Why does Sarah Palin wear a polar bear pin?

[iceman66]

http://climateprogress.org/2008/10/13/q-why-does-sarah-palin-wear-a-polar-bear-pin/

She is certainly no fan of polar bears:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/29/sarah-palin-vs-polar-bear_n_122373.html

Interestingly enough, the polar bear is the symbol of the Alaskan Independence Party:

http://www.akip.org/

Hmm . . .

[nichomachus]

1. It's the same as putting scalps on your belt

You get a pin for every one you kill.

[iceman66]

3. I think it just might be a nod to the AIP

The McCain camp KNOWS that the media is not going to call them out on any of their bullshit, and this is a subtle way to rub it in our face.

Kind of like how the day after the 'Troopergate' report was released, both of them were out on the stump condemning "abuses of power".

[Applan]

5. Or painting little enemy airplanes on your fuselage

[Bombtrack]

2. She's a member of the Dharma Initiative

I think she's gonna be the 6th season bad guy on Lost.

[Paladin]

4. Because Toting Around The Illegally-Harvested Bearskin Rug....

...might smear her lipstick....

[thoughtcrime1984]

6. It is made of real, authentic polar bear, ya betcha!!!

[jmowreader]

7. It's just a symbol...

She has little pins to show all the things she wants to kill.

Her handlers told her not to wear the US Constitution, Roe v. Wade or Habeas Corpus pins till after the election.