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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 president’s 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. Obama’s 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 Clinton’s supporters that Donald J. Trump’s victory will not spell disaster for Mr. Obama’s priorities or the nation.

And on Wednesday, the president was at his this-will-all-be-all-right best.

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To: ClearCase_guy

The girls were also pardoned since they have an attitude and are too cool and not needed for a photo-op this year. I can’t watch him even pardoning the turkeys, but at least he had cute little kids who probably thought it was neat.


41 posted on 11/24/2016 1:19:39 PM PST by GnuThere
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To: GnuThere

“...at least he had cute little kids who probably thought it was neat.”

Yes, that’s what I was thinking. Let’s face it, a turkey pardoning is no place for a teenager.


42 posted on 11/24/2016 10:42:32 PM PST by jocon307
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