Is Moose Hunting a good qualification for being VP?

Question

A McCain-ant said that, trying to justify McCain's VP pick:

"Palin is a Great choice and she will make a Wonderful VP! It just goes to show that McCain is a true maverick & genius!

Palin:

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* is an ice fisherman

* is a moose hunter

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Answer 1

You forgot Governor.  Who has Obama led?  NO ONE!!!  He's voted yay or nay a couple times!  How does this qualify him!  And remember, HE wants to be President!

Answer 2

Yes you already got the iraqi hunting perfect then lol..

dumb question.....

Answer 3

Her favorite food is moose stew.  I guess they'll have to build a pipeline from Alaska to Washington to keep her happy if McCain is elected.

Let's just hope she's a better hunter than the last vice-president.

Answer 4

The only thing better than being a moose hunter would be being a white tailed deer hunter from the south.  She sounds like a pretty tough chick.

LeAnn: by the way, don't knock squirrels until you try them.  thats goooooood eatin!

Answer 5

Darn right. Don't mess with a woman with a hunting license. She is also a..G-O-V-E-R-N-O-R.

Answer 6

In all fairness McCain's pick is historic, a woman is running for VP, which is wonderful. But, that being said, it's a power play. By choosing Palin, McCain is sending out the message that "look, we Republicans can be controversial too!" And by choosing a woman, 30 years his junior, with little experience McCain is trying to lock in his "Maverick" image, he doesn't want or need any more Bush comparisons, so why not shoot for the moon? This is going to be an interesting election.  

Answer 7

being intelligent and not being a Washington insider are qualifications (that eliminates many people, including Joe)

Answer 8

wow do your hobbies qualify you for your job? and no you can hunt moose (males) in alaska.

Answer 9

The only moose Obama has hunted is Larry Sinclairs moose knuckle.

Answer 10

I'll tell you what pal, if I were stuck in the wilderness, given the choice I would rather have Gov Palin as opposed to Senator Obama as my ticket for a chance at survival.

That woman is waaaaaaaaaaaaay more resourceful then that Johnny come lately and soon to be forgotten also ran!

Answer 11

Sarah Palin's wildlife policies reflect junk science and cripple the eco-tourism industry

Like many Alaskans, Palin believes that bears – and all Alaskan wildlife, exist for the sole purpose of serving humans. Sarah Palin, and the Alaska Board of Game whose members make decisions about most wildlife, are actively trying to cripple the bear viewing/eco-tourism industry in Alaska.

Several weeks before the controversial Katmai Preserve hunt, Palin posed deliberately next to a dead bear to a make a point – that she will do everything in her power to make sure bears and other wildlife are mercilessly shot for pleasure in Alaska. Palin supports the aerial hunting of wolves and bears, and even spent $400,000 of state money to fund a media campaign to try and convince Alaskans to support aerial shooting (even though Alaskans have voted against it, twice!).

In the past two years, bears habituated to bear viewing have reportedly been shot at bear viewing sites around the state – as a statement to bear advocates that Alaska is about shooting animals, not understanding them.

The Alaskan government consistently ignores decades of scientific research that has proven that predators actually keep prey populations healthy. The Alaskan government is wiping out entire populations of predators -using cruel practices such as baiting, trapping, and aerial shooting, in the name of boosting dwindling moose populations. This is just plain ignorant, since biologists have known since the 60’s that wolves and bears do not negatively impact prey species such as moose and caribou. Anyone who has taken ecology or biology 101 knows this is established fact. What is threatening moose and other prey species is over hunting by humans, and a large number of yearly road-kill fatalities. The impact of habitat destruction, climate change, and a decrease in predation also contributes.

If you find Sarah Palin as ignorant and offensive as I do, LET HER KNOW. The majority of people who visit Alaska do not support sport hunting and the destruction of wildlife! Most tourists come to Alaska to view wildlife, not to slaughter it. The best hope for Alaskan wildlife is for the tourists who fund the economy to make their wishes known loud and clear – that they do not support archaic policies which are destroying the Alaskan ecosystem. Alaska is the last place in the U.S. where humans have not gobbled up and destroyed the natural world. This unique place on the planet needs to be protected, and not allowed to continue to be nothing but a place where animals are trapped, and shot and skinned, and stuffed, and hung on a wall, or used as a rug to wipe your dirty feet. Tell Sarah Palin that bears are not rugs!

