The Barack Obama / Joe Biden Endorsement
Why? Because while the League of Humane Voters' mission -- nationally and in terms of our individual state chapters and local affiliates -- is to work to change local and state legislation and support local and state legislators who help us protect animals, we cannot "sit this one out" and stay out of the national race. There is too much at stake, and too much potential damage to be done to our local and state efforts if we don't do everything we can to support Barack Obama & Joe Biden in their fight to win the White House.
Given that animal advocates must become "single issue voters" -- voting based on the performance of candidates in terms of animals and the environment -- we aren't going to delve into the Obama/Biden campaign and its compelling stands on Iraq, the economy, education, healthcare, and cleaning up Washington (you can find out more about them, however, using the Obama button in the upper right of this page). Many of us support their stands on those issues, but as the League of Humane Voters, our interests and published opinions must center on the future of legislation that protects animals and the environment. It's that simple. With regard to animals, both Obama and Biden enjoy a 60% rating through Project Vote Smart, and the Humane Society of the United States -- that means they vote in favor of animals 60% of the time. McCain? A dismal 40%. Click here to read ALL the Project Vote Smart ratings for the entire House and Senate.

The danger presented by John McCain and Sarah Palin is terrifying to those who care about animals and the environment. You don't have to be a vegetarian wearing pleather shoes to qualify as someone who should be (and probably is) very frightened of the prospect of a McCain presidency. His choice of Sarah Palin shows us that his judgment is impaired, and that he has no problem with the stands she's taken in her very short time as a mayor of a tiny town and then governor of a state with more moose (which she eats) than people. Sarah Palin has supported (and literally fought all attempts to stop) aerial wolf gunning, polar bear trophy hunting, and drilling in the Alaskan wildlife refuge. She isn't just a hunter herself, but someone who glorifies killing animals and seeks to allow all forms of even the most unsportsman-like types of "hunting". She's a life-long, proud member of the NRA, and rather than supporting the organization because of its stand on the Second Amendment, she does so because of its support of hunting -- even internet and canned hunting, which the NRA supports because it fears ANY erosion of the rights of people with guns to do just about anything they want with those weapons.

Please join the League of Humane Voters in supporting the Barack Obama / Joe Biden campaign. The animals get no vote, wildlife can't speak for itself, and the earth we all call home cannot pull any lever in the upcoming election. But you can. Please make the right choice, the compassionate choice, and vote for BARACK OBAMA and JOE BIDEN.

 

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