Ingrid Newkirk's Blog
November 17, 2009
An Open Letter to Sarah Palin
One has to wonder if there is an original line in Sarah Palin's book, given her remarks in it about vegetarians. (She seems to believe that we only eat salad, but if she's keeping an eye on the New York Times bestseller list, she will spot two vegan cookbooks in the top five with barely a salad recipe in either of them.) The long-brandished rebuttal to Ms. Palin's filched quote "If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come He made them out of meat?" is "I guess God also intended for humans to be cannibals then because we are also made out of 'meat.'" And as for the amazingly glib "I love animals—right next to the mashed potatoes," the first time I saw that slogan was a few decades before America was graced with Ms. Palin's public presence, when it was used interchangeably with "I love spotted owls: baked or fried."
Ms. Palin reportedly finds evolution a bit hard to swallow. Judging from her book, that applies to the evolution of ideas and attitudes as well.
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Mark Hawthorne says …
November 17, 2009 05:00 PM
What a sad waste of paper. I'm hoping this book will prove to be Palin's political undoing. She's no friend to the veg cause, and she's certainly no friend to animals.
Corey says …
November 17, 2009 05:52 PM
I am speechless. Many Americans are realizing the responsibility they have as global citizens to at least cut down on eating meat, and this woman intends on gaining enough public favour for a ticket in the 2012 election? If there was any doubt that Sarah Palin is a raving idiot who deserves no kind of power for any decision-making, it's been completely killed by none other than the "rogue" herself.
Meg says …
December 15, 2009 11:21 PM
Making comments like Palin's seems to be part of the neoconservative rhetoric to make anyone who dares go against the norm and big business look like a threat to humanity. It also gives them something to point their finger at. Litle does Palin know that creative and innovative people tend to be the ones to save the world. What on earth makes anyone think that she is capable of running the country? Here's to hoping she burns herself out.
Cherie says …
January 11, 2010 02:14 PM
Sarah Palin is very very sad. She has no clue about what it is all about, her image is disgustingly portraying enjoyment of killing a living being.
adijuh.com says …
January 18, 2010 01:39 PM
One has to wonder if there is an original line in Sarah Palin's book, given her remarks in it about vegetarians.