On my way back from our little country supermarket I saw a Republican run over a pheasant.

[Jackpine Radical]

How do I know it was a Republican?

He sped up to hit the bird.

[Liberal Veteran]

1. They would have done the same for a peasant. -nt

[renate]

5. :)

[Jackpine Radical]

6. I was trying to think of a compact way to get

"peasant hunting" into my post but gave it up as too big an intellectual investment for the mildly humorous payoff.

[Flashmann]

2. Wouldn't be a shame if he damaged his car?

I had one fly up in front of me,at hiway speed,several years ago and couldn't avoid hitting it....It took out the grill of an 85 Chevy Celebrity......

[juajen]

3. And, anything else that gets in their way to greater riches.

[Aerows]

4. I accidentally hit a goose once

Thankfully, I wasn't going very fast. It landed right in the middle of the road, and I couldn't stop in time. I felt terrible

[Jackpine Radical]

7. Having lived in the country much of my life,

I have a fair toll of road kills behind me but never like that. I've hit several skunks (!), a raccoon or 2, "nudged" a deer once, had a wild turkey fly into my grille once, flattened any number of erratic squirrels that chose me as their means of suicide, etc., but I never hit anything with a vehicle that I could avoid.

[Tien1985]

8. I hate people who do this.

This isn't totally unusual here in Maine. It still p*sses me off to no end. Most of time, the animal makes it, but we once saw someone catch a squirrel--my son who is only 8 now, was in the car and was both confused and upset as we pulled over to see if there was anything to be done. We obviously kept him in the car, but I went over and finished it because it was suffering. There is no way to explain that kind of evil to a young child.

[larkrake]

9. you scared me-

I thought you meant peasant, not a pheasant

[lame54]

10. he could only hit the pheasant if it's wings were clipped...

Like drunk Cheney

[Jackpine Radical]

11. The pheasant was running across the road & turned back into the path of the vehicle,

which is when he sped up.

While I take your point about Cheney, in reality pheasants (like squirrels) are distressingly stupid & easy to kill with a car.