In a weird political maneuver, OBAMA defends his Executive Action – to pardon turkeys.
Pres. Obama has finally issued an executive action that some of his detractors might be too hungry to disagree with – sparing Thanksgiving turkeys from the dinner table, AP reported.
Obama took "action fully within my legal authority, the same kind of action taken by Democrats and Republican presidents before me," to pardon the National Thanksgiving Turkey.
This year a 49-pound butterball named Cheese evaded the axe.
And, in a shocking unilateral maneuver, he also spared an alternate, Mac, a whopping 47 pounder.
"If you're a turkey, and you're named after a side dish, your chances of escaping Thanksgiving dinner are pretty low," Obama divulged.
He also asked his daughters, Malia and Sasha, to pet the newly gallows-free fowls. Malia declined.
The annual bird sparing ceremony dating back to the days of the Great Emancipator, Abraham Lincoln, was held indoors this year because of the icy tundra blanketing the nation’s capitol.
"I know some will call this amnesty. But don't worry. There's plenty of turkey to go around,” Obama said.
Earlier, The Obamas donated a pair of turkeys to a neighborhood pantry "that didn't make the cut."
Responding to reports that denounced the annual tradition, Obama admitted he was a tad perplexed because he does this every year.
"With all the tough stuff that swirls around in this office, it's nice once in a while just to say `Happy Thanksgiving'.”
