JediAthos Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 To a 45lb Turkey named Courage WASHINGTON – After 10 months in office, President Barack Obama granted his first pardon Wednesday to "Courage," a 45-pound turkey spared from the Thanksgiving table. Accompanied by daughters Sasha and Malia, Obama stood under the North Portico of the White House to honor a holiday tradition that dates to 1947 — receiving a bird from the National Turkey Federation. "I'm told Presidents Eisenhower and Johnson actually ate their turkeys," Obama said. "You can't fault them for that; that's a good-looking bird." President George H.W. Bush was the first to officially pardon a turkey. Obama joked about wanting to forgo the tradition and eat "Courage." "Thanks to the interventions of Malia and Sasha — because I was planning to eat this sucker — 'Courage' will also be spared this terrible and delicious fate," he said. (From AP article on Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_turkey_pardon) Happy Early Thanksgiving to those folks here in the States Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandalore The Shadow Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Wow strange but its not a first although I do have a Quote of the day: "'Courage' will also be spared this terrible and delicious fate," Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 45lbs! That's HUGE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Avlectus Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 I'm kinda half and half about thanksgiving. However, no harm in pardoning a turkey. Least he wasn't drunk and strumming an acoustic guitar singing abominable songs and having a bunch of dogs and a farm donkey as a backup chorus. I on the other hand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trench Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 45 pounds? That monster is massive! That might be enough to last me five minutes! I don't quite get the "pardoning" of turkeys bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litofsky Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 "I'm told Presidents Eisenhower and Johnson actually ate their turkeys," Obama said. "You can't fault them for that; that's a good-looking bird." "Thanks to the interventions of Malia and Sasha — because I was planning to eat this sucker — 'Courage' will also be spared this terrible and delicious fate," he said. I think this my favorite Obama Quote. Happy early Thanksgiving! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommycat Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 [Limbaugh]You see my fellow conservatives, it's all a part of his Liberal agenda of putting turkey health above people.[/Limbaugh] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralPloKoon Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 I never really cared for Thanksgiving much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purifier Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Yet that's the official media report that we were all given, but I'll bet you 10 to 1 that poor bird is sitting on Joe Biden's dinner table right now; and he's not the guest. Joe Biden: WHAT! Who parden him?!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 That's OK, I bought 2 20-lb turkeys to make up for Courage. One's in the freezer, one's getting cooked up tomorrow. We went to my Dad's house for Thanksgiving dinner today--24 of us sitting around the table eating like oinkers (except me with my little bites of this and that) meant no leftovers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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