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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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To: Fungi
YW.
Probably thinking of the damage their dad has wreaked on this country.
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posted on
11/24/2016 8:43:57 AM PST
by
going hot
(Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
To: Gamecock
Ugly to the very last molecule....
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posted on
11/24/2016 8:44:04 AM PST
by
Fungi
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
But with his legacy on the chopping block this year, even a few puns could not dispel the feeling of a New Orleans funeral celebratory but with an underlying sadness. My sadness is for the damage this moron has brought to our nation.
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posted on
11/24/2016 8:46:10 AM PST
by
Gamecock
(Gun owner. Christian. Pro-American. Pro Law and Order. I am in the basket of deplorables.)
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
Cult of Personality is Over!
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posted on
11/24/2016 8:47:09 AM PST
by
Big Red Badger
(UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
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posted on
11/24/2016 8:48:16 AM PST
by
TornadoAlley3
( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
How come Obama’s kids don’t look like him or Michelle? They don’t even resemble each other.
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posted on
11/24/2016 8:50:38 AM PST
by
jmacusa
(Election 2016. The Battle of Midway for The Democrat Party.)
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
I never understood the pardoning of turkeys. They are raised for food, “pardoned” then sent to a petting zoo where they soon die and are disposed of.
Who in their right minds wants to pet a full grown turkey! Some of them can attack you. They stink! Now the hatchlings are cute and fuzzy but dumb as rocks.
To: Texas Eagle
Obama is going to pardoning a lot more turkeys before he leaves office
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posted on
11/24/2016 8:59:41 AM PST
by
rdcbn
("There is no means of avoiding a final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alt)
To: rdcbn
Including himself, no doubt.
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posted on
11/24/2016 9:04:56 AM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
Love the black power boots and racist death stares.
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posted on
11/24/2016 9:07:00 AM PST
by
Eddie01
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
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posted on
11/24/2016 9:14:18 AM PST
by
shortstop
(Why is the worst Pope of my lifetime serving at the same time as the worst President of my lifetime?)
To: TornadoAlley3
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posted on
11/24/2016 9:18:17 AM PST
by
Big Red Badger
(UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
To: shortstop
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posted on
11/24/2016 9:23:44 AM PST
by
RightGeek
(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
They are SO embarrassed by this fool they have to claim as dad.
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posted on
11/24/2016 9:24:53 AM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true .. I have no proof, but they're true.)
To: knarf
They are adopted so they really have no beef. The “family” is a pathetic illusion. His a-rab backers put this malignancy of a family together...including “michael”. Have a Great Thanksgiving!
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posted on
11/24/2016 9:41:30 AM PST
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
To: hal ogen
I agree to all you say.
Back AT cha', hal
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posted on
11/24/2016 10:07:19 AM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true .. I have no proof, but they're true.)
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
Hillary’s should have said, “Pardon it? I’m selling it to the highest bidder for clin ton foundation donations.”
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posted on
11/24/2016 10:23:05 AM PST
by
Trillian
To: RightGeek; shortstop
Your graphics are hilarious. Thanks!
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posted on
11/24/2016 10:59:24 AM PST
by
upchuck
(Obama once thought that he belonged to the ages. Now he belongs in the rubbish bin. h/t D.Greenfield)
To: Gamecock
“...could not dispel the feeling of a New Orleans funeral...”
Obviously the NYT reporter has never been to a New Orleans funeral-—a foot-stompin’ booty-shakin’ raucous, put the corpse in the hole and let’s party, y’all, cuz he be daid but we ain’t, joyous hallelujah sendoff.
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posted on
11/24/2016 1:18:31 PM PST
by
mumblypeg
(They've summoned up a thundercloud/ and they're going to hear from me. (Anthem-Leonard Cohen))
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