Strangest Sarah Palin Video Ever
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Sarah Palin Does TV Interview While Turkeys Are Slaughtered In The Background (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — Some videos you just have to see to believe. On Thursday, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin appeared in Wasilla in order to pardon a local turkey in anticipation of Thanksgiving. This proved to be a slightly absurd but ultimately unremarkable event. But what came next was positively surreal. After the pardon Palin proceeded to do an interview with a local TV station while the turkeys were being BEHEADED in the background!! Completely oblivious to the slaughter going on over her shoulder, she carries on talking for over three minutes! Was no one there to tell her how bad this looked? Watch the video below to see for yourself. Be warned, it's kind of gruesome. ...

Sarah Palin Does TV Interview While Turkeys Are Slaughtered In The Background (VIDEO)
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — Some videos you just have to see to believe. On Thursday, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin appeared in Wasilla in order to pardon a local turkey in anticipation of Thanksgiving. This proved to be a slightly absurd but ultimately unremarkable event. But what came next was positively surreal. After the pardon Palin proceeded to do an interview with a local TV station while the turkeys were being BEHEADED in the background!! Seemingly oblivious to the slaughter going on over her shoulder, she carries on talking for over three minutes. Watch the video below to see for yourself. Be warned, it's kind of gruesome. Watch the video. ...

Early Morning Swim
Firedoglake — Mukasey collapses during speech. Clinton to be announced SoS after Thanksgiving. So what about Richardson? The wingnuts' paranoia about the Fairness Doctrine. Franken edges closer to Coleman. Martin with the MOE of Chambliss. Contractors in Iraq could face charges. Palin's, uh, weird turkey "pardon."

Video: Palin's Turkey Slaughter Photo Op
Drudge Retort — Some videos you just have to see to believe. On Thursday, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin appeared in Wasilla in order to pardon a local turkey in anticipation of Thanksgiving. She then gave a TV interview while turkeys were being slaughtered in the background. "You need a little bit of levity in this job," she said. Posted by goldendune at 08:07 AM | 8 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry |

Election Central Morning Roundup
TPM Election Central — Bill Vetting Issues Resolved; Obama "On Track" To Name Hillary Secretary Of State We first reported here yesterday that advisers to the Clintons believe they've satisfied the Obama team's vetting demands and are awaiting a formal offer of the State Department gig from Obama. Now CNN, The Washington Post, the Associated Press and Politico have all confirmed that the vetting issues are resolved and that Obama is "on track" to name Hillary Secretary of State after Thanksgiving. No Public Events From Obama Or Biden Barack Obama is holding private transition meetings today in Chicago, ...

Video: Palin and the Turkey
The Latest on Air America — Wow, I mean, wow. This woman is just, just...wow.  

The Rude Pundit — Pictures That Make the Rude Pundit Feel Like He's Dropped Acid and Stepped into a Shark Tank: So there she was, the Future of the Republican Party, standing there yesterday like the spank-worthy centerfold of the LL Bean Christmas catalog, at a turkey farm, having just pardoned a fair fowl from becoming a crispy-skinned main course, as is the Chief Executive of a state's wont. And then she talked to the press. In front of a trough of blood and guts. While a farm worker was killing turkeys. The Rude Pundit loves that worker - let's name him "Johnny Moustache" - for constantly looking at Palin and over to the ...

"For One, You Need A Little Levity In This Job"
Swampland — So says Sarah Palin, about two minutes into this video. But you might not notice those words for all that is happening in the background. (The interview--with the best backdrop ever--was shot Thursday in Alaska, as the governor appeared at an event to pardon a Thanksgiving turkey.) ...

Sarah Palin's turkey
culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily — I cannot get enough of Sarah Palin's cluelessness. I swear, it's just magic to me how she is lost in the happy-go-luckiness of her ignorance. Especially since she had just previously pardoned a frigging turkey at the same poultry farm. As commenter teoleftfeet said over at Metafilter, "There's something very very surreal about government leaders sparing the life of a being and then ignoring the slaughter of others. Very very surreal." Ignorance is indeed bliss.  Yet what's really over the top and had me literally rolling on the floor with tears ...

Palin Talks as Turkey is Knocked Off
News — Palin Talks as Turkey is Knocked Off A turkey has done what few people during the presidential campaign were able to do — upstage Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R). In her latest television interview, Palin talks at a farm as a man slaughters a live gobbler a few feet away. Palin discusses Alaska government and her Thanksgiving plans without paying much attention to what's going on behind her. Palin, however, isn't insensitive to turkeys altogether; she pardoned one at the same farm Thursday. Watch the video of the slaughter followed by footage of the pardon below.

