More "Rogue" lies: Palin endorsed hunting wolves from helicopters..."which Alaska hunters don't do"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Rogue Facts: Media Matters' ongoing list of falsehoods in Palin's memoir
November 15, 2009 5:14 pm ET — 75 Comments



Media Matters for America has documented numerous falsehoods in Sarah Palin's memoir, Going Rogue: An American Life. Below is a list of what we've found so far.

http://mediamatters.org/research/200911150011

5. Palin falsely suggests she did not support aerial hunting

Palin: Radio host "suggested we get together and hunt from helicopters, which Alaska hunters don't do." Palin falsely suggests that Alaskans do not engage in the aerial hunting of wolves, writing of her phone call with a radio host impersonating French President Nicolas Sarkozy: "Then Sarkozy started talking about hunting and suggested we get together and hunt from helicopters, which Alaska hunters don't do (despite circulated Photoshopped images of me drawing a bead on a wolf from the air)."

Aerial hunting of wolves takes place in Alaska under program supported by Palin. Under Alaska law, "the Board of Game may authorize a predator control program as part of a game management plan that involves airborne or same day airborne shooting." In 2007, Palin introduced a bill to "simplify and clarify Alaska's intensive management law for big game and the state's 'same day airborne hunting' law," which she stated would "give the Board of Game and state wildlife managers the tools they need to actively manage important game herds and help thousands of Alaskan families put food on their tables."

[ixion]

1. No true sportsman would, in my opinion

I was taught that you never, ever, ever shoot from a moving vehicle.

[Kali]

2. to be fair (ugh - not something I really want to do here)

state or federal game/wildlife agencies sometimes conduct aerial hunts for (management reasons) - not regular citizen hunters

[Winterblues]

3. Aerial hunting does not happen in Alaska.. these people are incorrect

What does happen is spotting by air and then landing and shooting from the ground.. I know not a lot of difference there but there is a difference... Palin is actually correct on this issue..and it is ONLY done by state officials for management purposes.

[bullwinkle428]

5. Can you explain this video footage of aerial wolf hunting?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr183lk-wQk

[Bitwit1234]

4. But if they hunted wolves from helicopters

the republicans would constantly be on the run. Wouldn't be any place for them to hide.

[C_Lawyer09]

6. According to Levi

In a recent Vanity Fair interview I read, the hunting schtick is pure public persona. He claims she asked him to explain how a rifle she had under her bed worked. True or not, I don't know, but I find it mildly nauseating when politicians stage fake interests and/or photo ops in appealing to a particular demographic. I felt sorry for Kerry when his handlers had him do the duck hunting photo op in which he was obviously mighty uncomfortable.