If You’re a Member of the NRA and Humane Society, Does Your Head Eventually Explode?

Politics, as the old saw goes, makes strange bedfellows. Just ask Ohio Governor Ted Strickland, who recently picked up endorsements from both the National Rifle Association and the Humane Society of the United States. You might want to start looking around for flying pigs and fiery icicles…

From this story in the Northern Ohio News-Herald:
In a world of political parallel universes incumbent Democrat Governor Ted Strickland and incumbent U.S. Rep. Steven LaTourette (R-Bainbridge Township) have received endorsements from the opposite poles of sportsmen-related issues. Both Strickland and LaTourette have the unqualified endorsement of the National Rifle Association. And now each has garnered the likewise enthusiastic support of the Humane Society Legislative Fund, the political action arm of the Humane Society of the United States which is generally regarded as the nation’s most potent and richest anti-hunting, anti-fishing and anti-trapping organization.
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_That the HSUS’ Legislative Fund is backing Strickland rankles several former Ohio Department of Natural Resources officials, including those who were appointed during Republican administrations. And at least one of these officials – Mike Budzik, retired chief of the Ohio Division of Wildlife – has formally endorsed Strickland’s Republican opponent, John Kasich. Budzik has even cut a recorded telephone message that was recently sent to Ohio sportsmen and which calls for the support of his candidate of choice. The Humane Society Legislative Fund endorsement stems from Strickland’s backing of an agreement with the HSUS to tighten farm animal care standards in exchange for the group’s withdrawal of a statewide referendum on the issue. Strickland’s NRA endorsement arrived because of the governor’s long-standing support for Second Amendment rights issues and pro-sportsmen’s positions.

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