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President Bush's Baghdad turkey was for looking, not for eating.
Washington Post ^
| Dec 3 2003
| Mike Allen
Posted on 12/04/2003 4:14:33 AM PST by Dog
President Bush's Baghdad turkey was for looking, not for eating.
In the most widely published image from his Thanksgiving day trip to Baghdad, the beaming president is wearing an Army workout jacket and surrounded by soldiers as he cradles a huge platter laden with a golden-brown turkey.
The bird is so perfect it looks as if it came from a food magazine, with bunches of grapes and other trimmings completing a Norman Rockwell image that evokes bounty and security in one of the most dangerous parts of the world.
But as a small sign of the many ways the White House maximized the impact of the 21/2-hour stop at the Baghdad airport, administration officials said yesterday that Bush picked up a decoration, not a serving plate.
Officials said they did not know the turkey would be there or that Bush would pick it up. A contractor had roasted and primped the turkey to adorn the buffet line, while the 600 soldiers were served from cafeteria-style steam trays, the officials said. They said the bird was not placed there in anticipation of Bush's stealthy visit, and military sources said a trophy turkey is a standard feature of holiday chow lines.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bushinbaghdad; mediabias; petty; pettydems; thanksgivingvisit; turass
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Now the media has moved on to whine about the turkey that didn't get eaten..
1
posted on
12/04/2003 4:14:36 AM PST
by
Dog
To: Timesink
fyi..
2
posted on
12/04/2003 4:15:16 AM PST
by
Dog
(George W. Bush - - - -" Avenger of the Bones..")
To: Dog
The poor turkey died in vain.. :(((
*wipes tears away*
3
posted on
12/04/2003 4:15:36 AM PST
by
Monty22
To: Dog
I was thinking that the Army guys were just light eaters.
4
posted on
12/04/2003 4:16:50 AM PST
by
Saturnalia
(My name is Matt Foley and I live in a VAN down by the RIVER.)
To: Dog
Election year photo-op...........................
Nothing to get worked up about.
5
posted on
12/04/2003 4:17:35 AM PST
by
WhiteGuy
(I oppose big government. - Paul / Tancredo 2004)
To: Dog
Well, fake is fake and bush ought to know by now that he, especially, is going to get called on it.
That said, this is just carping. Or turkeying. Whatever.
6
posted on
12/04/2003 4:18:27 AM PST
by
Grut
To: Dog
Got to attack on a daily basis you know. Even if it's nonsense like this.
To: Dog
Turkeygate?
8
posted on
12/04/2003 4:20:28 AM PST
by
TBall
To: Dog
OMG! What an earth-shaking SCANDAL! This calls for full-scale Congressional hearings! Apppointment of a Special Prosecutor! Impeachment inquiry!
/sarcasm ;-)
9
posted on
12/04/2003 4:20:44 AM PST
by
JohnHuang2
(<-----As Neanderthal as they come)
To: TBall
lol
10
posted on
12/04/2003 4:21:21 AM PST
by
JohnHuang2
(<-----As Neanderthal as they come)
To: JohnHuang2
Personally, I think Dubya was just trying to flip Saddam the Bird....
tia
11
posted on
12/04/2003 4:23:07 AM PST
by
tiamat
("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno World!")
To: Dog
What a significant story! Front Page News--put it above the fold!
</sarcasm>
12
posted on
12/04/2003 4:23:08 AM PST
by
conservatism_IS_compassion
(The everyday blessings of God are great--they just don't make "good copy.")
To: Dog
*yawn*
Where was the Washington Post when Howard Dean had a wall in NYC vandalized with graffiti so he could appeal to his urban peeps during a campaign stop there?
13
posted on
12/04/2003 4:23:16 AM PST
by
The G Man
(Wesley Clark is just Howard Dean in combat boots)
To: Dog
What did the chef know and when did he know it?
To: PogySailor
Give the liberal media a month, and they'll claim the whole Baghdad landing was a fake...
15
posted on
12/04/2003 4:23:23 AM PST
by
JohnHuang2
(<-----As Neanderthal as they come)
To: tiamat
That's my take too, friend.
16
posted on
12/04/2003 4:23:51 AM PST
by
JohnHuang2
(<-----As Neanderthal as they come)
To: tiamat
Good pun ;-)
17
posted on
12/04/2003 4:24:16 AM PST
by
JohnHuang2
(<-----As Neanderthal as they come)
To: Dog
Wow, how far the media in American has fallen.
To: Dog
Weren't there reporters there? Couldn't they tell the bird wasn't real? If this was such a big deal, why didn't they write about it at the time?
Maybe because none of them thought it was a big deal, under the circumstances.
Who was the turkey who though this one up?
To: Dog
Would someone enlighten me as to why thousands of trees had to be felled to report this "story"?
Oh, but of course. I forgot....
Bush Lied! The Turkey Died!
Be Seeing You,
Chris
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posted on
12/04/2003 4:27:58 AM PST
by
section9
(Major Kusanagi says, "Click on my pic and read my blog, or eat lead!")
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