PETA Woman of the Year Posts Photo of a Child Standing on a Dog

Fighting the Smears Conservatives4Palin ^ | January 2, 2015 | Whitney Pitcher

[Bratch]

Yesterday, Governor Palin shared a seemingly benign "happy new year" Facebook  post that included photos of her son Trig using their dog, Jill Hadassa, as a footstool of sorts. True to form, the media and the Left (pardon the redundancy) jumped at the opportunity to express their outrage. Animal rights groups also made their disapproval  of the photos known as well, per POLITICO:

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals called the post inappropriate.

“It’s odd that anyone — let alone a mother — would find it appropriate to post such a thing, with no apparent sympathy for the dog in the photo,” PETA President Ingrid Newkirk said in a statement to POLITICO.

It is odd, Ingrid, isn’t it? Let’s flashback to about six months ago to an image shared by Ellen Degeneres on her show’s Facebook page:

It’s odd that PETA did not make the same statement when Degeneres, their 2009 Woman of the Year, shared a similar photo with her more than 17 million Facebook friends this summer and received more than a quarter of a million likes. Wouldn’t PETA expect someone whom they honored to not condone such an action and photo, even if it didn’t not involve her or her child?

My post is neither a condemnation or an approval of the photos shared by Governor Palin or Ellen Degeneres. It simply highlights yet another example of the selective outrage of the media and various organizations when it comes to Governor Palin.  One moment they are declaring her politically dead and irrelevant; the next moment they are, by the magnitude of their outrage, implying that she has tremendous influence over the public’s treatment of animals. Such logical whiplash must be painful.

As the Governor shared last Spring, the Palins received their beautiful dog from the Puppy Jake Foundation which trains dogs to be service animals for wounded warriors and others who need assistance.  You can read more about the Foundation here.

(H/T to several sources on Facebook and Twitter who have been circulating the Ellen Show photo)

[Georgia Girl 2]

In further news PETA will steal Palin’s dog and euthanize it. :-)

[Aliska]

I know there is a difference but that was the first thing I thought of when I saw the first photo. That poor dog in my ex husband's case was so trusting it didn't know what was coming. I had a cat like that; she would lie right in the middle of foot traffic but luckily nobody accidentally stepped on her.

I realize the dog will move out of the way if it can. I wouldn't lie on the floor and let a kid step on me anywhere at my age. I have to tense up my mid section when my cat walks on my ribs and wants to be petted in the morning. After he eats.

[ArmyTeach]

I’ve had both a cat and several dogs. I truly believe that is a smile! Cats, horses and other animals don’t smile... dogs do smile. It shows also in their eyes and ‘body language.’