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PETA Slams Barack Obama For Killing A Fly

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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stephanie @ 06/18/2009 at 8:25 pm

then PETA members shouldn’t drive cars, they kill too many bugs! this is ridiculous

the people at PETA really need to move on. have they realized how few people respect them at this point?

Wow nice skills Mr President, very nice indeed.

Its only an effing fly they do land on **** and puke on your food!

Crazy Publicity PETA hounds @ 06/18/2009 at 10:07 pm

I wonder if PETA members are aware of how many ants they unknowingly kill while walking the streets? A fly is not an animal, it’s an insect Bruce.

lucyhale'sfeet @ 06/18/2009 at 10:25 pm

Harming flies is evil.

This is why people hate PETA!

PETA, you are ridiculous!

I agree with PETA…I am Canadian…however I do think that PETA should put their money where there mouth is…they should pay for round-the-clock shifts for Secret Service personnel (3 per day, 8h shifts and part-timers for the weekend)…vs. billing the American public…to carry the fly-catcher on standby that is…or do they expect the President to carry it himself to every interview?…perhaps they do…I’m all fot the ethical treatment of animals…perhaps they should change their name and motto to PESTA…People for the Ethical and Sensible Treatment of Animals…only after giving their heads a shake…I would like to see what the president of PETA would do when locked in a room full of small and innocent mosquitoes, armed with a mosquito catcher…would you shoo, catch, or swat?…could put a PETA Youtube video together to support…President Obama should stop working so hard…sweat attracts flies, does it not?…not sure how many flies President Bush attracted…oh ya, Vice-President Cheney was on standby with some buckshot…now c’mon…couldn’t they just have left things by staying silent on this one or leaving it at them preferring that President Obama would have shooed it away…again and again…retake after retake (for the interview)…not like he has better things to do?

One of the people that works there will take a fly and sell it on Ebay, FOR SURE!!!! hehehe

PETA: you ridiculous sons of guns

THATS THE MOST RIDICULOUS THING I HAVE EVER HEARD! LIKE EVERYONE IN AMERICA DOESNT KILL FLYS HAHA

Charlene @ 06/18/2009 at 5:06 pm Mertz - i was referring to the ridicuolous “Katcha Bug Humane Bug Catcher” which is mentioned in Jared’s post. I’m sorry but didnt understand your response to what i said - did you think i was promoting it or something like thatl? lol
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lol. i meant I NEVER KNEW there was such a thing as a HUMANE BUG CATCHER…so i learn something new everyday. i must get one now. i hate how their innards spill out when i squash them. i hate bugs. i hate crawly things. i hate tiny tiny tiny things. gah. i am definately going to hell for my great sin of killing another of god’s creations…actually they aren’t really (documented in the bible, which we all know is 100% right ;p)…i don’t care. peta can suck my wag. mother f’ers don’t even know how their lobbying impacts actual people in real communities. go stick to your save the seals campaign peta…why don’t you try a little harder to raise awareness about the livestock we do eat and try to save those species, or is it because they aren’t cute enough. gah. they should definately petition whatever dumb fashion house is culturizing crocs (ethically…what a freakin oxymorong/misnomer/misleading use of that word. idiots think people can’t see through them.) for specialized leather bags. one of the dumbest things i’ve ever heard…along with killing an animal only for a specific portion and not using the whole animal in a respectful manner or repsecting the earth and what mother nature has given us. people truly suck. end rant.

oh and to mslola 69 i think…no. i love kathy griffen, and although i don’t usually miss larry king (i see it’s online, will see it later) i haven’t seen what she said but based on what you said, and if that is what she said then i guess it’s in agreement with what i was saying orginally in all the threads. IF YOU ALLOW YOUR FAMILY TO BE IN THE SPOTLIGHT, INTENTIONALLY/UNINTENTIONALLY, THEN YOU HAVE MADE YOURSELF AND YOUR LOVED ONES FAIR GAME FOR THE PUBLIC TO JUDGE. it doesn’t mean it’s right, and i hope the use of fair isn’t condoning inappropriate actions/diatribes/virtiol/evil things, but i am all about equal oppertunity, dems, repubs, independents, religious, non religious, all colours, w/e. you are fair game. that’s the bottom line. so with all the people making the they hope obama’s daughters get knocked up jokes or whatever, wait your time, because WHEN they go and have unprotected sex like bristol palin did, then they too also become fair game for that same type of joke. it’s a dead topic.

lol 109, some laugh worthy scenarios, also to the jolie hot person. good comments all around. it’s agreed this is not news worthy, and also peta can suck it and suck it hard. thanks to the chelsea handler person. i wonder if she had anything to say about it on her show tonight. love her.

PETA has just lost any and all credibility for any good they might do in the future. Flies cause disease. Do they have a function in the universe? Sure but this is TOTALLY unreasonable.
I don’t even want to see the acronym PETA again. For me it equates to STUPID and UNREASONABLE.

OMG peta is so ridiculous!!!! stupid organization

bahahahahah really PETA?

wow! how mean of obama to kill it and then SHOW IT! eww. that sucks! way to go peta! PETA ROCKS u all haters

one word to PETA…HYPOCRITES!!
as if not one of them have ever killed a fly, a mosquito or even an ant before…..

PETA get a life!

lol..I just killed a Mosqito..
Call the Mosqito Police Peta!!
Where is the Mosqito Jail?
haaaaaaaaaaa
Peta wants attention..lol
We should mail Bruce Friedrich..To Rawandan..to a fly infested mud hole..let us see how much sympathy..He can muster up!!

That’s completely ridiculous and stupid of PETA to slam Obama. So we shouldn’t kill a bloody fly? What are we supposed to do, BREED it?! Give me a bloody break!

lock that peta guy in a room with 100000 mosquitos — see how he feels then

I guess everyone that has ever gone to a picnic or ate their food outside is guilty of murdering flies cos they sure are trying to get at your food.

Jennifer H @ 06/19/2009 at 5:14 am

HAAAAAAAAAAAATE PETA!!!! OMG! I can’t stand them!

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