We interrupt this regularly scheduled programing to make fun of turkey pardoning

by Jodifur on November 21, 2007

If you do nothing else tonight, read this.
Now, imagine I am sitting in my living room doing a dramatic reading of it.
Okay, I have to admit I have always hated the turkey pardoning tradition. It's ridiculous and stupid and I don't even eat turkey and it's just dumb, dumb, dumb.
When I pay taxes next year I am specifically requesting that my money not to go to pay for the motorcade that escorted the turkeys. Or the turkeys FIRST CLASS plane tickets. How mad would you be when you are sitting on your 4 hour delayed United flight to be told that they had to make way for TURKEY ONE? On the busiest travel week of the entire year two TURKEYS have four first class seats.
And PETA is protesting this. How much more ethical can flying first class get for a bunch of turkeys?
Seriously, we have AIDS, Cancer, homelessness, children being left behind, and toys being recalled for lead. Can't Bush find something else to do than hang out with a couple of turkeys?
Then again, he was amongst friends.
Cross posted at DC Metro Moms.

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 <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/00139191935886860839" rel="nofollow November 21, 2007 at 7:09 am

Hee hee, this is a silly tradition. But haven’t all presidents done this?

BTW, I saw on 20/20 or 60 Minutes that the pardoned turkeys end up dying anyway shortly after they are sent away.

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 <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/00139191935886860839" rel="nofollow November 21, 2007 at 7:09 am

Hee hee, this is a silly tradition. But haven’t all presidents done this?

BTW, I saw on 20/20 or 60 Minutes that the pardoned turkeys end up dying anyway shortly after they are sent away.

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 <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/00139191935886860839" rel="nofollow November 21, 2007 at 7:09 am

Hee hee, this is a silly tradition. But haven’t all presidents done this?

BTW, I saw on 20/20 or 60 Minutes that the pardoned turkeys end up dying anyway shortly after they are sent away.

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 <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/00139191935886860839" rel="nofollow November 21, 2007 at 7:09 am

Hee hee, this is a silly tradition. But haven’t all presidents done this?

BTW, I saw on 20/20 or 60 Minutes that the pardoned turkeys end up dying anyway shortly after they are sent away.

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 <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/17358441701832129130" rel="nofollow November 21, 2007 at 7:16 pm

“Then again he was amongst friends.”

Ha! Thanks for the laugh. I had a comment in mind about turkeys and pardons and death row inmates in Texas, but I’ll just leave it at this.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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 <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/17358441701832129130" rel="nofollow November 21, 2007 at 7:16 pm

“Then again he was amongst friends.”

Ha! Thanks for the laugh. I had a comment in mind about turkeys and pardons and death row inmates in Texas, but I’ll just leave it at this.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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 <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/17358441701832129130" rel="nofollow November 21, 2007 at 7:16 pm

“Then again he was amongst friends.”

Ha! Thanks for the laugh. I had a comment in mind about turkeys and pardons and death row inmates in Texas, but I’ll just leave it at this.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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 <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/17358441701832129130" rel="nofollow November 21, 2007 at 7:16 pm

“Then again he was amongst friends.”

Ha! Thanks for the laugh. I had a comment in mind about turkeys and pardons and death row inmates in Texas, but I’ll just leave it at this.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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