Obama's first pardon: A turkey called 'Courage'

[DearAbby]

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."

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[Taverner]

1. Let's hope Leonard Peltier is on that list somewhere...

[FarLeftFist]

2. Here are Bush's pardon's

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_pardoned_by_George_W._Bush

[glinda]

3. Please pardon the people of the United States. Pardon them from the Credit Card Industries,

the lack of a sane Health Plan that is affordable and covers all people, from the Banking Industries that are throwing people out of their homes and stealing people's money, from Global Warming inaction, from the toxins in our and our pet's food and water. Oh please give us a pardon too!