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Thanksgiving 2010: How Obama, Bachmann, Palin & More Will Celebrate

The Huffington Post     First Posted: 11/25/10 03:03 AM ET   Updated: 05/25/11 07:15 PM ET

Capitol Hill is effectively closed for business, meaning that representatives and senators can head home to celebrate Thanksgiving with their families, or whomever else they choose.

It's perhaps a final moment of solace for legislators, who will return to a brief and perhaps quite contentious lame duck session of congress after the holiday.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has promised a vote on the hotly debated DREAM Act, a measure that would create a path to citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants who enlist in the military or enroll in college.

There has also been significant buzz that the Senate may vote on the fate of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gay soldiers before the year's end. Extending unemployment benefits, a compromise on the Bush tax cuts and the nuclear arms control "START" treaty are all part of a myriad of legislative considerations that may well take place in the upcoming weeks.

Until then, however, elected officials can enjoy the holiday.

Take a look at a few politicians' plans for Thanksgiving dinner and vote for the best:

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After pardoning two California turkeys on Wednesday, the Obamas are expected to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner at the White House on Thursday.
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mmike1969
07:16 PM on 11/28/2010
hmm, Palin does not know the difference between North Korea/S Korea, does not know the job of the Vice President of the United States, does not know the US Constitution, thinks she can see Russia from her door, invents words for the Palinglish language, does not know how to raise her kids in a proper environment, and thinks people who live in the Big Cities are not patriots... I am going to say she is delusional and leave it at that...
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trucap
08:03 AM on 11/28/2010
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. that's all.
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lightist
light as a photon, heavy as tungsten.
09:41 PM on 11/27/2010
Bachman, Biden, Obama, Palin - Quatro Modo

But I'll be busy elsewhere that night.
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ClareP
01:07 PM on 11/27/2010
OK, Huffpo, there are SEVEN stories about Sarah Palin (all with featured pictures) on the Politics page. Seven. This woman isn't even a "politician"-- she hold no political office. She's the Brittney Spears of the political world at best.  Why this obsession with giving her constant headlines and free airtime exposure? Even for totally specious reasons, as she has really said or done nothing newsworthy?  It's getting to the point where having her in my face all the time will make me find my news elsewhere-- there is clearly a Huffpo editorial obsession with this brainless nobody,and it's getting very tiring.
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anywaylm
01:17 PM on 11/28/2010
Cuddos to you. I was going to ask the same thing. Sarah Palin is not a REAL politician. She is a faux politician like Fox is a faux news station. And I do wish Huff could find something to present that is truly important and newsworthy!
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kmeccat
life is just a series of adaptations
10:04 AM on 11/27/2010
Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann...do not include these two in a story and call them politicians...they are not politicians -they are phony's....scam artists.
Palin took taxpayer money, faked it, then quit to go for the big bucks....
Bachmann -- takes the taxpayer money and CALLS herself a politician, while doing nothing for those taxpayers.
Neither of these women represented the people who trusted and paid them---they are a disgrace...as are many so called "politicians" of today.
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Javida
10:40 PM on 11/26/2010
Many people on this board apparently commented before eating their yummy Thanksgiving dinner or leftovers.
01:47 PM on 11/26/2010
I remember Obama campaigning on "He would not rest until every American had a job". What a crock, and I hope people are having buyers remorse.
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amaboss52
Jesus died for your sins...get your moneys worth!
02:15 PM on 11/26/2010
We don't!
02:22 PM on 11/26/2010
So Obama taking time to have Thanksgiving Dinner is the rest you are railing against, really? Because to smart people, the GOP with the help of the US Chamber of Commerce (made up of multi-national corporations), the Koch brothers and a whole lot of fear talk they have done nothing to help Americans get back to work. Instead the want to cut unemployment, send jobs overseas and increase pay for CEO's. So any Republican that is not a CEO should be the one with buyer's remorse, however, they have proven not to be smart enough to realize it.
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DanBeach
non-profiteer
01:08 PM on 11/26/2010
Who gives a"F" ? not working that is for sure...
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Javida
10:35 PM on 11/26/2010
So you don't eat, sleep, or have some recreation despite holding a job?? Another incredibly banal comment. Please get some maturity and then comment.
ItsGettingWeird
(or is it just me?)
12:40 PM on 11/26/2010
"Bachmann also said she’ll cook with her daughters, and that she serves dishes that reflect her Norwegian roots and her husband’s Swiss heritage."

Nice touch, Michelle Bachmann. Perhaps you could cook your turkey alive to reflect your sociopathic personality.
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DanBeach
non-profiteer
01:09 PM on 11/26/2010
Yeah eat a piece for the poor people...
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Foodgrade
Learn to grow banannas
12:37 PM on 11/26/2010
Who cares. Just do your job Obama, we're still waiting.
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judiNJ
The Free Market is Not Free
12:41 PM on 11/26/2010
And Happy Thanksgiving to you, too!
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Foodgrade
Learn to grow banannas
12:56 PM on 11/26/2010
There are many larger issues than Obama with a turkey.
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12:49 PM on 11/26/2010
You're just haven't heard he's doing it over the GOP howling, whining, general b1tchiness and your major cluelessness. Happy Thanksgiving.
12:08 PM on 11/26/2010
What a beautiful woman, too bad she is mean.
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MikeElPaso
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11:32 AM on 11/26/2010
What we call the first Thanksgiving the Indians refer to as the last meal.
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Javida
10:38 PM on 11/26/2010
Nice perspective. Remember, the Indians scalped and killed many settlers so there is not all innocence there.
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MikeElPaso
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09:44 AM on 11/27/2010
Javida, don't know how much of the history of the American Indian you've been exposed to, but I believe that if you do some research on the web you'll see how much one-sided the struggle of the AI was. Look up scalping as well, think you'll find it interesting.
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CintiBlue
10:23 AM on 11/26/2010
If the reported had gone to the correct source, Palin's FaceBook, he could have reported she was stewing in her "I'm such a victim juices' on this day of thanks.
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amaboss52
Jesus died for your sins...get your moneys worth!
02:17 PM on 11/26/2010
Thats what she basted her turkey with.
Clevelandinwi
Progressive is good; regressive, not so much.
09:04 AM on 11/26/2010
We know what bokmun and the palinista eat.
02:33 PM on 11/26/2010
Newborns.
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Sita001
mocking the afflicted since 1966
02:59 PM on 11/26/2010
lol; Las Chupacabras!!!
Clevelandinwi
Progressive is good; regressive, not so much.
08:46 AM on 11/26/2010
hp, you're starting to act like noise - and on the same side. Corporate pressure?