PETA wishes Obama hadn't swatted that fly

[democracy1st]

WASHINGTON — The group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants the flyswatter in chief to try taking a more humane attitude the next time he's bedeviled by a fly in the White House.

PETA is sending President Barack Obama a Katcha Bug Humane Bug Catcher, a device that allows users to trap a house fly and then release it outside.

"We support compassion even for the most curious, smallest and least sympathetic animals," PETA spokesman Bruce Friedrich said Wednesday. "We believe that people, where they can be compassionate, should be, for all animals."

I thought a fly was a insect :shrug:


During an interview for CNBC at the White House on Tuesday, a fly intruded on Obama's conversation with correspondent John Harwood.

"Get out of here," the president told the pesky insect. When it didn't, he waited for the fly to settle, put his hand up and then smacked it dead.

"Now, where were we?" Obama asked Harwood. Then he added: "That was pretty impressive, wasn't it? I got the sucker."

Friedrich said that PETA was pleased with Obama's voting record in the Senate on behalf of animal rights and noted that he has been outspoken against animal abuses.

Still, "swatting a fly on TV indicates he's not perfect," Friedrich said, "and we're happy to say that we wish he hadn't."

Deputy press secretary Josh Earnest said the White House has no comment on the matter.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/17/peta-wishes-obama-hadnt-s_n_217162.html

Ok these guys/gals are out there LMAO

[verges]

1. I just knew...

SOMEBODY would throw some sort of hissy. Sheez.

[johnaries]

2. JohnAries is sending PETA a hundred flyswatters.

I'm sorry. I am strongly AGAINST cruelty to animals. But there is a line. As long as PETA remains on the othwer side of that line they are doing more harm than good.

As a person who really cares about abuse of animals, I wish PETA would just STFU! You're hurting the cause.

[TahitiNut]

3. If you put a house fly outdoors, is it a HOUSE fly anymore?

:dunce:

PETA should build some manure-filled cottages and accept them for relocation. Shipping charges collect.

[shellgame26]

4. Jesus H Christ

ARe they serious??? Maybe South Park was right about them after all.