OlderThu, 18 June 2009 at 3:21 pm
PETA Slams Barack Obama For Killing A Fly
President Barack Obama reflected on what fatherhood means to him and wrote down his thoughts. Read his original piece at Parade.com.
On Tuesday, a fly intruded during Obama’s interview with CNBC correspondent John Harwood at the White House. Obama swatted the fly and PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is not happy, so they sent him a Katcha Bug Humane Bug Catcher, a device that allows users to trap a house fly and then release it outside.
“We support compassion even for the most curious, smallest and least sympathetic animals,” PETA spokesman Bruce Friedrich said Wednesday. “We believe that people, where they can be compassionate, should be, for all animals.”
Watch fly-killing President Obama below!
Barack Obama Swats Fly
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PETA is ridiculous !!
PETA can be so ridiculous sometime…
omg.
PETA are such idiots.
for killing a fly ? really? hahahahahahahah oh my god hahahahaha
chill out PETA hahahahahahah
oh for heavens sake…… a fly…that is a maggot first- spreader of disease….
PETA is stupid this time
jack @ 06/18/2009 at 3:41 pm PETA IS DOING WAYY TOO MUCH!
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I think they are doing WAY TOO MUCH drugs and watching the old “The fly” movie at the same time!
“Help Me Help ME”
Talk about jumping the Shark.. How can anyone respect or listen to thie Organization… I think they could do some really great things, but every chance they get they reveal that they are a bunch of NUTS..
I hope they reissue a statement saying that this was a joke.. If not.. Well ….. What is there left to say..
Idiots..
jack @ 06/18/2009 at 3:41 pm PETA IS DOING WAYY TOO MUCH!
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Way too much drugs?
Or Way too much watching “The Fly” on late night TV?
Maybe Way too much of both at te same time!
“Help me! Help Me!”
hey hollister peta only cares about animal abortions no? don’t realize that humans are animals too. anyways. go peta. keep up the funnies. what happened to ya’ll pushing the campaign to save all the cute animals of the world. where’s the seals full court press. i don’t knock peta…and i think saving animal species is all good and all even if i am a meat eater…but it’s good to know that peta is not perfect and are as hypocritical as i am. i hope they use 100% recycled paper for all their campaigns, and use 100% recylable inks and humane items all throughout their offices. i hope they also wear 100% biodegradable meaterial things. gah. i can’t knock them for trying though. i just wish they were smarter.
Thats really stupid and annoying from PETA. A fly, seriously. I guess they’re looking from attention from Mr. President.
omg! PETA loses credibility when they say sh@# like that. Ridiculus!
My Goodness they’re acting like he harpooned a deer or something…it was a sh! T carrying disease infested fly of pete’s sake…PETA needs to calm the bleep down and go look inside JLO’s closets for the sheep she skinned for her next coat.
how stupid is that?
so we are supposed to leave mosquitos that cause malaria alive too?? even if they harm your health? PETA give us a break
oh for f***s sake!!! I am the most hysterical animal-lover who cries over dead worms and while i admire the fact that PETA sometimes openly criticise people in the public eye (although unfortunelty not always in a mature way) for not respecting animals - this is just ridiculous. Flies are dirty and apart from having a minor position in the food chain, they really are completely useless and most of the time, goddamn annoying. What was Obama supposed to do? Get up in the middle of his interview and lovingly catch and release a fly?! It’s an automatic reflex to swat away a fly for gods sake! If only people would use their energy, creativity, time and money for something more important than inventing a f*****g fly-rescue tool.
peta is effin crazy… wow.
@Ms lola: Seriously you’re one of the reasons why hate and ignorance will always exists.
Pete will do anything to get money and attention they’re just embarrassing they’re coss, and embarrassing everyone who do or once did support PETA stop being so ridulous and go eat a hamburger….idiots
I was just waiting for some ‘ethical’ bigwig(s) to jump all over this story. Everyone swats flies, including a great deal of PETA members I bet. I try to avoid harming them but if they’re persistent what are you suppose to do?
If only people would use their energy, creativity, time and money for something more important than inventing a f*****g fly-rescue tool.
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lmao. hey flies need love too. i never knew there was such a thing as a fly rescue tool…all i knew was how to swat flies. see i learn something everyday. lol.
PETA is ridiculous!! if that big behind fly was buzzing near me, i’d slap the sh** out of it too. it’s not like the man shot a deer or something. goodness
Roxanne @ 06/18/2009 at 3:57 pm @Ms lola: Seriously you’re one of the reasons why hate and ignorance will always exists.
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truth. the hater must be a bristol lover. saw that there were only a few people protesting outside letterman. meh. dead topic. karma is such a great thing.
B.S. like this is totally counterproductive for the supposed mission of Animal Rights Advocacy touted by PETA. they lose credibility and authority, and people will start ignoring everything with the PETA symbol on it if they think that it’s a total joke.
Please do not condemn or ridicule all PETA members. We see beauty and worth in all living creatures. And I would say it is a safe bet that most PETA members supported Obama so this was not done out of hatred for him as someone alleged. I would also say that you would find most of us very ordinary and not at all odd.
Are you kidding me? PETA seriously needs to complete a refresher course in science! Their organization stands for: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. And a fly isn’t even an animal. It’s a freaking insect and one that carries diseases no less. Animals and insects are completely different classifications. PETA is attempting to stir up negativity for the President and it’s obvious they are trying to make something out of nothing at all. In the end, what they don’t realize is that they are making themselves look like idiots. In addition, flies have compound eyes so they can see anything coming for them even from behind. So the very fact that the president was even able kill it proves that the fly was in a weakened state and was going to die soon anyway.
hes so hot
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