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Obama Lets Bad Puns Fly at Turkey Pardoning Tinged With Sadness
Ny Slimes ^
| 11/24/16
| Gardiner Harris
Posted on 11/24/2016 8:28:05 AM PST by DeathBeforeDishonor1
WASHINGTON President Obama officially pardoned two turkeys on Wednesday, in an oddly mournful replaying of a White House Thanksgiving ritual that not even his daughters attended.
Standing in for the presidents two daughters were two nephews, Austin Robinson, 6, and Aaron Robinson, 4, who, unlike Malia and Sasha, have not yet been turned cynical by Washington, Mr. Obama joked. They still believe in bad puns. They still appreciate the grandeur of this occasion. They still have hope.
At the mention of hope, the crowd in the Rose Garden made up of family and friends getting perhaps one last visit to the White House grounds grew quiet, and Mr. Obamas staff, gathered along the nearby colonnade, looked grim.
Mr. Obama has spent much of the last two weeks as a kind of crisis counselor, trying to persuade his staff and Hillary Clintons supporters that Donald J. Trumps victory will not spell disaster for Mr. Obamas priorities or the nation.
And on Wednesday, the president was at his this-will-all-be-all-right best.
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Comment #2 Removed by Moderator
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
Cry me a river, snowflake.
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posted on
11/24/2016 8:30:15 AM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
More Americans have hope today than in any of the last eight years.
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posted on
11/24/2016 8:30:40 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
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posted on
11/24/2016 8:31:01 AM PST
by
stocksthatgoup
(these protestors are not anarchists. They are Hillary Supporting Demoncr)
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
Should have named the turkeys “Bill” and “Hill”.
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posted on
11/24/2016 8:32:02 AM PST
by
Not A Snowbird
(SandyInPeoria just doesn't sound right... yet here I am.)
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
two nephews, Austin Robinson, 6, and Aaron Robinson, 4, who, unlike Malia and Sasha, have not yet been turned cynical by Washington, Mr. Obama joked. I bet those two girls are EXTREMELY unpleasant people.
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posted on
11/24/2016 8:32:31 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(Abortion is what slavery was: immoral but not illegal. Not yet.)
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
Will President Trump pardon the turkeys next Thanksgiving? Maybe he’ll find a more practical use for them?
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posted on
11/24/2016 8:33:27 AM PST
by
jaydubya2
To: ClearCase_guy
Of course they are. They’re the fruit of his loins!
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posted on
11/24/2016 8:33:37 AM PST
by
patro
(Phrogs Forever)
To: SandyInSeattle
Barack and Hill are this year’s turkeys...
Pardons for one? Maybe. Pardons for the other? Nope...
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posted on
11/24/2016 8:35:09 AM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(jcon40, "Are we be coming into the age of Sanity?")
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
What a wet, steamy pile. I do hope (there’s that word again!) that they choke on their own hubris.
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posted on
11/24/2016 8:35:46 AM PST
by
rockrr
(Everything is different now...)
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
"YEAH!"
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posted on
11/24/2016 8:36:11 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
did obama try doing the sign of the cross again?
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posted on
11/24/2016 8:36:28 AM PST
by
a fool in paradise
( Democrats' last peaceful transfer of power was January 1981.)
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
These girls have no respect for American history and thee saga of family celebration and love of country. More Obama...low life!!! The legacy of POTUS Obama will not be good...to say the least. What a waste, this imposter, Obama, who hates the USA, always has, and always will!!! He and Clinton together have destroyed the Democrat Party, the Dems are just to stupid to recognize it!!! LMAO, as to how dumb these idiots & their hateful media are!!!
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posted on
11/24/2016 8:38:08 AM PST
by
JLAGRAYFOX
(Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
I’m sad. That we still have to put up with him for 2 more months.
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posted on
11/24/2016 8:38:28 AM PST
by
Gamecock
(Gun owner. Christian. Pro-American. Pro Law and Order. I am in the basket of deplorables.)
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
Talk about an attitude, they wreak of it.
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posted on
11/24/2016 8:38:49 AM PST
by
Fungi
To: a fool in paradise
Yes, as he always does in a mocking way. It is a fitting summation of his presidency.
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posted on
11/24/2016 8:40:43 AM PST
by
rephope
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
They got their RBF from the first wookie.
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posted on
11/24/2016 8:40:49 AM PST
by
Gamecock
(Gun owner. Christian. Pro-American. Pro Law and Order. I am in the basket of deplorables.)
To: Fungi
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posted on
11/24/2016 8:40:52 AM PST
by
going hot
(Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
To: going hot
You’re right, don’t know what I was thinking. Thank you.
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posted on
11/24/2016 8:41:55 AM PST
by
Fungi
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