Some Consolation for Sarah Palin
If I Ran the Zoo — As bad as it was, it could have been a lot worse:

Sarah Palin's Turkey-Slaughter Interview
The Latest on Air America — Sarah Palin was interviewed by a local Alaska TV affiliate as she visited a turkey farm to pardon one lucky bird for Thanksgiving.  While she babbles on about how unfair the media is on candidates running for office, the not-so-lucky birds behind her are slaughtered.  Awkward!  Vegans, avert your eyes....

HuffPo is aghast that turkey-killing doesn't faze Sarah Palin.
Althouse — Deal with it, you candy-asses. If you eat meat, something like that is going on in the background for you too. blog advertising blog advertising

Double-ew Tee Eff
Shakesville — ... Okay, I realize that turkeys have to be slaughtered before they're eaten, and I'm not suggesting Palin had that going on behind her on purpose, but... but... Seriously. What the fuck? (Confused energy dome tip.)

Sarah Palin's turkey of a photo op
The Swamp — by Frank James Gov. Sarah Palin's turkey-pardoning photo op was not the kind you'd see at the White House, to say the least. Here in Washington, the idea of these annual events is to leave everyone feeling warm and fuzzy. But we're talking Alaska here. And we're talking Palin, so you expect things to be a little different. And they were. This may be the only turkey-pardoning photo-op where you actually see turkeys slaughtered. MSNBC had video of the actual pardoning ceremony on its Countdown show last night. This photo op is so bizarre it makes ...

Palin talks turkey
Jonathan Martin's Blog — This is either brilliant advance work or, well, something else. (Start at about the 1:05 mark)

POLITICS: Media Shocked To Discover How Farming Works
Baseball Crank — In a perfect emblem of (1) how insular the media really is and (2) the national spotlight that will continue to focus on the Governor of Alaska wherever she goes, Sarah Palin did one of those typical silly ceremonies politicians across the country get asked to take part in, and went and pardoned a turkey in advance of Thanksgiving. But while the President has a turkey brought to him, Gov. Palin went to the turkey, handing down the pardon from a barnyard in Wasilla, then giving a news conference to reporters. Why did this end up in the national news, including a sneering report on MSNBC? Well, the turkey farm went on with its usual business ...

Sarah Palin Pardons a Turkey
44 — Sarah Palin Pardons a Turkey By Philip Rucker Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin visited a turkey farm in her hometown of Wasilla yesterday to grant the traditional Thanksgiving pardon to one turkey. But as the former Republican vice-presidential hopeful took questions from reporters, a farm worker was seen slaughtering other turkeys and feeding the birds into a grinder. Video ...

I Blame Nicolle Wallace
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Can You Say, Mixed Message?
Comments from Left Field — ... I saw this on Rachel Maddow last night (where the video was sanitized so it wouldn’t be quite so gruesome to watch), but now it’s all over blogtopia: Gov. Sarah Palin went to a local turkey slaughtering house, picked one turkey to “pardon,” and then stood in front of the place answering a reporter’s questions for about three minutes… while turkeys were being ...

Media Shocked To Discover How Farming Works
RedState: Conservative News and Community — They Prefer Unemployed Farmers. Better News Angle. In a perfect emblem of (1) how insular the media really is and (2) the national spotlight that will continue to focus on the Governor of Alaska wherever she goes, Sarah Palin did one of those typical silly ceremonies politicians across the country get asked to take part in, and went and pardoned a turkey in advance of Thanksgiving. But while the President has a turkey brought to him, Gov. Palin went to the turkey, handing down the pardon from a barnyard in Wasilla, then giving a news conference to reporters. Why did this end up in the national news, including MSNBC? Well, the ...

On the trail of transition
The Reaction — ... to ask us, "What do you think?" And when we run out of negative feedback, we could even throw in a kudo or two for what is well done. Yes, this time of transition is perilous. Change itself is psychologically stressful . . . even positive change.# But, if we think back to November 1, 2008, things could be a lot worse. We could be in discussion about President-elect John McCain and Vice President-elect Sarah Palin (Alsaka's official turkey-pardoner). ********** Update on yesterday's post, "Military stays ...

