Obama criticised for killing fly

An animal rights group has urged US President Barack Obama to try taking a more humane attitude the next time he is pestered by a fly after he was shown swatting one dead.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said it is now planning to send Mr Obama a Katcha Bug Humane Bug Catcher, a device that allows users to trap a house fly and then release it outside.
"We support compassion even for the most curious, smallest and least sympathetic animals," Peta spokesman Bruce Friedrich said. "We believe that people, where they can be compassionate, should be, for all animals."
During an interview for CNBC at the White House on Tuesday, a fly intruded on Mr Obama's conversation with correspondent John Harwood.
"Get out of here," the president told the insect. When it didn't, he waited for the fly to settle, put his hand up and then smacked it dead.
He then joked with his interviewer: "That was pretty impressive, wasn't it? I got the sucker."
Mr Friedrich said that Peta has been pleased with Mr Obama's voting record in the Senate on behalf of animal rights, and noted that he has been outspoken against animal abuses.
But "swatting a fly on TV indicates he's not perfect", Mr Friedrich said, "and we're happy to say that we wish he hadn't".



The whole fookin world is demented

The heartless bastard.

Just think of the flys children!

im surprised him and his gang of bodyguards didnt stab it to death coz they black innit

He certainly got a buzz from it.

The Bunker is a real hive of information...

Am I supposed to be kind to mozzies and cockroaches??

'Cos I eletrocute 'em - that certainly makes the bastads ((c)ADG) buzz.

Only a man like Barack Obama can make an ordinary story about swatting a fly extraordinary.

Top bloke, he is.

Them animal rights campaigners don't know what they're talking about.

He might only be killing flies today but just you wait. Give him another year and he'll be stealing babies and eating them.

Why, is that what his sort do

Well, maybe eating them was a bit harsh, but his kind do kill a hell of a lot of babies.
You were talking about American presidents, right?

err, yeah, err, thats what i meant, obviously.

Swat are all the fly jokes that are buzzing around?

I suppose ! should just watch the little barstards walk all over me bacon buttie and then kill me.
You know what? some of these silly twaats are more dangerous than the flies.
I think we should swat them instead.

The gormless eejits with too much time on their hands who complained about this are the sort who'd be suggesting condiments to accompany themselves as the Tiger was eating them and probably advocating Rennies to relieve the indigestion.

Killing flies eh?

Only the niggers could do something so atrocious.