Sarah Palin Runs With the Grizzlies

Image by Flickr user <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smiteme/2896760509/in/photostream/">smiteme</a> used under a Creative Commons license

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily.


Soon-to-be former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has been communing with grizzly bears and tweeting about the survival tips she’s picked up from the creatures she finds so majestic that she uses one as big, ferocious couch pillow. Some of her observations:

Great day w/bear management wildlife biologists; much to see in wild territory incl amazing creatures w/mama bears’ gutteral raw instinct to

protect & provide for her young;She sees danger?She brazenly rises up on strong hind legs, growls Don’t Touch My Cubs & the species survives

& mama bear doesn’t look 2 anyone else 2 hand her anything; biologists say she works harder than males, is provider/protector for the future

You gotta admire those mavericky mama bears and their instinct to protect their cubs and refuse government handouts. Maybe Palin also had a twinge of self-recognition as she learned about other ursine behaviors such as mock charges and “false hibernation.” And perhaps she was disappointed to hear that while grizzlies once freely roamed much of the lower 48, they’re now considered a threatened species down there. No doubt they’re just planning their comeback.  

 

BEFORE YOU CLICK AWAY!

“Lying.” “Disgusting.” “Scum.” “Slime.” “Corrupt.” “Enemy of the people.” Donald Trump has always made clear what he thinks of journalists. And it’s plain now that his administration intends to do everything it can to stop journalists from reporting things they don’t like—which is most things that are true.

No one gets to tell Mother Jones what to publish or not publish, because no one owns our fiercely independent newsroom. But that also means we need to directly raise the resources it takes to keep our journalism alive. There’s only one way for that to happen, and it’s readers like you stepping up. Please help with a donation today if you can—even a few bucks will make a real difference. A monthly gift would be incredible.

payment methods

BEFORE YOU CLICK AWAY!

“Lying.” “Disgusting.” “Scum.” “Slime.” “Corrupt.” “Enemy of the people.” Donald Trump has always made clear what he thinks of journalists. And it’s plain now that his administration intends to do everything it can to stop journalists from reporting things they don’t like—which is most things that are true.

No one gets to tell Mother Jones what to publish or not publish, because no one owns our fiercely independent newsroom. But that also means we need to directly raise the resources it takes to keep our journalism alive. There’s only one way for that to happen, and it’s readers like you stepping up. Please help with a donation today if you can—even a few bucks will make a real difference. A monthly gift would be incredible.

payment methods

We Recommend

Latest

Sign up for our free newsletter

Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily to have our top stories delivered directly to your inbox.

Get our award-winning magazine

Save big on a full year of investigations, ideas, and insights.

Subscribe

Support our journalism

Help Mother Jones' reporters dig deep with a tax-deductible donation.

Donate