Sarah Palin's turkey of a photo op

Slaughtering turkeys?

Run for your life, governor!

I guess she wanted to include "Joe the Turkey Killer" in her speech.

What else could anyone expect from this classless dingbat? Good luck, Alaska, she's all yours now.

We're so spoiled in this country we don't even have to think about killing a turkey to eat. We just pick it up at the store & let other people do the dirty work, but we still complain when we see it done. This nation is full of hypocrites!

Jeff,
People are aware that turkeys are slaughtered -- we're not stupid. But, it *is* stupid for a photo op/interview on a turkey's pardoning (a feel-good story) to be done while other turkeys are being slaughtered. She needs a PR agent! The woman has no sense whatsoever -- which is why the Republicans were keeping her muzzled. She's out there now, huh!

Sarah Palin + dead turkeys.
No comment required.

THIS MENTAL CASE LIPSTICK PIT BULL NOT CASE IS WACKED.JUST UNBELIEVABLE THAT SHE IS NOT IN A MENTAL HOSPITAL.SHE IS A SICK DISGUSTING PIT BULL FREAK

The Burberry Pashmina Scarf is a nice touch. Great connection to the common man. BTW, someone might want to do a background check on that Turkey Sticker in the background. He's a cross between Himmler and an extra from My Name is Earl.

JH

If she really wants to pardon a turkey, she could work Ted Stevens into the mix... (Kidding!)

While I am certainly a strong supporter of our new president-elect and found the McCain/Palin ticket a scary one at best, I think we need to draw the line here and realize this is simply not something to use against her. In fact, it is not really newsworthy. It certainly is worth a laugh, but beyond that it does not comment on Sarah Palin's values or ability to govern in the slightest. I am very happy see is not going to be our Vice President, but let's not skewer her just for sake of it.

What do people think? That Turkeys just drop out of the sky onto there tables? Of course the get slaughtered. Why is anybody making an issue of this? You seriously think people today would actually get up and hunt and then clean a turkey? This is news?? Give it a break!

Where do you folks think your turkey dinner comes from? The Magic Turkey Tree?

Nice thought, Wes. Unfortunately, the cultists know only how to spew vitriol while preaching tolerance and respect (only for their side, of course). Keep up the hating, kool-aid kids. I'm sure your leader would be proud of you.

God Bless Sarah Palin!

You seriously think people today would actually get up and hunt and then clean a turkey?

She would!

It is commendable that MSNBC has started campaigning for Obama/Biden 2012! Get rid of any 'PROBABLE ' competition right now before it is too late. What other reason could prompt this paparazzi style of news item?

Why this is newsworthy I do not understand except if gives the media (those that are supposed to be impartial and just report the news) a chance to attack her character with their ridicules comments. In fact this says nothing to her character except she is a down to earth woman and Governor. And there are enough problems in this country to report on, and not publicly criticize Palin just for the sake of criticizing her.

If the video is authentic, it truly is a shame. A shame in the sense that one must wonder if the media and/or any of her handlers (if present for this) didn't simply frame this shot and let it rip knowing full and well it was just one more joke against her. She was dragged through the mud already, so lets just continue to joke at her expense. Someone is either incredibly careless or just lacking in any judgment (and I'm not implying it's simply Palin herself)...

Awww.....Poor Palin. Everyone is picking on her. After all, what did she do to deserve this? Heck she really didn't have a bad thought in her mind when she accused the president elect of "palling around with terrorists". She meant no harm in dividing America into anti and pro American areas for her political gain. Just because I made fun at Obama telling Americans they could do one truthful thing to help with fuel savings and then came out with that neat little tire gauge with the words Obamas' energy plan, why would the evil media make fun of Palin pardoning a turkey in full view of a slaughterhouse with the camaras capturing them slaughtering a turkey on film during that good feeling message? I just don't get it.

You're right. Another Sarah Palin blunder isn't news.

The fact that she managed to turn the annual turkey-pardon-for-TV video clip into a look at what happens to the less fortunate birds is par for the course for her. We can only hope the news media will do the right thing and ignore her from now on.

You betcha, wrong turkey!

The TV crew knew exactly what they were doing - there is no way they didn't. This isn't amateur hour, where, ooops, look what's going on back there! They're professionals who choose backgrounds for a living. A pretty good example to show how childish certain members of the newsmedia can be towards politicians, especially conservative ones, who they believe they can pick on.

