Getting into the Thanksgiving spirit, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin pardoned a turkey yesterday, but afterwards, she stopped to speak with MSNBC about it in an unfortunate spot — just in front of a hatchery employee who was slaughtering the birds. Knowing what’s going on just behind her, Palin’s talk of a “brutal campaign,” her answer to a question about state programs that might end up “on the chopping block” and her quip about the “levity” of the turkey pardon take on new meaning.
Americablog, in response to Palin’s tone-deaf back-drop, dusts off a fitting Thanksgiving cult classic: the Turkey Drop episode from “WKRP in Cincinnatti,” after the jump.
Video: Palin discusses turkey pardon in front of slaughter-in-progress
By Paul Schmelzer 11/21/08 8:05 AM
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Comment posted November 21, 2008 @ 12:16 pm
She’ll do anything for publicity!! Sick!
Comment posted November 21, 2008 @ 4:01 pm
I’m stunned. As I watched the video it seemed to me that the man in the back ground was killing the turkeys on purpose. He kept looking at the cameras to make sure they were watching him and by all accounts, I’d say it was a total set up. No one in their right mind would do what he did knowing the cameras were rolling. That man should be fired immediately for drawing attention to himself inappropriately. Obviously, Governor Palin did not know what was happening. I think an investigation into the man’s motives and background are in order. If anything to teach him a lesson on how to be a thinking man when he’s in front of the media. She was invited and the company knew what was going on, so perhaps the company should be investigated too. I’d love to know their names so I wouldn’t buy a thing from them.
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