Speaking from a conservative point of view, she definitely is a bad representation. She's pretty much the best we have to offer right now and that is why I again voted Libertarian in the last election. I hope the Repubs can wake up and realize how fucked up the GOP has become.
Anyway, I've only slughtered a few turkeys in my life-- mostly I deal with sheep, goats, and chickens. Turkeys are a bit tough to deal with-- when you go into the pen, they get all riled up and you need to be quick in grabbing a turkey by the legs and then immediately hold them upside down-- if you do it right, the bird will relax itself and then you can speak to it and gain its understanding. Once you have done that, you can take the bird over to a quiet area and pull a very sharp hand hatchet from a holster at your back, bring the bird close to a butcher block, stretch the neck of the bird and with one quick stroke remove its head. Immediately afterwards, you will catch alot of blood and the body will convulse quite a bit after being slaughtered, so wear old clothes and KEEP YOU MOUTH CLOSED! Only after the bird has become still you should stick it into a bath of water close to boiling to ease removal of feathers before you go in and gut.
Watching this video, there are issues I'd like to bring up.
One-- you should never allow ANY animal to see the method of its slaughter before it is time-- I can distinctly see a turkey in the bottom corner of the screen flapping around near the device for slaughtering. The man behind Palin is holding the bird correctly, and the device he is using is to eliminate movement of the bird and keep blood from flying everywhere after the neck is cut-- I personally beleive it is better to kill the bird in the open and allow the blood to go into the ground-- that's a Native American practice, tho' I'm not one, but still, that's how I like to do it. This process really shouldn't be televised unless its for instructional purposes. I'm old fashioned that way, which leads me to my next point--
Never, NEVER shrug off a slaughter. Even if you are not religious at all, attention must be paid to the gravity of what you are doing. You are taking a living creature's life for your food. There is wisdom and a sort of humility to be gained in the experience. That Palin just yaps away while ol' Tom is being sent into his own personal oblivion is disturbing to me and shows she doesn't get it and also exposes her overriding trait-- vanity.
