DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE ACTION FUND
ENDORSES OBAMA-BIDEN
WASHINGTON - Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund today endorsed Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) for President and Vice President of the United States. Below is a statement from the organization's president, Rodger Schlickeisen.
"John McCain's choice of Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate confirmed that the only candidates we can truly count on to protect our air, land and water are Senators Obama and Biden, and we are proud to today offer our endorsement of the Obama-Biden ticket," said Schlickeisen.
"John McCain's record on the environment has been extremely mediocre at best, often erratic, and clearly inferior to that of either Obama or Biden. Now, his selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate provides a very clear warning that - as difficult as it may have been to contemplate earlier - a McCain-Palin administration would likely be just as bad as the Bush-Cheney one on many major environmental issues. So when it comes to sound environmental policy, to conserving wilderness areas and wildlife, to standing up to the special interests, there really is now no contest between the two tickets. While the McCain-Palin campaign studiously avoids most environmental issues and offers energy proposals based largely on Big Oil's wish list, the Obama-Biden campaign is offering solid positions in nearly every environmental area, including forward-looking energy solutions.
Continued Schlickeisen, "When McCain picked the notoriously anti-environmental Palin, he surrendered any reasonable argument that his administration would make finding real solutions to our nation's serious energy, conservation and environmental problems a priority. The McCain-Palin ticket is now the overwhelming preference of big oil companies that have made billions in profits, while average Americans struggle to fill their tanks. That should tell voters who care about the environment and our children's future all they need to know."
Aerial hunting is barbaric, cruel and cowardly.
ReplyDeleteAs a former hunter, a regulated hunting season is conservation-minded, more sporting, less cruel and I would find it more challenging.
I know how you feel about any living animal Geez, but even the Native Americans honored the prey they hunted.
This reminds me of Cheneyburton's caged, tame animal "hunts".
Disgusting and cowardly.
I probably think about the same as you about respect for our animal brothers, and still eat a steak once in a while. I guess the best steak I ever tasted was some Alaskan Elk when I was commercial fishing there in 1964, and I'm sure there's some heavy karma for the thousands of salmon that we caught there too.
ReplyDeleteIt's the reverence for life and respect for the food we eat that makes the difference between us and the average elitist...G: