Tanya Writes About McCain's Shocking Choice as VP

I know, I know Cowboy Church is up next...as well as reactions to my "lemon-jello" nearly-better-than-sex spa treatments AND my fantasty football team Wild Thang...but this can't wait.

If you know me well or have read much of this blog, you know I adore animals. In fact, my daughter sponsored a gray wolf for me through Defenders of Wildlife for my Mother's Day gift this year. I took the little gray stuffed replica wolf along on my travels the next week to Lake Tahoe. And I named it NanTanLupan for Gene Hackman's character, Gray Wolf Chief, in the great Western, Geronimo.

Also if you know me or read this blog, you know I am not political. But I just can't stay silent on John McCain's choice. Now, I truly think women deserve a place in high office. But I'm posting this blog about thirty seconds after I heard from the Defenders of Wildlife. Ms. Palin supports wolf slaughter.

At least read this before you make any decisions:

Shocking Choice by John McCain

WASHINGTON-- Senator John McCain just announced his choice for running mate: Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska. To follow is a statement by Rodger Schlickeisen, president of Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund.

“Senator McCain’s choice for a running mate is beyond belief. By choosing Sarah Palin, McCain has clearly made a decision to continue the Bush legacy of destructive environmental policies.

“Sarah Palin, whose husband works for BP (formerly British Petroleum), has repeatedly put special interests first when it comes to the environment. In her scant two years as governor, she has lobbied aggressively to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling, pushed for more drilling off of Alaska’s coasts, and put special interests above science. Ms. Palin has made it clear through her actions that she is unwilling to do even as much as the Bush administration to address the impacts of global warming. Her most recent effort has been to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to remove the polar bear from the endangered species list, putting Big Oil before sound science. As unbelievable as this may sound, this actually puts her to the right of the Bush administration.

“This is Senator McCain’s first significant choice in building his executive team and it’s a bad one. It has to raise serious doubts in the minds of voters about John McCain’s commitment to conservation, to addressing the impacts of global warming and to ensuring our country ends its dependency on oil.”

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The Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund (www.defendersactionfund.org) provides a powerful voice in Washington to Americans who value our conservation heritage. Through grassroots lobbying, issue advocacy and political campaigns, the Action Fund champions those laws and lawmakers that protect wildlife and wild places while working against those that do them harm.

Thanks for lenting me vent. That spa-relaxation aura sure didn't get to last long. Arrrrrrrgh.

(As tiresome as this election is getting, at least it isn't boring!)