People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) will send President Obama a Katcha Bug Humane Bug Catcher, a device that allows users to trap a house fly indoors and then release it to nature. The gift comes after the President swatted and successfully killed a fly during a television interview.
During a Tuesday interview with CNBC reporter John Harwood, a fly buzzed around the President and he managed to kill it with one swat. "Now, where were we?" Obama asked Harwood, adding, "That was pretty impressive, wasn't it? I got the sucker."
PETA officials are pleased with the former Senator’s voting record on behalf of animal rights and recognize that he has spoken out against animal abuses. However, killing a fly on TV was not acceptable to the organization’s leaders, and they would have preferred that he not do that.
The White House has no comment on the incident or PETA’s response.
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Who cares what PETA thinks anymore? They have lost all credibility by their extreme animal rights fundamentalism and terrorist tactics. Their members euthanize puppies and kittens in the back of vans and dump them in the trash, set labs on fire and any number of other inhumane actions but they are upset with Obama for swatting a fly? What hypocrits!!!
I think we should send those objecting on a trip to the everglades without insect repellent!
ohh come on its a freakin fly for God sake. I bet if it were Bush who killed the fly no one would have anything to say. I hate to make such a small issue a racial one but thats the only thing i can think of. let the man run the US without being harrassed about a maggot thats evolved and has the lifespan of 1 week. jerks....
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