Obama Pardons Turkey In Stunning Abuse of Executive Power (XP)

[freshwest]

^^^This is how it begins^^^

This week, President Obama will pardon a turkey in advance of the Thanksgiving holiday. The Office of Legal Counsel has released a 4,000-page memorandum setting forth the constitutional and statutory justifications for this controversial executive action, rooted largely in the authority granted to him under Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, as well as the Eighth Amendment and also the Perdue Family Farms Charter. Moreover, as the OLC memo notes, presidents have been pardoning turkeys for decades. As the OLC opinion further indicates, the president’s constitutional authority to pardon turkeys may well date back all the way to the Lincoln administration, pursuant to President Lincoln’s son Tad pleading with his father to let the turkey destined for the family’s Christmas dinner live. Lincoln cheerily allowed the turkey to roam the White House, and the family feasted on a Tofurky in its stead.

Obama’s Republican critics were quick to denounce presidential claims that the turkey pardon authority rests squarely within the enumerated powers of the executive branch. Sen. Ted Cruz published an op-ed in Politico titled “Obama Is Not a Monarch” in which he excoriated Obama’s plan to pardon the turkey as “lawless.” In it, Cruz posited that despite widespread popular resistance to turkey amnesty, “President Obama appears to be going forward. It is lawless. It is unconstitutional. He is defiant and angry at the American people. If he acts by executive diktat, President Obama will not be acting as a president, he will be acting as a monarch...”

House Speaker John Boehner tweeted, “The president has said before that ‘he's not a king’ & he’s ‘not an emperor,’ but he sure is acting like one.” Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum called the turkey pardon “just another in a long line of power grabs by this administration.”

And Michele Bachmann, in a Nov. 20 email fundraising appeal for her PAC, charged President Obama with going far beyond giving lawless turkeys amnesty, affording them the actual rights and privileges of full citizenship: “What could more fundamentally transform our nation than making our precious American citizenship—and the rule of law—merely commodities to be dispensed with as our Imperial President sees fit, flooding our land with illegal turkeys which will forever alter our way of life?” Bachmann also added that the newly pardoned turkeys would soon be able to vote: “The Democrats are licking their wounds after their terrible defeats this month, and are viewing these millions of illegal turkeys as the delicious shock troops for their leftist agenda...”

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/low_concept/2014/11/white_house_thanksgiving_will_the_president_s_turkey_pardon_start_a_wave.html

VIDEO of the scandalous event:

to Derek V:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025878899

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Will be posting more pictures and videos this afternoon. The turkey's name is Cheese and his alternatve Mac was also pardoned.

Can anyone tell if Cheese is smiling? Will this be investigated as by the new Senate as TurkeyGate in 2015?

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[sheshe2]

1. Love to you and yours freshwest~

Happy Thanksgiving

[freshwest]

4. Right back at you. It's been a rough few days for you. Take care. Snow this weekend here!

[sheshe2]

6. Snow tonight driving home.

Yes, tonight was bittersweet. Good food and family and so many tears.

freshwest.

[freshwest]

8. (((HUGS)))) and stay warm...

[sheshe2]

9. Thank you~

I am off tomorrow and am calling out for Saturday. Fricking Black Friday weekend and I sure as hell can't handle that. Arrangements will be later in the week.

Hugs~

Stay safe and warm as well, freshwest.

[IrishAyes]

11. Hope you're having a great weekend.

There are moments when I dislike the advance of time, but then I remember I'm retired and don't have to answer to anybody. That makes me happier than either Mac or Cheese could possibly be.

[SpankMe]

2. I disagree with Republicans on this.

All the turkeys are trying to do is take care of their families. They pay taxes and take on jobs too menial for most Americans. What American do YOU know who'll stoop so low as to become turkey bacon, turkey burgers, or provide a backdrop for the grade school Thanksgiving play?

I appreciate the contribution that turkeys make to the fabric of American society. The Republican response is PPP (pure poultry prejudice).

[freshwest]

5. Pure Poultry Prejudice! Another to add to their list!

[treestar]

3. lol

I still remember his first one. He was obviously amused by the concept. Now he is on his 6th turkey.

[freshwest]

7. His lovely daughters handle it with grace. I'll post pics and video of the family serving food soon.

First pic. Just for you guys.

[Cha]

10. Mahalo freshwest! for the link, too..

Hope you a wonderful Happy Thanksgiving~