Tea Party congressman (Broun) reveals he killed and ATE a LION !!

[ZRT2209]

Ugh!

A U.S. congressman shot a lion while on safari in Zimbabwe and then ate it for dinner.

Republican Paul Broun, who represents Georgia's 10th Congressional District, told a conservative magazine: 'If I kill it, I'm gonna eat it.'

Mr Broun made the unusual admission in National Review Online, adding: 'The lion wasn’t particularly tasty, it was kind of chewy, but I ate it.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2297414/Paul-Broun-Tea-party-congressman-killed-ate-LION-safari-hunt.html

Gross. What an a-hole. You really prove you're a man when you use a gun to kill an animal. And then put it in your office so every constituent is forced to look at your offensiveness.

[Bay Boy]

1. At least he ate it and

didn't let it go to waste.

[Mika]

2. WHAT??

[Bay Boy]

7. I'm sorry

AT LEAST HE ATE IT AND DIDN'T LET IT GO TO WASTE
(is that better)

[ZombieHorde]

4. I agree. nt

[ZombieHorde]

3. I made a chicken wrap for lunch today. What's the difference?

The main difference that comes to my mind is the animal I ate probably came from a chicken factory where it was treated with great cruelty, while the animal he ate was truly "free range," unless it was a "canned" hunt. His meal was probably much more ethical than my lunch.

[ZRT2209]

6. how endangered is a lion compared to a chicken?

[ZombieHorde]

10. If I judged a creature's life based on population, then I would have no regard for human beings.

Mass shootings would be no more tragic than lunch time at a restaurant that serves meat.

So I don't use population to determine the value of an individual creature.

[theKed]

12. Let's See..

Chicken ... not endangered.
African Lion ... not endangered.

Please, proceed.

[mercuryblues]

5. I am

more interested in who paid for his safari.

[surrealAmerican]

13. That would be my first question too.

[bluedigger]

8. Did he use a modern sporting rifle?

I hear they are mostly used for lion hunting.

[Initech]

9. And this is supposed to impress us how exactly?

[randome]

11. 'Reveals'? I think you mean 'claims'.

Let's dig a little deeper, shall we? Any witnesses?

[TheCowsCameHome]

14. Shit. I was betting on the lion.

[Throd]

15. I have Mexicans in Modesto kill my meat for me. I buy it at Safeway on a styrofoam tray.

It is hard for me to be sanctimonious about hunting.

[tanyev]

16. I hope he never kills an intruder in his house.

[alp227]

17. Well, Broun served in the Marines, so he ALREADY earned his man card. n/t

[white_wolf]

18. Lions are endangered right?

This is why I hate hunting. Unless it's an animal that isn't endangered I really don't approve of it. Especially since this guy didn't need it for food and just wanted to prove how much of a "man" he was. Seriously, if this is what it takes to be a "man" in our society I think I'll stick to being considered a wimp...