The Sarah Palin Turkey Slaughter, Part I

Sarah Palin is the gift that keeps on giving. First, the turkey slaughter interview last week lead to these wonderful "chyrons" (the captions at the bottom of the screen) from MSNBC:



Source: AmericaBlog

Sarah Palin Pardons Turkey, um. . .and Then. . .

Image from source, Raw Story

Oh. My. God. I only wish Thanksgiving occurred before the election, because this would have been a whole lot more fun. As it is, it feels a little like twisting the knife. But hey, whatever. Why on earth was she giving an interview right in front of turkeys being slaughtered? What kind of producers/cameramen/news crews do they have in Alaska? Strange, disturbing, and yeah, funny in a morbid way.

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Palin pardons turkey as bird bleeds out on camera

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. . .

Read more (with video) at: Raw Story

Stupid Monkey History Lessons

Posted by StupidMonkeyPlanet

George Mason, the father of the Bill of Rights, argued at the Constitutional Convention in favor of providing the House of Representatives the power of impeachment by pointing out that the President might use his pardoning power to "pardon crimes which were advised by himself" or, before indictment or conviction, "to stop inquiry and prevent detection." James Madison, the father of the U.S. Constitution, added that "if the President be connected, in any suspicious manner, with any person, and there be grounds to believe he will shelter him, the House of Representatives can impeach him; they can remove him if found guilty."

Thanks to the good folks at Velvetrevolution.us for pointing that out.

Most Notorious Presidential Pardons

Hat-tip to Lesto for pointing out the Clinton Presidential pardons to me, regarding my focus on the Scooter Libby commutation. And he's right, I didn't mention it in my articles. My reasoning goes something like this (clearing throat):

If Bill Clinton posthumously pardoned Hitler and Hirohito, it would be irrelevant to the story. Why? Because Bill Clinton isn't President! Hasn't been for over six years now! Besides, if Bill Clinton jumped off a bridge, would that mean George W. would have to as well? The only real relevance Bill Clinton's actions would have on the matter would be in pointing out liberal hypocrisy. Having never been a Bill Clinton apologist myself, I don't much feel like a hypocrite.

In any event, the topic of Clinton's pardon of Mark Rich in particular will be a common refrain over the next few news cycles. That being the case, please take a look at this list from Time Magazine. It will show you that "Slick Willy" wasn't the only guy making controversial pardons. George H.W. had a hand at it too. . .

Read more at: The 10 Most Notorious Presidential Pardons at Time Magazine.

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