I’ve seen a lot of horrible things being thrown around in political campaigns, but this news is pretty terrible. It seems that some individuals shot a black bear in the head in Cullowee, North Carolina, took it to the campus of Western Carolina University, and draped its body with Barack Obama campaign posters that appeared to be stolen from someone’s property.
Seriously, people – is this where it’s at? We’re at the point where killing an animal (and yes, I’m aware that bear hunting season is apparently open there) and making it “represent,” apparently, a political candidate to make your feelings known is the way to go? Forget people talking about racial issues for a minute here, and let’s talk about reality checks that clearly need to be grasped before we can ever be realistic about progress as people in this country. I just don’t understand people, at all. Or, as Jon put it ever so perfectly, this morning, “WTF is wrong with people?”
That’s what I’d like to know.