Thanksgiving: the White House “Pardoning” Scandal | Talking Points Memo

Here’s an extra serving of hypocrisy for your Thanksgiving dinner.

I think we’re all familiar with the big, flashy show that the White House puts on every year when the president pardons his Thanksgiving turkey. In a forced public display of American “mercy,” the administration trots out a big fat bird in front of a bunch of cameras, the president makes some funny remarks about democracy and Thanksgiving, and then the bird — this is key — doesn’t get its head chopped off.


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