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Marty Kaplan: Pardoning The Turkeys...

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Excerpted From Marty Kaplan's Blog:

What do President Bush and the national turkey have in common? They both received Thanksgiving pardons from President Bush.

As Flyboy pardoned "Flyer" at the White House, half a world away, in the United Arab Emirates, 41 pardoned 43...

The incumbent President won his pardon at a "leadership conference" (is that code for "speaking fee"?) where a staged speech by George H. W. Bush unleashed the opposite of cheers from his audience...

The AP reported that 41 "appeared stunned"...Poppy was expecting what -- Kennebunkport holiday gentility?...

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