From Rome to Great Plains, the more trophy pelts on your wall, the more of a leader you were. So it's tempting to say that this explains why Sarah Palin is so obsessed with killing animals — and clubbing the halibut on Sarah Palin's Alaska. Andrew Sullivan has been watching and, within limits, enjoying the show, and he notes wryly that...
What's particularly awesome about SPA is that each episode is obviously crafted around a "Sarah's-Just-So-Darn-Great" arc followed swiftly by the brutal murder of various life-forms.
Now, I'd quibble with that use of "murder," but the point stands. Still, taking it as a given that Palin is not in reality much of a fisher or hunter (watch the clip above for all the proof necessary), what's the point? What credibility is this supposed to give her? To whom does hunting mean much anymore?
Well, according to this genuinely fascinating report from the National Shooting Sports Foundation, not all that many people....
Source: http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/sarah-palin-caribou-hunting-4182968?src=rss
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