MIDDAY ROUNDUP
News — ... a television interview while a turkey is slaughtered several yards behind her. The video is so bizarre you just have to see it to believe it, The Huffington Post writes, while The Daily Dish’s ...

A new Sarah Palin video that's more painful to watch than those Katie Couric interviews
Top of the Ticket — Just in time for the holidays, we bring you the latest YouTube sensation: A video of Sarah Palin talking to reporters on a turkey farm yesterday while, in the background, a farm worker slaughters turkeys and drains their blood. The gruesome footage was shot at a farm in Gov. Palin's hometown of Wasilla, Ala. She was there to grant the traditional Thanksgiving pardon to one turkey. You can watch what happens to the turkeys who weren't pardoned below. But be warned: it is not for the faint of heart. -- Kate Linthicum ...

Pardon at the slaughterhouse: The obliviousness of Sarah Palin and the killing of turkeys
The Reaction — ... If you want to watch it, HuffPo has the clip here. Please note, however, that it's extremely unpleasant -- and, for once, Palin isn't the most unpleasant thing about it.

Let's Pray Next Year She Pardons A Cow
small dead animals — November 21, 2008 Let's Pray Next Year She Pardons A Cow Why do they still have to kill thanksgiving turkeys, when they're available in the supermarket? . "I'm in charge of the turkey, so I'm where I need to be to prepare for that." ...

Palin Gives Interview While Man Slaughters Turkeys In The Background
Say Anything — This isn’t going to make Sarah any friends at PETA: Frankly, you gotta like someone who is comfortable around the realities of where our food comes from.  Far too many people just eat the chicken or turkey or whatever without realizing how it actually got to their plate. ...

TurkeyGate
TigerHawk — I don't know which is the most hilarious, this video of Sarah Palin giving a matter-of-fact interview in front of a slaughterhouse dude trying to behead a turkey, the breathless outrage of the humorless Huffington Post writer ("Seemingly oblivious to the gruesomeness going on over her shoulder, she carries on talking for over three minutes"), or the nutty observations of the HuffPo commenters (see, e.g., this ...

Nobody Here But Me and These Turkeys
The Agitator — Bizarro.

Palin and Pollan, Together at Last
Hit & Run — Everywhere Sarah Palin goes, animals die. At yesterday's turkey pardoning, Gov. Palin gave an interview in front of the killing cones, where Thanksgiving dinner meets its bloody, neck-snapping doom: The folks at Huffington Post are upset about the callousness/obliviousness of it all, but here's what I say: If it's good enough for ethical-eating poster boy Michael Pollan, it's good enough for Sarah Palin, right? (To read about Pollan's stint at an plein-air abattoir, go here and search the book for the phrase "killing cones.") ...

Turkey jive: Palin-bashers strike again
Michelle Malkin — ... a turkey at a local farm in Wasilla and then took questions from a reporter about the event and her Thanksgiving wishes. Palin said with a smile: “It’s nice to get out and do something to promote a local business and to participate in something that isn’t so heavy-handed politics that invites criticism. I’ll certainly, probably will invite criticism for even doing this, too, but at least this was fun!” Palin was prescient. On cue, the Huffington Post hyperventilated about the SLAUGHTER! going on behind Palin and the rest of the squeamish, ...

Next Palin "Gaffe" Left Will Detonate Over
Ace of Spades HQ — Next Palin "Gaffe" Left Will Detonate Over After pardoning a turkey, Palin gives an apparently impromptu interview as other turkeys are slaughtered in the background. I'm sure this means something , as Andrew Sullivan will soon be informing us. Perhaps David Brooks will write a column about how Ivy Leaguers are too sophisticated ...

Turkey
Winds of Change.NET — I'd bookmarked this to blog, finally got some time, and discovered that Ann Althouse had written pretty much word for word what I intended to write: Deal with it, you candy-asses. If you eat meat, something like that is going on in the background for you too.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: November 21, 2008
The Latest on Air America — The good (Senate Hillary Clinton on track to be the next secretary of state): The bad (Fox Guest suggesting that attorney general nominee, Eric Holder "may agree" with Terrorists): And the ugly (Sarah Palin sipping coffee and giving an interview, while Turkeys die on her watch):

Sarah Palin's Turkey Interview
Wizbang — Liberals are all atwitter about Sarah Palin's interview at a turkey slaughter house. She was there to pick out her family's turkey for Thanksgiving. The obviously sheltered folks at Huffington Post are just outraged at Palin's cavalier attitude as turkeys are slaughtered in the background. The liberals' dismay is quite funny actually but not as funny as their oblivousness as many of them will share in a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner themselves. After the pardon Palin proceeded to do an interview with a local TV station while the turkeys were being SLAUGHTERED in the background!! Seemingly oblivious to the gruesomeness going on over her shoulder, she carries ...

