This is an ad by Defenders of Wildlife that is going up in Ohio. This is a very effective ad that I think is what has been missing during this campaign. Perhaps we will see more hard hitting ads from 3rd party groups now that Obama has allowed 527’s and other groups to be more involved. I think the media needs to be aware of this ad so it can get more play.
The ad's central point: "Do we really want a vice president who champions such savagery?"
**Warning, there are some graphic images.
UPDATE:
Donate now to help The Defenderse of Wildlife Action Fund get this ad up on the air in more swing states!
Update: Transcript (credit to AmericanRiverCanyon)
"The more voters learn about Sarah Palin, the less there is to like.
As Alaska governor, Sarah Palin actively promotes the brutal and unethical aerial hunting of wolves and other wildlife.
Using a low flying plane, they kill they kill in winter, when there is no way to escape. Riddled with gunshots, biting at their backs in agony,
they die a brutal death.
And Palin even encouraged the cruelty by proposing a $150 dollar bounty for the severed foreleg of each wolf, and then introduced a bill to make the killing easier.
Do we really want a Vice President who champions such savagery?
DFA is responsible for the content of this advertising."
Statements from Defenders of Wildlife about the ad:
Defenders Action Fund underscored its endorsement by launching a new TV ad about Palin's environmental record, focusing on her support for the aerial hunting of wolves, a cruel practice she actively champions in Alaska. The program licenses private citizens to fly airplanes and shoot wolves from the air or chase them to exhaustion before landing and shooting them point blank. The gunners then sell the pelts of the animals they kill for profit. The program also targets grizzly and black bears, which are chased by air and then shot on the ground. The ad, which will air in presidential swing states, shows a new and extreme side to the Governor, which has yet to be fully explored in the media.
"Sarah Palin not only condones the aerial hunting of wolves and bears, she actively promotes it," continued Schlickeisen. "She has even gone so far as to propose a bounty of $150 for every severed left foreleg of a wolf the hunters can produce. Her promotion of this ghastly and unscientific program – which she pursues while simultaneously suing the federal government to eliminate protections for the imperiled polar bear - offers voters a glimpse of her values and character that is quite different from the picture carefully crafted by the McCain-Palin campaign's professional speechwriters. It should also provide voters with a good idea of what a McCain-Palin administration's approach to stewardship of our nation's natural resources would be like. Americans deserve to know about this real side of Sarah Palin before they make up their minds about her.
"Put simply, if voters care at all about the environment, about protecting our air, land, water and wildlife for future generations, then they should look past the misleading rhetoric of the McCain-Palin campaign and support Obama-Biden," concluded Schlickeisen.
According to spokeswoman Jessica Brand, they hope to expand other swing states:
It will air in a "targeted buy" in the Toledo and Dayton, OH, markets, spokeswoman Jessica Brand said. She added that they plan to scale it up in Ohio and in other swing states later, but didn't immediately have a dollar figure.
Full article on Politico.com