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Washington D.C. – Democrats call her a “shrieking cow” and a “she-devil.”  Yet vice presidential nominee Governor Sarah Palin is showing how even the devil himself could instantly enjoy the blind and unquestionable support from millions of red-blooded, God-fearing, gun-toting Americans.  How?  Just say you’re hunter.

In an online editorial entitled, “Sarah Palin-Hunting’s Dream Babe,” Bowsite founder Pat Lefemine admits not “being thrilled with McCain” prior to Palin joining the ticket.  Lefemine’s reservation, however, turned into immediate acceptance of the unknown candidate literally overnight with his support-along with tens of thousands who traffic the popular internet website-centered primarily on her supposed moose hunting prowess.

“Palin’s image has become an overnight sensation for many reasons,” Lefemine writes (while only citing only three).  “But it is her hunting and pro-gun image that keeps coming up in the media.  This image illustrates her as someone with a tough, independent, uncompromising spirit…The fact that McCain’s moose hunting VP is a woman is key.”

“So Sarah Palin killed a moose once.  Whoppie-freakin-do!” says Rodney Blankenship of the Sensible Sportsmen’s Coalition, a non-profit organization comprised of less than a dozen hunters from across the nation.

“Gay rights groups, the global-warming crowd-you name the special interest group-people all the time cast their vote for reasons that have absolutely nothing to do with candidate’s political experience or qualifications.  American hunters are no different.  In fact, they’re probably one of the most gullible as evident by this whole moose hunting business.”

To back up his contention that killing a moose in Alaska is “no big deal and certainly no reason to justify voting for the woman,” Blankenship points to a recent report in The Fairbanks News-Miner.

The article cites evidence compiled by researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks who crunched some numbers and found that about 1/3 of licensed Alaska moose hunters between 1990 ad 2006 successfully filled their tags.

“Plenty of people kill moose in Alaska-it’s not really that hard.  Ninety-ninety-point-nine percent of them aren’t qualified to drive school bus let alone help run the country,” Blankenship says.  “The fact is-despite joining the republican ticket a month ago-Palin has still granted only three interviews.  So how do voters really knows what she thinks?”

Those who give the question any iota of thought may wonder what a hunting vice president has actually meant for the sport and the care of the natural resources in this country.

“Historically speaking,” says Blankenship, “absolutely nothing.  No vice president has ever signed into law any bill to protect public lands, wildlife, or the rights of hunters.”

In fact, according to Blankenship, there’s more evidence to suggest that having a hunter in the White House will negatively impact the sport.

Blankenship cites the 2006 incident where current vice president Dick Cheney shot a hunting companion in the face during a South Texas quail hunt.

“That poor guy managed to walk away relatively unscathed,” says Blankenship.  “But if hunters help elect McCain because his running mate is ‘a babe’ who occasionally goes hunting, they might actually be helping to shoot the whole country in the foot.”