Sarah Palin's speech written by a vegetarian
I'm not na茂ve enough to think that Sarah Palin crafted every word of her speech last week at the Republican National Convention. But I assumed that whoever did write it had at least a passing familiarity with animal carcasses. After all, a Google News search reveals published in the past week with the keywords "Sarah Palin," "speech," and "red meat."
But I was wrong. According to Time magazine, former Bush speechwriter Matthew Scully, the man behind Palin's speech, is a vegetarian "." He is often at odds with the NRA and opposes "more brutal versions" of hunting, such as gunning down wolves from airplanes, .
Mr. Scully's dietary practices are in line with statements by Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, who encouraged people to . Mr. Pachauri, who is also a vegetarian, cited the greenhouse-gas emissions and habitat destruction caused by raising cattle and other animals for food.
