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Palin pardons Tom Turkey while others are slaughtered in the background

by Tina Kells | November 21, 2008 at 01:02 pm

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Sarah Palin should fire her media liaison, if she even has one, after her most recent Tom the turkey pardon debaucle. Somebody in Palin's camp scheduled a publicity stunt in which Palin pardoned a turkey destined for Thanksgiving slaughter. It was a great idea except that she gave her press conference in front of Tom's slaughter house home and as she was speaking to the press at least two other turkeys were killed in the background.

Just as it seemed McCain didn't give much thought to his choice of a running mate in the recent presidential election, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin might not have fully considered her choice of a press conference location.

After pardoning a 30-pound turkey named Tom, Palin held a press conference discussing some of her plans for the future. Unfortunately, none of the turkeys behind her had a future. While Tom escaped certain death, at least two birds were slaughtered by a smiling executioner who couldn't keep his eyes off the camera.

See the MSNBC Palin Turkey video.