Palin: Hunting is part of America’s exceptionalism

Sarah Palin hit one of the key early presidential primary states Saturday night, delivering the keynote address to the Safari Club International 2011 Convention in Reno, Nevada and as Newsweek.com reports, ‘Palin kills it in Gun Country.’

Safari Club International is an international organization composed of hunters and claims to be the world leader in protecting the freedom to hunt, so it was no surprise that the Safari Club snagged one of the most sought after speakers on the circuit for their event–Sarah Palin. Palin delivered a 40-minute speech to about 2,500 members that ran the gamut from the delicate balance between hunting and fishing to second amendment rights to responsible conservation to the importance of local governments in setting policy.

Palin said, “The best (management) is local” not “bureaucrats thousand of miles away” in Washington making the decisions.”

Later in her speech, she would address some of those decisions, mentioning “this recent talk coming from the White House,” as she put it, “about President Obama’s attempts to perhaps infringe further upon our Second Amendment rights.” As boos erupted to that infringement, Palin added, “Here’s how I figure it. Remember that weird guy in Wisconsin was so angry, so upset, watching a Palin win slot after slot each week on Dancing with the Stars that he shot Bristol through his TV? He blasted his Panasonic? Well, I’m thinking, ‘Imagine more gun control. Then he’d have to attack his Panasonic with a butter knife.'”

Of course, Palin got some of the biggest cheers from the crowd when she stressed how her family hunts to fill their freezer.

“My family loves animals in the wild—and also next to the mashed potatoes…For most of these frou-frou, chi-chi types, the extent of their experience is in the Tiki Room at Disneyland…We eat organic—we just have to shoot it first. And it comes wrapped in fur, not cellophane.”

Last year, former President George W. Bush offered the keynote address, but this year, Palin proved that she personally understands the importance of protecting the environment and that hunting and fishing are part of America’s heritage and the country’s exceptionalism.

As published on Examiner.com