarah Palin is a sadistic bloodthirsty monster.

What's astounding here is that nowhere in the ad is the viewer apprised of why the wolves are being hunted, or the history beyond this policy. Instead, as graphic video rolls of a wolf being shot, Judd says, "Using a low-flying plane, they kill in winter when there is no chance for the wolves to escape."

Ummm...that's the point. After all, the wolves aren't being hunted for sport. They're numbers are being intentionally reduced to increase the population of moose and caribou which Alaskans depend on for food and wolves prey on.

So in these tough economic times Ashley Judd wants to take food off of Alaskan tables? That makes as much sense as those who believe Palin wants to shoot wolves from airplanes for the fun of it.

More at Wizbang.

Amazing to me is the degree to which the left is willing to distort the truth and commit outright lies to further their agendas.

Related: Gov. Palin smacks down Ashley Judd

Posted by Hyscience at February 4, 2009 7:25 AM

Articles Related to Political News and commentaries:

• What you really need to know about the Sarah Palin wolf killer story (Updated) - Feb 04, 2009