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America’s great turkeys

By Paul Schmelzer | 11.26.08 | 9:06 am


While Sarah Palin’s turkey-pardon interview in front of a bird butcher is a definite contender, my hands-down favorite piece of political Thanksgiving news was George W. Bush’s dramatic 2003 fly-in to Baghdad, where —…

Video: Palin discusses turkey pardon in front of slaughter-in-progress

By Paul Schmelzer | 11.21.08 | 8:05 am

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.…

Happy Thanksgiving!

By Jeff Fecke | 11.22.07 | 12:00 am

Happy Thanksgiving!  Thanksgiving is one of America’s oldest holidays, first celebrated 230 years ago.  The first Continental Congress issued a proclamation of national thanksgiving in 1777.  As Americans pause today to visit families, eat large…