Nov25
Obama's Turkey Pardon: Malia and Sasha to the Rescue!
Posted at 03:20 PM | Permalink
| 
Comments (30)
 |
When President Obama received this year's lucky turkey to be pardoned, he had some brow-raising reservations: "I'm told Presidents Eisenhower and Johnson actually ate their turkeys. You can't fault them for that; that's a good-looking bird," he said.
Malia and Sasha's response? No. He. Couldn't.
"Thanks to the interventions of Malia and Sasha—because I was planning to eat this sucker—'Courage' will also be spared this terrible and delicious fate," he said.
To show Malia and Sasha that we're thankful for their lifesaving involvement this Thanksgiving, we're giving the girls an honorary membership to PETA Kids!
Posted by Logan Scherer
TAGGED:
Comments
That makes me so mad that he was actually thinking of eating the turkey! What's the use of a freakin presidential pardon if the President slaughters that which he was supposed to save? Glad for the intervention of his daughters, but the fact that he even considered killing the bird really pisses me off.
Posted by: Christina | November 25, 2009 03:49 PM
oohhh yeah they are so cute girls...
Posted by: Anna | November 25, 2009 03:56 PM
Good for his daughters! I'm glad he won't be eating "this sucker". Really bad choice of words there...
Posted by: Aneliese | November 25, 2009 04:11 PM
I'll be celebrating Thanksgiving on Saturday. Why? Because that will be the day when idiots stop yapping about how much they love eating turkeys--for another year, anyway. I'll be very thankful for that.
Posted by: Lulu | November 25, 2009 04:13 PM
If he did that his popularity would be really low... not because of the vegans, but for breaking a tradition that's been around for decades.
This doesn't mean he won't eat turkey for Thanksgiving, just not that one.
Posted by: Mel | November 25, 2009 04:55 PM
My problem with his pardon was that, throughout the video, he's joking around and acting so cavalier. Why can't he show some modicum of respect for the animal's life? This could've been a far more important speech. I'm not looking for him to come out and say he's a vegan, but couldn't he at least say something honorable? Obviously, he ignored the request to send the turkeys to a proper sanctuary. Sigh, guess this president is not animal-friendly.
Posted by: Smallu | November 25, 2009 07:37 PM
Obama's remarks were irreverent and unsettling. He's a diehard carnivore. Will we EVER have a President that Truly has reverence for the lives of all God's creatures.
Not a peep out of him regarding Robert Mugabe, the murderous African dictator that is destroying Zimbabwe as millions of people, animals and wildlife species suffer and die.
Posted by: Brien Comerford | November 25, 2009 08:33 PM
the white house party was mostly vegetarian I heard so you gotta thank someone in the White House for that. Go tofurks!
Posted by: Chris | November 25, 2009 08:51 PM
I have a lot of respect for Obama and admire him for some of his views but it's a shame animal welfare issues aren't that high on his list of priorities.
Posted by: Bluebell | November 26, 2009 01:45 PM
How could you say something about an animal.When i look @ an animal i see a beautiful creature,not a good looking dinner...
Who's a sucker than?
Posted by: Vanessa | November 26, 2009 02:13 PM
I could only imagine McCain in this same situation.
Posted by: Tyler Gaines | November 26, 2009 04:55 PM
Obama said that the turkey will be sent to Disney World where PETA said the turkeys dont last long. Maybe with more of an effort, PETA can convince whoever is in charge of the turkey to send the turkey to a sanctuary.
By the way, I heard on tv that the first president to spare a turkey was President George H.W. Bush so it hasn't been going on that long. I thought it was for a longer time than that but maybe the person on tv was wrong.
Posted by: Rex's Mom | November 26, 2009 08:43 PM
I'm proud of him and his decision and happy for his children and our country...one step at a time! :-)
Posted by: b.fishman | November 26, 2009 10:10 PM
"Sucker" is the same word he used when he swatted a fly on TV during an interview. Guess he believes all animals are suckers.
Posted by: Jason | November 27, 2009 01:00 AM
Yes, Christina - I was really mad too that he could look at that living thing and want to eat it... disgusting!!
