Posted on 01/16/2008 6:30:34 PM PST by atomic conspiracy
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) - Democrat Barack Obama says he won't just be a president for the American people, but the animals too. "What about animal rights?" a woman shouted out during the candidate's town hall meeting outside Las Vegas Wednesday after he discussed issues that relate more to humans, like war, health care and the economy.
Obama responded that he cares about animal rights very much, "not only because I have a 9-year-old and 6-year-old who want a dog." He said he sponsored a bill to prevent horse slaughter in the Illinois state Senate and has been repeatedly endorsed by the Humane Society.
"I think how we treat our animals reflects how we treat each other," he said. "And it's very important that we have a president who is mindful of the cruelty that is perpetrated on animals."
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Compiled by Nedra Pickler
He said he sponsored a bill to prevent horse slaughter in the Illinois state Senate
Good grief! Where do they get these writers from?
But not babies. Tough luck dorks.
Like President HW Bush, I have always supported the right of broccoli plants to live out their natural span undisturbed by misguided veggie cooks. Same for cauliflower. Whoever found out you could eat the stuff must have been pretty hungry.
Eegad! Missed that one. If they were slaughtering horses, or anything else, in the Illinois State Senate, I would certainly support anyone who tried to put a stop to it.
” legalization of “zoophilia” (bestiality)”
I support the legalization of beastiality. But only for certain animals (ie, the Panther, the Polar Bear, the Great White Shark), and then let darwinism take it’s course. ;-)
I think you’re onto something here. An orgy with the local sharks might be just the ticket for Guantanamo inmates and eco-whackies could easily be persuaded to go for polar bears; save the planet and all.
I was gonna say....kill unborn babies but save the animals...
because I have a 9-year-old and 6-year-old who want a dogThe man is deep. Deep, I tell you.
Obama Pledges Support for Animal Rights.
Must be the animals who want to run Kenya?
Just ate some horse over in Italy. Delicious.
Any BILL OF RIGHTS pledges ???
lololol
I never knew what "Empty Suit" really meant til I read that.
Too bad there wasn’t an informed person in the audience that could have asked Mr. Obama if he is happy with what is happening to all of the horses that can no longer be humanely slaughtered? Hmmmmmm?? Laws have consequences ... sometimes unintended ones.
Ping.
” I was saying the kitty was a Democat. The wife is 100% Republican. Or, I should say, conservative. The two don’t always mean the same thing, but I put the Fred sticker on her car at her request.”
You might have mistyped Demo(cat)... But I read the rest of what you said as you put a sticker ON her cat... So it must be contagious!
But what part of the Constitution are they covered under?
If you like to hunt or fish, the Humane Society is your enemy.
And she’s a long-hair, too. It would be no fun getting the sticker off.
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