Welcome to the Slaughterhouse: Mccain and the animals!

"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter." George Washington

Welcome to the Slaughterhouse, America!!

By Nicholas Meyeres

Gun-totin’, animal-killin’, war-mongering, woman-hating, minority-loathing, old, white, Christian men! That’s what the Republican party is all about, right? If that’s what you think; darlin’, you got a long way to go before you get it right!



Democrats at Republican Conventions, washed-up film stars as politicians (wait, that’s been seen before), and now take Mr. Reach-across-the-aisle- Republican Presidential nominee- Senator John McCain, as an example of "not what you'd expect from a Republican presidential candidate". He is a strong supporter of animal welfare issues; in fact, out of all of the potential Republican candidates we saw this last election, he's the only one who took a strong stand in support of animals.

Not only did he cosponsor a bill to stop horse slaughter, but he also supported another one to stop the shipment of live birds between states for the sole purpose of buyers using them for cockfighting. But that’s not all. He loves that silly old bear named Pooh! He backed a bill that aimed to put an end to people killing bears who sell or trade their organs. Now, that’s my kinda’ man-cub, baby!

And Harrod’s beware; the Mac-Attack also took a major stand against the fur industry, voting to eliminate a $2 million subsidiary they had been receiving. But wait! There’s more. He ALSO voted against allowing oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, saving the thousands of animals who lived there.

Come on, there’s no denying it- John McCain is an animal lover. With fourteen dogs, six cats, two turtles, three birds, fourteen fish, a ferret, and the proverbial partridge in a pear tree, he far surpasses the average number of pets per household. So, there you have it.

Animal lover. Grumpy old man. War hero. Patriot. John McCain.



Of course, I’m not saying the ol’ Big Mac is perfect by any stretch; because he’s not— he lost to Captain Distribute-My-Wealth himself, Barack Obama, after all! And some animal crazies like me would be horrified because Mac did vote in support of an amendment to the California Desert Protection Act that would allow hunting for sport in Mojave National Park, and he is a supporter of hunting in general.

But though I am not a hunter myself, I recognize there are still far more self proclaimed hunters in the United States than vegetarians like me, so I don’t plan to get my rutabaga in a bunch over it. It’s those small steps that matter in the long run, after all.