Posted by: Marion | November 27, 2009 11:04 AM
I think it is horrible he would say those things....but atleast we finally dont have a red neck president that goes hunting every chance he gets
Posted by: Brian Cernius | November 27, 2009 03:39 PM
Mel
popularity based on the suffering and murder of others is not a popularity anyone should wish to obtain or maintain.A society that has celebrations and daily life choices centered around the unnecessary murder and torture of others will never grow and evolve unless they are presented with the horrifying truth behind the choices they make and provided with an option.Tradition does not equal good, just, moral, ethical, healthy, or positive.Woman and minorities where mistreated, abused, tortured, and disrespected for centuries in America -the fact that it happened for so long and was so widely accepted did not make it right infact all the more reason it needed to be changed as it had gone on for so long.If you stop and think about it all it is rather disgusting like a real life texas chainsaw massacre-centering a traditional celebration around the torture and murder of another innocent feeling living being who had a family themselves is vile especially in today's society when there are soooooooooooo many VEGAN options.The president promised to have some animal rights campaigns before he came into office and thus far he has made a national hunting day, killed a fly on TV, and also said "I was going to eat that sucker" about the Turkey he "pardoned".I am happy to see an African American in the office but frankly I don't care what color a president is nor what age or sex, I just desire a president who speaks up and out for animal rights as well as gay and woman's any other person or group who is being violated with injustice.At least George Bush was upfront about being an a**hole.
Peta-you censor so much of what you post, weather it is responses like mine to your blogs or the many other aspects of the people you showcase as great on your site.Just because you paint a person as wonderful does not make them so.You give half truth's and half facts and confuse many people by doing so.This President does not care about animals and that needs to change.
Posted by: Simara | November 27, 2009 06:28 PM
Obama comes across as an arrogant jerk. I'm not a fan.
Posted by: Curtis | November 28, 2009 10:28 AM
Look, I'm an activist of Peta to, but to the point to stop eating meat, no. I mean, he's not gonna slaughter this turkey, isn't that a good thing? Yes, Maybe he's gonna go buy a Butterball or whatever, But it's just humane to eat meat. Animal cruelty IS a bad thing, testing, mistreating or killing for fur, that's what's not humane!
I love animal as if they are human, and whenever i eat meat, I am thankfull for that animal to be in my plate, cause i need it to live.
I respect you Vegeterians and Veggans, but please start respecting those who actualy eat meat but that loves animal as much as you do.
Posted by: Martie. | November 28, 2009 10:34 AM
I'm a veg so I'm happy!I'm crazy for animals Obama!
Posted by: Sadie | November 28, 2009 04:38 PM
PETA should contact the Pres. and tell him that using the words "This Sucker" shows disrespect for animals and was NOT funny. Not only did it show insensitivity for all the animals that are eaten but for the particular one he was supposedly pardoning. I personally like our Pres. but was taken back by his choice of words and lack of respect & consideration for animals and vegetarians. I think an official PETA letter would make him set a better example in the future. Thanks.
Posted by: Patty | November 29, 2009 12:39 PM
we thank you Malia and Sasha for taking the initiative and bring the world to the attention of animals
Posted by: antonia | November 29, 2009 01:41 PM
i think he was just playing around. with the intense scrutiny he's under, he's probably on eggshells. lol
Posted by: Laurie | November 29, 2009 03:13 PM
i think he was just playing around. with the intense scrutiny he's under, he's probably on eggshells. lol
Posted by: Laurie | November 29, 2009 03:14 PM
Lol, Obama's being hated by everyone now!
Posted by: Ryan | November 29, 2009 10:23 PM
I thought PETA is against maltreatment of animals only. Isn't it ok to eat them as decent food? We don't kill them for vain or something. I am confused.
Posted by: Supermanwannabe | November 29, 2009 10:32 PM
totally unsettling, that man is pure evil. it is telling that he is openly arrogant, crude and disrespectful to the unfortunate animals. he doesn't live a real life, he is stuck in his fantasy world, he can't rise above it.
Posted by: vegancoin | November 30, 2009 01:40 PM
Is this the change that I voted for. He really has no compassion and I don't like that at all!
Posted by: roxanne | November 30, 2009 10:38 PM
Well any bit of Respect for Obama I had just totally went away. That's disgusting that He was planning to eat that poor bird. I'm happy those two girls stepped in a saved it. Maybe that means at least someone in the white house has a brian.
Posted by: Kim | December 1, 2009 02:35 AM
Since 1989 during the first Thanksgiving of President George H. W. Bush, the president has granted the turkey a "presidential pardon" and thus spared the bird from being slaughtered.
It not the girl's and in the end they eat some kind of meat.
Posted by: Lauren Owens | January 1, 2010 03:40 PM