David Walters for cockfighting?


An Associated Press report on Saturday claims that U.S. Senate candidate David Walters is against the ban on cockfighting that Oklahomans will vote on in November. According to the AP story Walters says he is against the ban on the blood sport because it will impact poor people. Walters apparently doesn't address the matter of the gambling that is an integral part of all cockfighting. The poor generally suffer the most in gambling situations but Walters does not apparently address the matter. Dismayed Democrats are wondering why an otherwise intelligent politician such as Walters would align himself with cockfighters. Polls in Oklahoma consistently show cockfighting going down to defeat by a wide margin in Oklahoma. It calls into question the wisdom and ethical character of a politician that would support cockfighting in any way.