While it's a cold, hard reality about how meat ends up on our table, this seemed intentional on the part of Palin. If she's going to include turkey slaughter in her interview backdrop, she shouldn't talk about how much fun she's having. A message of appreciation for the birds that didn't get pardoned would have been more appropriate.

News flash, people know where their meats come from, but for several centuries now urban dwellers have not had to slaughter their own animals. And most don't want to watch it in progress, either. And what about kids watching it? As usual, she prattles on, oblivious to everyone and everything but herself.

Sarah Palin-- Pro Life-- You Betcha! *smile*

The point is not that turkeys are slaughtered, but the ironic juxtaposition between her pardoning one, and then talking about it while people can see other turkeys being slaughtered.

I don't blame her as much as the doofuses who let the interview happen where it did.

The background is hilarious, but it's her incoherent rambling that is really funny, as usual. She couldn't string together a cogent thought of her life depended on it.

As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.

I personally thought it was crass - after pardoning a turkey, which should be a "feel good" moment, especially for that turkey, then we are subjected to watching other turkeys getting slaughtered? Are we sure that the turkey in question was saved?

Ahhh....The hope and pride of the GOP 2012.

Is it surprising that the governor who came up with the plan to pay a $150 bounty for every wolf shot from a helicopter during winter when the wolves have nowhere to hide or run would be insensitive about the slaughtering of turkeys? This woman has no sense of decency or empathy. In that way (and many others) she is just like G. W. Bush.

Incidentally, I am a vegetarian so I am not a hypocrite. I will not be eating meat this Thanksgiving or on any other day.

Fellini couldn't have scripted this. Truth is stranger than fiction.

How can anyone claim Palin is the victim here, or cry it's the "GOTCHA" media? The outrage on here isn't because of the treatment of the turkeys...it's because of the idiocy of the person. This doofus set up what should have been the world's easiest photo-op, and she bleeped it up. Simple as that...end of story. How could anyone...Republican, Liberal, or Independent...possibly want her finger on the button?

First of all, this is pretty bizarre - thanks to Countdown and The Bathtub Boy for bringing it to everyone's attention.
But the same morons who are snickering at Palin and the goings-on in the background ought to realize that they'll probably also eat turkey in the next week - and how did it get on their plate? It was slain, just like in the video clip. So hypocrites, the MSNBC losers and everyone who thinks this is such a joke, laugh it up. You're all clueless.

How did this happen?

Well, it WAS at a slaughtering facility.
The cameraman set up his angle so he could catch it on film.
The interviewer kept Palin occupied so she wasn't aware of someone 20-30 feet away.

IT'S SENSATIONAL JOURNALISM.

Well, I'm pretty liberal, but I'm a turkey eater, so I guess I can't be a hypocrite and pick on her for speaking at a slaughterhouse. Just because we aren't killing the turkeys doesn't mean that we aren't supporting this industry. If we don't like it, maybe we should become vegetarians, eh? I didn't vote for her, but I can say that at least she's honest. The holiday centers around turkey, doesn't it?

Are we still discussing Gov. Palin? "Move On" already.

I think it's awesome that she went to an actual turkey processing plant. Only and idiot like Frank James would claim to be shocked (SHOCKED!) that turkeys get slaughtered when he enjoys a thanksgiving meal. It's going to be fun watching these idiots in charge for the next four years. Good for Sarah for not kowtowing to the PC police. Screw photo-ops, give 'em reality, Sarah! They obviously can't handle the truth.

I wish Palin would fade away into obscurity but her lack of common sense just keeps her in the spotlight. Say what you will about he media, but if she didn't give it more ammo, they'd leave her alone. She has no clue and anyone who thinks this is yet another attempt by the "left-wing" media to discredit her is just as lost as she is. She was never and will never be a viable candidate for anything other than mayor of a small town where she knows most of the people (that's why she spends most of her time back in Wasila instead of the Governor's Mansion, kids). She's nothing more than a smiling wink trying to pass for someone who knows what's going on in the rest of the World outside of Alaska when in fact she doesn't. Then she has the nerve to claim it's because she's a Washington outsider... please, she's outside of everything, not just Washington.

The interviewer kept Palin occupied so she wasn't aware of someone 20-30 feet away.
IT'S SENSATIONAL JOURNALISM.
Posted by: Stacey | November 21, 2008 6:36 PM

Wrong. Palin was asked if she really wanted this to be in the background and she said "No worries". Her idea of "fun" is truly troubling.

