WASHINGTON -- Gobbler and Cobbler will be spared. The most famous turkeys of 2012 are spending a few days in the lap of luxury at the W Hotel near the White House before a meeting with President Obama on Wednesday.
Born and raised at the Miller family farm in Harrisonburg, Va., in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley, these two birds are spending the next few nights in a specially designated turkey room that's temperature controlled and comes with wood shavings on the floor.
The Huffington Post stopped by the hotel on Tuesday to check out the turkeys.
According to the Millers, who have 43,000 hens housed in two barns on their farm, the 19-week-old hybrid turkeys are quiet and gentle birds. They are fans of Carly Simon and fiddle music, but apparently dislike country music.
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Gobbler, Cobbler, Ed Baten, General Manager, W Hotel
Gobbler, Cobbler, Steve Willardsen, Chairman of the National Turkey Federation
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Steve Willardsen, Chairman of the National Turkey Federation, Gobbler, Ed Baten, General Manager, W Hotel
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Why two birds? One will be pardoned. The other one is an understudy. Interested individuals can vote which bird should be pardoned on the White House Facebook page.
Following the presidential pardon, the turkeys will head to Mount Vernon, George Washington's Northern Virginia home, to be part of the “Christmas at Mount Vernon” exhibition. Following the holidays they'll be housed in Mount Vernon's private livestock facility.
Check out some previous White House turkeys:
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President Ronald Reagan in 1983.
President Gerald Ford in 1975.
President Richard Nixon receives a Thanksgiving turkey during the annual pardoning ceremony.
A pardoned turkey moves to Disneyland.
George W. Bush pardons a turkey.
President Harry Truman receives a Thanksgiving turkey from members of the Poultry and Egg National Board and other representatives of the turkey industry, outside the White House on Nov. 16, 1949.
President John F. Kennedy in 1963.
President Barack Obama pardons a turkey.
President George H.W. Bush in 1989.
Liberty, a 19-week-old, 45-pound turkey, is pictured after it was pardoned by President Barack Obama on Nov. 23, 2011, on the North Portico of the White House.
President Barack Obama stands with daughter Malia as daughter Sasha pets Liberty, a 19-week-old, 45-pound turkey, on Nov. 23, 2011, on the North Portico of the White House. At left is National Turkey Federation Chairman Richard Huisinga.
President George H.W. Bush in 1991.
President Bill Clinton in 1999.
President Bill Clinton in 2000.
President George W. Bush participates in the annual ceremonial pardoning in the Rose Garden on Nov. 26, 2002.
President George W. Bush pardons the Thanksgiving turkey during a Rose Garden ceremony on Nov. 24, 2003.
John Kennedy's dog with the Thanksgiving turkey.
President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney participate in the annual pardoning of the turkey in the Rose Garden on Nov. 17, 2004.
Dick Cheney looks at a to-be-pardoned turkey.
President Barack Obama grants a pardon to Apple on Nov. 24, 2010.
Earlier on HuffPost:
The Huffington Post | By Brandon Wetherbee Posted: 11/20/2012 3:35 pm EST Updated: 11/21/2012 10:10 am EST