Teri B.

Palin pardons turkey as bird bleeds out on camera
David Edwards and Stephen C. Webster
Published: Thursday November 20, 2008

In 1963, President Kennedy decided to let the White House turkey live instead of making dinner of it. George Bush Sr. was the first president since to pardon a seasonal fowl, in the waning months of 1993, and his son followed suit through his presidency.

Now Alaska Governor and failed Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin has mimed presidential tradition, but her effort at winged mercy was 'cut' short. As she staged an impromptu press conference after pardoning one lucky bird, a worker at the Triple D Farm and Hatchery in Wasilla sliced a turkey's neck, bled it out and twisted its head off behind the governor, directly in the camera's line of fire.

A reporter asked Palin if she was okay with the backdrop. The Alaskan Governor answered, "no worries." As the bird's head was removed, the man looked over his shoulder at the governor and reporters and flashed a toothy grin.

"I was happy to be invited to participate in, in this, and, uh, and, you know, for one, you need a little bit of levity in this job, especially with a, uh, so much that has gone on in the last couple of months that has been so, um, political, ah, obviously, that it's nice to get out and, and do something to promote a local business and, and to uh, just participate in something that isn't so, um, heavy-handed politics that, uh, invites criticism," said the governor in what appeared to be a single sentence.

"Certainly we'll even invite criticism for doin' this too, but at least this was fun!" she pronounced.

This video is from MSNBC's Countdown, broadcast Nov. 20, 2008.

The Raw Story | Palin pardons turkey as bird bleeds out on camera

(There's apparently a video that's horrifying. I'm looking for it.)

Teri B.

Chantytown

Oh.... that's fucking priceless.

Vicariously I

I just did that little WTF laugh that you do sometimes when people are just fucking retarded. You know that laugh? You know it usually coincides with shaking ones head or putting your hand over your face in complete disbelief that what your seeing or hearing is real?

This woman is better then any new show that has come out in a long time.

.....except Lost.

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JeffinCO

This could not have been written better by the SNL people.

Even the camera person has to be snickering inside..How obvious could you be?!

She could have had a worse backdrop to do an interview,....
...Her daughter on the couch with her ankles in the air...
...A detainee getting connected to a car battery...
...Perhaps she should have done the interview from Ted Steven's jaccuzzi.?!

too damn funny.

...and, BTW I'd like to take this opportunity to THANK GOD.
(and the American voter)

we may be dumb, but we ain't stupid.

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Zane

I fall more & more in love with this woman every time I see her...

EvilMonkey

Key word here is "see" and I tend to agree with you but when she opens her mouth I shrivel up.

Ever since Palin has come on the the scene I am reminded of my favorite Bundy credo.. hooters hooters yum yum yum hooters hooters on a girl that's dumb.

babylonDon

When Turkey Throttler Met Chicken Choker....Ahhhhh romance

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Zane

You don't see the entertainment value in a stupid girl?

EvilMonkey

I do, hence the poem.