People and Animals in Alaska Dislike Sarah Palin

Since we were first introduced to Sarah Palin, it was clear that she liked hunting. Although, hunting moose for chili is far different than the brutal and senseless slaughter of animals.

As early as 2007 Palin was associated with killing animals en mass as the following examples illustrate:

1.) Palin offered a bounty of $150 for each left front leg of freshly killed wolves

2) Palin promoted aerial hunting of wolves even though Alaskans voted twice to ban it

3.) Palin used $400,000 of state money to fund a propaganda campaign in support of aerial hunting

4.) Palin believes man-made global warming is a farce

5.) Palin strongly supports drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

6) Palin is a champion for big oil and her slogan has become “drill, baby, drill!”

7.) Palin sued the federal government to prevent listing the polar bear as an endangered species

8.) Palin sued the federal government over listing Cook Inlet beluga whale as an endangered species

The Alaska Board of Game makes most wildlife decisions in Alaska.  The board is comprised entirely of trophy hunters, and not a single wildlife biologist or scientist is a member.  Also lacking is any representation from Alaska’s wildlife viewing and tourism industry.  The most important decisions about wildlife in Alaska are decided by ignorant sport hunters with a total disregard for science.  Palin even appointed her former middle school basketball coach to the board.

And who can forget the Thanksgiving video in which Palin said that you need a little bit of levity in regards to work, as a turkey was be-headed behind her.    Once again we were confronted with the fact that Palin was “mean spirited” and seemed to lack any regard for animals.  What bothered me most was that Palin seemed proud of killing animals and lacked any regard for the native wildlife of Alaska.

The animals have no voice, but there are those of us opposed to Palin have made our voices heard.  When Palin resigned as Governor of Alaska, her approval ratings were on a steady decline.  She was elected with an 89% approval rating, and by the time she resigned as Governor, her approval rating had dropped to an all-time low of 54%. In my own experience, I have sold more copies of Rebuttal to the Rogue to bookstores in Alaska than any other state.  I seem to have more readers of this blog from Alaska, than anywhere else.  Now a new poll by Rasmusen shows that Palin’s popularity among the people who know her best has fallen again, with just 41% of the people in Alaska indicating they would vote for Palin for President.

It seems that Palin has fallen from favor with the animals and the people of Alaska.  I have a lot of respect for both the animals and the people of Alaska.