Sarah Palin’s newly released autobiography, “Going Rogue”, is causing quite a stir inside and outside of the political arena. The former vice presidential candidate has also been targeted by anti’s as the book pokes fun at vegans and discusses the merits of being a meat eater. Most recently, the former Alaska governor took several shots from Ingrid Newkirk in an “open letter‘ posted on the PETA founder’s blog November 17.
Newkirk is unhappy with quotes from Palin’s book such as, “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?”
Not surprisingly, Newkirk sharpens her own knives and questions whether “there is an original line” in the book and suggests Palin should “keep an eye on the New York Times Bestseller List“ to see that vegan cookbooks are all the rage. She then proceeds to criticize Palin for her pro-meat stance and concludes by saying, “Ms. Palin reportedly finds evolution a bit hard to swallow. Judging from her book, that applies to the evolution of ideas and attitudes as well.”
“It’s no surprise PETA and Ingrid Newkirk do not like Sarah Palin,” said Doug Jeanneret, USSA vice president of marketing. “Maybe Ms. Newkirk should follow her own advice and evolve her ideas and attitudes to fit the majority of Americans who eat meat, think it’s fine to use animals to protect human life, and who support hunting.”
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