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Thanksgiving tradition: History of pardoning the turkey
Posted On Nov 29 2015
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SPEAKING at his annual Thanksgiving turkey pardoning, President Barack Obama has joked about raising teenage daughters, his critics and the 2016 presidential race. Honest did not attend.
“I am going to publicly thank Malia and Sasha for once again standing here with me during the turkey pardon”, said the president, getting into the holiday spirit as his daughters looked on sheepishly. They are growing up so fast!
The White House said in a short statement on Wednesday that the president had signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
‘I thought it was pretty good, ‘ the president said back.
In New York City, record-breaking crowds were expected on Thursday for the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, and Police Commissioner William Bratton said the city was deploying more officers at the annual event than ever before.
“It is hard to believe that this is my seventh year of pardoning turkey”.
Obama once promised to close the Guantanamo Bay prison during his first year in office; now almost seven years into his presidency, some 107 detainees remain there because of congressional objections and the reluctance of many counties to accept its prisoners.
“I know some folks think this tradition is a little silly”.
“We’ve seen from President Obama calling ISIS contained to Hillary Clinton saying this isn’t an American fight, the Democrat Party is simply not up to the task”, the RNC chairman said.
“Today, François Hollande and I agreed that our nations must do even more together”, Obama said at a joint press conference Tuesday at the White House with Hollande.
The International Business Times quotes POTUS from past year being seriously perplexed that he had to pardon a turkey and talk up the National Turkey Federation, which is an actual, real organization.
Even his daughters Malia and Sasha showed no mercy for the bird, smiling and giggling, as their father mocked the animal in the Rose Garden at the White House. If he could pardon a turkey, my friend, we can surely pardon his pun.
