Turkey Pardon

Biden Pardons Single Yam In Vice Presidential Thanksgiving Ritual

The Onion | Posted 11.25.2009 | Comedy


WASHINGTON -- In keeping with a longstanding Thanksgiving tradition, Vice President Joe Biden ceremonially pardoned a 4-pound yam today at a ceremony ...

White House Spoofs Turkey Pardoning Ceremony (VIDEO)

Posted 11.25.2009 | Comedy


The White House had a little fun this year with the turkey pardon, filming a trailer for the event ahead of time with deeply dramatic editing and musi...

Pumpkin The Pardoned Turkey: See This Year's Particularly Funny-Looking Bird (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Anya Strzemien | Posted 12.27.2008 | Style


Turkeys are funny-looking creatures, but the recipient of this year's and George W. Bush's final presidential turkey pardon, Pumpkin, is really, reall...

Sam Stein

Obama Talks Economy While Bush Pardons "Feathered Friends"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.27.2008 | Politics


It would be hard to find a more striking contrast of presidential behavior than what transpired in the course of just a few minutes on cable news earl...