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| Obama to 'Pardon' Thanksgiving Turkeys |
| 2013-11-28 |
[An Nahar] President Barack ObamaWe're gonna punish our enemies and we're gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us... will symbolically "pardon" two turkeys Wednesday on the eve of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, in what has become an annual White House rite. They do this every year. They probably have since the Taft administration. I don't think T. Roosevelt was squeamish about carrying out the sentence on the birds. The two birds, named "Caramel" and "Popcorn," will have their 15 minutes of fame in the White House Rose Garden where they will win a reprieve from the "leader of the free world" before dozens of news hounds and photographers. I wonder if the news hounds will use official White House pics of the turkeys... Besides which, they didn't do anything to be "pardoned" for. I guess they need a reprieve, but a pardon wouldn't seem to apply. The White House is holding a popularity contest on Facebook to see which of the two should be designated the "National Thanksgiving Turkey." I kinda wonder what's happened to all those birds that have been Both will then be driven to Mount Vernon, George Washington's historic mansion just south of Washington where they will be on display for visitors through Christmas. I've been to Mount Vernon. I didn't see ten or twenty aging turkeys stomping around the grounds. Obviously you went after |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Questions come to mind: 1) Is this a full pardon or merely a postponement for a year? 2) Will he also be pardoning the Obamacare website? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-11-28 12:48 |
| #5 Ten Thanksgivings Ago Blackfive |
| Posted by: Beavis 2013-11-28 09:59 |
| #4 I figured he was talking about Holder, et al |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-11-28 09:40 |
| #3 WH THANKS GIVING CARD |
| Posted by: Thumper the Fragrant 2013-11-28 09:23 |
| #2 The bad news of course is that they get to enjoy Obumblecare. Some fates are worse than death. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-11-28 08:23 |
| #1 Leno: Champ's approval ratings were so bad that the turkeys insisted that no pictures be taken. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-11-28 02:02 |