Bush & Company

Governor Sarah Palin, GOP vice-presidential nominee, dominates a campaign that could be called the Palin/McCain campaign ( as she herself on September 18, 2008, described it).

Easy liars, McCain and Palin are caught on an almost daily basis by resourceful media investigators in lie after lie, blunder and turnabout. Some of those lies are on trivial matters, insignificant per se, but sharply indicative of the candidates' characters and of how they would likely govern if elected. (Is it possible that the senator is suffering from something more serious than forgetfulness and confusion or is it understandably due to campaign stress and fatigue?)

Mr. McCain's feeble grasp of economics and the current financial crises and Palin's condoning of vicious and aggressive wildlife practices in her state of Alaska are among the most alarming factors in their candidacies. Senator McCain has never been strong on environmental issues and he seemingly goes along with the Palin policies.

Shockingly, in Alaska, not only are wolves, moose, bears, polar bears, caribou and others cruelly hunted, but wild Dell sheep, as well.

Surprisingly, according to Marybeth Holleman of Friends of Animals, only 14% of Alaskans hunt.

Sarah's goal is very plain;
A GOP administration
Must concentrate on conservation:
Shoot wolves down from an aeroplane,
Ensuring that as many moose
As possible stay on the loose
(So no Alaskan with a gun
Forfeits his accustomed fun);

It's great she saves those mooses, though
The skins of seals fetch lots of dough.
Both parts and hides are valued, too,
Of brown bear and of caribou.
Likewise, she would scrap all protection
(Before or after the election)
That's now in place so as to spare
Not one endangered polar bear.

Well, it's quite clear from their campaign
Contenders Palin and McCain
For wildlife have so much disdain,
Their policies so inhumne,

That they could in their tenure bring
An end to every wild thing.