Killer Button

by digby

There are innumerable things about Sarah Palin that annoy me. And mostly she depresses me because she validates the worst biases people have about women in politics. But this latest affectation of hers is so reprehensibly wrong that it makes me want to scream. Check out this picture:

Notice the polar bear pin? This is the woman who, as governor, refused to acknowledge that the polar bears are drowning and fought their designation as an endangered species.

I can only assume that her wearing of that pin is a signal to her fellow animal haters that if she’s elected she’ll open up aerial hunting for polar bears too. After all, this came out of her administration:

The Board of Game, which she appoints, has approved the killing of black bear sows with cubs as part of the program and expanded the aerial control programs

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