PRESIDENT OBAMAS pardoned turkeys: will he again pardon some more turkeys this year, 2011? Part II.
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2011/10/29 19:53:57
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Seriously...... what country has a cooler or more hip president than this?!?! Send in your handprint and make a Thanksgiving turkey out of it, today! (you will have to look up the address to the whitehouse!)
H.W. Bush began the tradition, even though Kennedy didn't eat his but kept it.
http://www.infoplease.com/spo...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
2002: George W. Bush pardoned the first-ever female turkey in the ceremony, Katie, a 30-pound bird bred by Ron Prestage, Chairman of the National Turkey Federation, as well as alternate bird Zack. The turkeys were named after Prestage's children.[3]
2003: Bush pardoned Stars and back up Stripes [4]
2004: Bush pardoned Biscuits and back up Gravy.
2005: Bush pardoned Marshmallow and alternate bird Yam, raised in Henning, Minnesota. Beginning 2005 pardoned birds were sent to Disneyland to live, and serve as the "honorary grand marshal" of that year's thanksgiving day parade, following concerns raised by animal rights objections that the birds had not survived for long. For the previous 15 years they had been sent to Frying Pan Park near Herndon, Virginia.[5] Names were generally chosen in online votes taken at the White House website.
2006: Bush pardoned Flyer an alternate bird Fryer, raised in Missouri.[6]
2007: Bush pardoned 45-pound May and backup Flower, raised in Indiana.[7]
2008: Bush pardoned 45-pou...
H.W. Bush began the tradition, even though Kennedy didn't eat his but kept it.
http://www.infoplease.com/spo...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
2002: George W. Bush pardoned the first-ever female turkey in the ceremony, Katie, a 30-pound bird bred by Ron Prestage, Chairman of the National Turkey Federation, as well as alternate bird Zack. The turkeys were named after Prestage's children.[3]
2003: Bush pardoned Stars and back up Stripes [4]
2004: Bush pardoned Biscuits and back up Gravy.
2005: Bush pardoned Marshmallow and alternate bird Yam, raised in Henning, Minnesota. Beginning 2005 pardoned birds were sent to Disneyland to live, and serve as the "honorary grand marshal" of that year's thanksgiving day parade, following concerns raised by animal rights objections that the birds had not survived for long. For the previous 15 years they had been sent to Frying Pan Park near Herndon, Virginia.[5] Names were generally chosen in online votes taken at the White House website.
2006: Bush pardoned Flyer an alternate bird Fryer, raised in Missouri.[6]
2007: Bush pardoned 45-pound May and backup Flower, raised in Indiana.[7]
2008: Bush pardoned 45-pound backup "vice" turkey named Pumpkin, after the number one turkey Pecan fell ill the night before the ceremony. Both turkeys were allowed to live.[8][9]
2009: Barack Obama pardoned Courage, a 45-pound turkey provided by the National Turkey Federation, and alternate bird Carolina, raised in North Carolina.[10]
2010: Obama pardoned Apple, and alternate bird Cider.[11]
lets see if he pardons the turkeys like Holder!