Hey, turkeys have to get slaughtered one way or another if they are to be eaten, I can't fault the admittedly slightly creepy dude for that, but this plays out like a Monty Python skit. She must really have no clue at all when it comes to tact. And yes, the best part is the barely cogent rambling. Whew!!

Good thing this was not Joe Biden. He would say something like "Americans have always enjoyed eating turkeys for Easter. This goes all the way back to the early settlers of Plymouth Rock when George Washington was president."

up coming? The conservative agenda given with the bridge to no where in the background.

Screw photo-ops, give 'em reality, Sarah! They obviously can't handle the truth.

Posted by: Jeff | November 21, 2008 7:37 PM

That's right Sarah...tell us about education from the library you inquired about banning books from. Tell us about being all mavericky from the bridge to no where that you were for before you were against. Tell us how you were against spreading the wealth fwith shots of the oil companies you taxed to pay people more to live in Alaska. Tell us about the wonders of teaching abstinence and family values from the school your "future" son-in-law quit. Quite frankly Jeff.......we haven't gotten the truth yet.

she knew full well what was going on in the background. it's a frightening, thinly veiled, bloody red meat message to her followers.

Okay, Palin was asked about the shot before hand. That was reported LONG before her spokes person made the conflicting statements that "she didn't know" and "the camera guy ignored requests to change the shot"... so which was it? Didn't know or didn't have the good sense to shut up till the camera moved.. or.. maybe, just maybe... lies again and the original report is correct. She APPROVED the shot.

We all know turkey's are slaughtered. The question is, with all her political prowess, what the *** was she promoting? How many kids have been totally grossed out now? How many new PETA members will there be over this stunt?

It is clear now why Palin needed close supervision on the campaign trail. She's dumb as rock. She's a shallow pig in lipstick -- looking out for her own good and nothing else. Funny how this seems to be the first turkey pardoning in Alaska... can we say photo op!

Also funny how I can't find a single peep of her doing a single thing for Veterans on Veteran's day.

I say give Alaska the vote and let them vote themselves out of the US. See how much they like it then when 60% of Alaskan jobs are paid in part or full by federal dollars.

You Palin lovers are SO DUPED! She'd stuff every one of your heads down that cone in a heartbeat if she could make a buck doing it.

Does she ever get it right? You'd think once in a while by accident she might come across as a decent human being, but no, Pailin can't even stumble into decency.

This is not about how food gets on our table. This is about what poor judgment this woman has and how clueless she is.

She should not be in ANY public office. She can't even form a coherent sentence.

I feel sorry for the people of Alaska. I am sure that many of them wish, hope and even pray that she is out sooner rather than later.

One of my first field trips in third grade was to the Bil-Mar Turkey Farm where we were allowed to witness turkeys strung up by their necks and run across an electric wire. Darwinism by fire. And I went to a Catholic school.

This story is not about the gruesome details of how that shaved, smoked turkey breast sammy was born. It is about how clueless and incompetent Sarah Palin actually is. Her vacant platitudes and inability to answer the most basic questions proves she is horribly incapable, incompetent and just plain embarrassing. Only a fool would have voted for that ticket.

Oh, and Jeff, since you were a McCain/Palin supporter from start to finish, you are obviously an optimist. But you shouldn't be thinking about four years from now, that is a lock for the Dems as well. Start thinking in terms of generations, twelve minimum, more likely sixteen plus. The next republicant president hasn't graduated from college yet.

You mean they actually kill turkeys before we eat them? I'm SHOCKED!

i can catch fish but i can't eat what i catch

You miss the point: she knows what's going on and has just knocked Mike Huckabee into the tall grass and locked up her base with this brilliantly staged bit of theatre.

Please, FOX, give her ashow and get her out of our state!

At least she gives a hoot about unborn babies, which is more than I can say for the president elect

As, Sarah's own contribution to America's Funniest Home Videos. And it was pretty damn funny. I played it like 6 times and laughed every one. I don't much like Sarah's style, but she did send me into Thanksgiving week with a smile, and what's wrong with that? Maybe she did on purpose.

The right needs to stop trying to make this about animal rights. I'm a Dem who loves me some turkey and this method of slaughter seems pretty humane. It's about republicans admitting the gal they voted for is a clueless moron. It hurts, but it's true. You guys need better leaders if this is the best you've got.

It is offensive if you are a vegetarian

Did anyone see the turkey that got pardoned?
It was so filthy, covered in
$#!t, that killing it would have been an act of mercy.
And anyone who can field dress a moose and shoot wolves from the air wouldn't be bothered by turkeys being beheaded, but as a politician who wants to go national, she should have thought how this looks.

