Comments on: America’s great turkeys http://minnesotaindependent.com/18679/americas-great-turkeys News. Politics. Media. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:48:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Y. http://minnesotaindependent.com/18679/americas-great-turkeys/comment-page-1#comment-19201 Y. Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:04:41 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=18679#comment-19201 Not that it matters, but the Huffpo story is inaccurate - presidential turkey pardons only date from 1989 or so[1]. Also, there's reason to believe the 2003 Bush turkey was genuine [2]. [1] http://www.snopes.com/holidays/thanksgiving/pardon.asp [2] I found http://sharpmoon.blogspot.com/2006/01/top-10-reasons-to-stay-in-iraq.html which links to http://donklephant.com/2005/11/24/bushs-plastic-turkey/ Not that it matters, but the Huffpo story is inaccurate – presidential turkey pardons only date from 1989 or so[1]. Also, there’s reason to believe the 2003 Bush turkey was genuine [2].

[1] http://www.snopes.com/holidays/thanksgiving/pardon.asp
[2] I found http://sharpmoon.blogspot.com/2006/01/top-10-reasons-to-stay-in-iraq.html which links to http://donklephant.com/2005/11/24/bushs-plastic-turkey/

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