Palin’s memoir will hit the shelves tomorrow. Many have already provided advance reviews and "Fact Checks." Both the left and the right have called it a payback for the campaign trail. Indeed, Palin has a reputation for vindictive cattiness (though she’s not nearly as catty as her band of merry followers). Now we know why.
In the Huffington Post, Marcus Baram quoted the following Palinisms from her book:
If any vegans came over for dinner, I could whip them up a salad, then explain my philosophy on being a carnivore: If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come He made them out of meat?
I love meat. I eat pork chops, thick bacon burgers, and the seared fatty edges of a medium-well-done steak. But I especially love moose and caribou. I always remind people from outside our state that there's plenty of room for all Alaska's animals -- right next to the mashed potatoes.
Unlike us average omnivores; Palin proudly views herself as a carnivore. She shares company with large cats, weasels, hyenas and bats. Well, oddly enough, except for the fruit bat.
Carnivores tend toward physiology specialized for capturing and disarticulating prey. While our four legged friends use claws, teeth and bone crushing jaws, Palin prefers Facebook, Twitter and now the printed page.
The context of her meat lover’s ode is unclear.
- Was it in response to those who find it repugnant that Alaska is once again pursuing the right to allow big-oil to drive Polar bears and white whales into extinction?
- Was it part of a missive about "delicate, tiny, very talented celebrity starlets" that disagree with her passion for aerial assaults and gassing wolves in their dens (hopefully she provided a recipe for those severed wolf forelegs)
- Has she somehow thrown Mathew Scully (vegetarian author of the nomination speech that put her on the map) under the bus?
Perhaps Palin is more of a carnivore than even she gives herself credit for. Weasels practice something called a weasel war dance. An overly excited weasel rabidly rushes about, stomping and throwing itself on the ground. Some speculate that these tantrums are a tactic to confuse and disorient prey. (see example here) Here I thought she and her pack of followers were simply thin-skinned and disconnected from reality.
On an ominous note, the weasel does get the rabbit at the end of the video. It’s been said that Republicans will eat their own. Huckabee, who’s also touring for his book "A Simple Christmas," should be careful that his 59 city tour doesn’t cross too closely to Palin’s path or she might just eat him for lunch (literally).