Pathetic Palin DESPERATE for attention. It was no accident the camera framing of this shot, she and her team were well aware what was going on. This video was meant to incite and once again it has backfired in her face. What a sick old dumb hag -- this what she wants the children of America to see?

from a PR standpoint, one might give Palin the benefit of the doubt... but seriously, she might consider her surroundings a bit more before she goes on interviews that millions will end up watching

What is wrong with CNN for showing the turkey slaughter?? And you also joked about it. That was the last time I will tune into your show.You people are SICK!!!!! Hope you enjoy your thanksgiving dinner.

Alaska has it's fair share of stupid left wing media nuts too I see! Zero class from the media! ZERO I say!

"Ahhh, Classic."

I lost my job 5 months ago and am behind in house payments. I'm diabetic and have no health insurance. I look to each morning's news and each evening's tv news for a glimmer of hope, especially from the new presidential administration. And, this is the crap the papers and cable "news" outlets give us??! They should be ashamed to call themselves journalists - Woodward, Bernstein, Murrow, Fred Friendly, and others are spinning in their graves!!!

I love Sarah Palin. Too bad she had to run with John McCain who couldn't orate properly how much of a fool Obama is. Yes, Sarah Palin will be either President or Vice President Elect in 4 years. I didn't vote for Obama, so he isn't my President and I will never buy anything about him. He will truly be a disaster and the Conservatives will take back Congress and the Senate in a mere 2 years. Get over it Democrats, Stalin called you his "necessary idiots" and we aren't a 1 party system, so I can voice my anti-Obama opinions anytime I want. Yes, it's time for the Obama bashing to begin.

Rob spewed:
"I didn't vote for Obama, so he isn't my President"
Well Rob, here's a news flash, If you're an American citizen, come jan. 20th he WILL be your president, I didn't vote for G.W. Bush either time, but he was elected (well, appointed once) which we dems weren't crazy about, but we had to accept it. Get over it and follow Sen. McCain's lead, "we all need to work together"

At least she gives a hoot about unborn babies, which is more than I can say for the president elect

Posted by: Sean | November 22, 2008 12:35 AM

Umm...newsflash for the uneducated Repugs...they aren't babies until they are born. Your premise is false. An "unborn baby" is a fetus.
And a full-grown idiot is Sarah Palin

Smart politicians don't let themselves in for stupid situations like this. I put this right up with some of the better ones from Dan Quayle.

Sean wrote:
>>"At least she gives a hoot about unborn babies, which is more than I can say for the president elect"<<

The question is: Does Sarah Palin care about those "unborn babies" during their critical period of development - you know, like the next 80 or 90 years?

To Fred L. What are you talking about that the democrats accepted Bush because he was the elected President. that couldn't be further from the truth. I never met more Bush haters. I also never saw more bumper sticker, yard banners and other like items that read "Bush is not my President". So not sure where you're getting your information from, but I'm thinking that you're now anticipating the same type of treatment to Obama. Yes, I'm sure it will get ugly - almost as ugly as it was for Bush. Good luck with that.

Sarah Palin may have seemed like a real turkey or a candidate for the Vice Presidency – but she has proved herself a public relations turkey as well, even though the media could be blamed for some foul play. A video has been circulating over the internet of her performing one of the more solemn and difficult of her duties as governor – pardoning a turkey. Now, the tradition of the pardoning of a turkey from the slaughter that awaits in anticipation of Thanksgiving is an amusing one, but when the Governor gives an oration about the pardoning of the bird while the meatpacking plant carries on with slaughtering other turkeys while she gives her speech seems a bit hypocritical – pardoning it whilst its relatives are slaughtered? (Can’t she at least give the poor flightless fowl a cash advance?) She was definitely in for the photo op, which is at least a light hearted break from the drudgery of the end of campaign season, but why wasn’t she at least made aware of what was going on behind her? Is this who we are to expect to enter the 2012 presidential race? She may seem to be looking out for Joe the Plumber and Joe Sixpack, but what about Tom Turkey? He should probably look into a fast cash advance for some armor. Click to read more on a Cash Advance

Sara Palin realy knows what real conservation is she comes from ALASKA and thats where they know a lot about the great outdoors where as many of those igorant flatlanders dont know a thing about the world beyond their own urban/saburban neighborhoods if they saw real nature if they ever saw a SHRIKE swoop down and kill amouse it would scare the dinsey out of them