Answer 12

Yes it means she has been outdoors and values the environment. If it was not for hunting and a president that hunted Teddy Roosevelt we would not have the national park system. There would be no yellow stone, no Redwood Forest.

It is important to have someone who has been out in nature.  

Answer 13

I love a good moose hunter who knows run a government with less money. she will do. old mccain has checkmated obama with this pick. reform now, reform tomorrow, reform always and less spending. this palin candidate symbolizes what the old maverick has been preaching for years. cleanup the lobbyists and cut spending. no more "bridges to nowhere."

sarah palin really means change and i hope she wins.

Answer 14

Irrelevant.

What are good  qualifications?

Fighter of corruption.

Realistic energy policy.

Governer with 90% approval rating.

Conservative fiscal policies.

Palin would make a better President than Obama!

Answer 15

Apparently for McCain and the Republicans it is.  

Obama 2008!

Answer 16

I guess any choice is good if you are on the loosing side...I really question McCain judgment, he has become so engulf with winning, that he has not looked out for the best interest of the country.  

Answer 17

I believe moose hunting is illegal in AK.

http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/08/29...

Answer 18

absolutely

Mccain/Palin 2008

Answer 19

The Neocons want leaders they can send to the woods.

They don't care what happens to citizens-- give her a rifle and a flask and just keep making that oil money

Answer 20

Yes, it shows patience, knowing the territory and knowing when to shoot.

Similar to being a politician in Washington

Answer 21

Your forget the government part and the fact that she has more experience than Obama.

Answer 22

It is just about as good as being a community activist as a matter of fact I think it is better she knows which end the round comes out.

Answer 23

  Better than Obama and his disgraceful ACORN episode in Chicago. Or perhaps Palins status and experience as a practicing CEO, puts a scare in your shorts.  Don't feel alone.  All "you" people are preparing for the inevitable trip of Obama back to Chicago and it hurts, doesn't it.

Answer 24

This choice is really getting under Democrats skin,isn't it? You all hear the sound of Obama's chance at the Presidency going down in Flames,and you really just can't take it can you?

Or is it the fact that even though she's Straight,and Good Looking,she's still twice the man any Liberal "Man" ever was.I'll bet she could beat Obama senseless in a boxing ring,and in a few Years,she's going to make a better President than he had any chance of being.

NObama 08

August 4 President

Answer 25

She has more experience than obama, and she's only shooting for the VP slot.

Shooting. Vice President. Moose Hunter....no pun intended.

Answer 26

Does living in the Philippines for four years as a little kid qualify as foreign policy experience?

Answer 27

I ate moose once; I'm voting for McCain!!! Seriously though I'm voting for McCain, not b/c I'm ignorant, but b/c I'm intelligent. Obama is appealing to all those little dems that feel unrecognized over the past eight years. Of course they have allowed him to become a celebrity instead of a politician. Oh, and I love how seriously every newscaster would kill their first born to see him elected, even bbc is sucking his...

Answer 28

That she fishes and hunts has NOTHING to do with her lack of experience as a legislator. Four years from now...depending on her record...I might even vote for her....but her nomination as VP is a scandal!   Not yet! Not yet!

Answer 29

Jim; you gotta love it man!  Its way better then being an inside the beltway for 35 years with no 3 failed presidential bids and 2 plagurism charges against you...I'd take a moose hunter over that any time.

Besides mooses contribute to global warming - she's saving the planet man!!! :)

Answer 30

I'm still in shock on this pick.  Her education is spotty (degree in journalism), has only 1 year and 9 months in her governorship and is in the middle of an ethics investigation that she abused her power in firing certain people.

She is ultra right wing when it comes to women's privacy rights and in no way will she steal any Hillary voters.

She has 0 foreign policy experience and I would not trust her at all to hunt down Al Qaeda.

McCain may as well head back to Arizona.  

Answer 31

Is attending a racist church for over 20 yrs and lying that you never heard anything that Rev Wright said qualify you for being President?

McCain Palin will win in Nov, over the inexperienced junior senator