As Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin pardoned a turkey prior to its demise for the Thanksgiving holiday. All went well, except for one thing. Read about it below and see photos and a video. Video is not for those with a weak stomach, vegetarians or others who have never been on a farm or know where their food comes from.

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Only a few Presidents have kept up a tradition of pardoning turkeys at Thanksgiving. John F. Kennedy did it in 1963 starting the sort of tradition. No one else did it until President George H. W. Bush did it in 1993. President George W. Bush has pardoned a turkey every year of his Presidency. Its a lovely tradition even though we all know that thousands upon thousands of the sad birds are slaughtered every year so we can gorge our gluttonous selves on their tender meat on Thanksgiving Day. And, of course, give Thanks for the bounty we have been blessed with in this land of plenty. Yada, yada … lets eat.

Apparently, some Governors around the country have taken up the cause to give a formal pardon to one lone turkey prior to Thanksgiving. Its ceremonial and basically meaningless, but its still kind of … well … kind.

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin did just that this year. However, instead of having a big, fat, juicy gobbler brought to her for a formal ceremony under controlled circumstances, she went to the turkey. That seems like her style after all. She held the ceremony at the turkey’s home at Triple D Farm and Hatchery in Wasilla, Alaska. News crews were at hand to film the whole event, of course.

She did the whole pardoning thing with the backdrop of the birds milling around in the big bird house. When she finished with the ceremony a worker sliced off the head of a turkey right behind her … in full view of the camera crew. As might be expected liberals, vegans and people who think their food originates in grocery stores were horrified. In fact, there is a warning that the video is just too grisly to watch.

Many have actually used this as yet another opportunity to deride her. The fact that they go to this extreme to find something to damage her image is just further proof of the power she has over them. They are terrified of her. Its also further proof that they really do live in a bubble. I mean, where do they think their food comes from? Most people have at least visited farms.

I admit that I’m a city girl and rarely saw food coming from its original sources. I turned on a faucet and water came out. Chicken came in packages already skinned and boned. However, I did have country relatives and family friends who lived in the country. Several things stand out in my mind from my childhood when I think of this whole turkey beheading incident. I remember drinking milk straight from the cow one time. It didn’t taste right to me, was warm and I didn’t like it a bit. Just from the thought of it. I remember seeing a chicken get its neck wrung once and served for dinner that night. It made enough of an impression on me that I still remember it. I remember seeing an egg broken open with a chicken embryo in it and haven’t liked eggs every since. So I’m not hating on people with weak stomachs or who are too prissy to understand where their food comes from.

I still think the fuss some people are making over the fact that Sarah Palin is NOT prissy is a little over the top.

She took it all in stride as is her pattern. When the worker grinned up at the cameras after slicing off the non-pardoned turkey’s head, Sarah kept on task.

A reporter asked Palin if she was okay with the backdrop. The Alaskan Governor answered, “no worries.” As the bird’s head was removed, the man looked over his shoulder at the governor and reporters and flashed a toothy grin.

“I was happy to be invited to participate in, in this, and, uh, and, you know, for one, you need a little bit of levity in this job, especially with a, uh, so much that has gone on in the last couple of months that has been so, um, political, ah, obviously, that it’s nice to get out and, and do something to promote a local business and, and to uh, just participate in something that isn’t so, um, heavy-handed politics that, uh, invites criticism,” said the governor in what appeared to be a single sentence.

“Certainly we’ll even invite criticism for doin’ this too, but at least this was fun!” she pronounced.

The lady’s got spunk. You just have to like that about her.

I hope every has a very Happy Thanksgiving and remember to give Thanks that there are people who know where food comes from and manage to get it unrecognizable and all packaged up so you can serve it at your table without having to give it a minutes thought.

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Not for weak the stomached, vegetarians or others who have never been on a farm.




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