MSNBC Wants You to Eat Tofurky This Thanksgiving
Tennessee Guerilla Women — Who knew MSNBC was comprised of a bunch of radical PETA activists? The MSNBC crew is aghast at the sight of Sarah Palin making the standard pretense of pardoning a turkey while other turkeys are being processed for Thanksgiving dinners behind her. Hey, I’m a vegetarian, and even I get that there are some parts of the world that are closer to nature than many city dwellers can fathom. You can expect that people who live in areas that do not have 24/7 supermarkets just around the corner are not exactly offended by the sight or the knowledge of how food actually gets into those supermarkets. I think it was Paul ...

Has Palin Been Pallin' Around With PETA?
Open Left - Front Page — Eating Liberally Food For Thought by Kerry Trueman Looks like plucky Sarah Palin is expanding her fan club from evangelicals to vegangelicals. Seriously, how could any animal rights activist not love the sight of Palin blathering to the press while a worker in blood-spattered overalls blithely slaughters turkeys a few feet away? The media deemed it necessary to blur this bloody backdrop, in deference to the "unspoken covenant of ignorance" between consumers and the food industry that historian Ann Vileisis documents in Kitchen Literacy: How We Lost Knowledge of Where Food ...

Palin It Up
BAGnewsNotes — But this video proves that Palin knows exactly how to continue to attract attention: Take a normally mundane gubernatorial event like a turkey pardon, Palin it up with something irresistible to the elite east-coast liberal media, and watch the ...

If this had been Biden...
Jim Treacher's Blog That Is on the Internet — If this had been Biden... ...he would have been yammering on about how the Pilgrims ate turkey after they landed at Fraggle Rock back in 1776. Posted by Jim Treacher at November 21, 2008 10:33 PM

Maybe the Gray Lady should eat crow for Thanksgiving
Hot Air » Top Picks — Maybe the Gray Lady should eat crow for Thanksgiving posted at 9:47 am on November 22, 2008 by Ed Morrissey Send to a Friend | Share on Facebook | printer-friendly I’m always amused by people who decry the slaughter of animals for food as some barbaric practice, as if people haven’t been eating meat for the entire history of homo sapiens .  Where, exactly, do people like the editors of the New York Times think the turkey for their Thanksgiving originates — a Star Trek replicator ?  Instead of laughing off what was a poor decision by Palin’s staff for an interview location, we instead hear shrieks of executions from ...

Look, it’s Just Plain Weird
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts — I initially avoided commenting on the story of Palin’s interview in front of the turkey abattoir (despite quite a bit of discussion during the week), but after reading some blog posts on the subject, I changed my mind. I don’t know whose fault it was–the cameraman, the Governor’s staff or the Governor, but conducting a multi-minute interview in front of wear turkeys are being slaughtered is just plain weird. To point this out, btw, isn’t Palin Derangement Syndrome nor is the main reason that there has been some a reaction to the footage because no one can handle knowing where their food comes from. ...

MSNBC’s Turkey-Chokin’, Pussified, Gay Boy’s Gobble - With Videos For The Whole Family
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — Oh PLEASE, NBC/SNL … Let Tina Fey out to play tonight for this one? Pretty please?? With David Shuster’s cherries on top? Says something when you become the laughing joke of the limeys, Davey. (”David Shuster’s pussy” video) (”The Horror! The Horror!” turkey video) AS BAD AS IT GETS Tim Blair - (Daily Telegraph) - Saturday, November 22, 2008 “And you thought her media outings as a vice presidential candidate were as bad as it gets,” says alarmed ...

Candy-ass goes mainstream
Classical Values — Candy-ass goes mainstream Perhaps I'm a callused and insensitive bastard, but I'm well aware that unless they are eaten alive (which happens only in certain other countries it is racist to criticize), animals have to be killed before being eaten. While animal rights activists and radical vegans do not like this, people who eat meat obviously accept the inevitable killing which is a precursor to their meal. If they don't, well, then there's something seriously wrong with the way they think. I like to assume that normal people think in a normal manner, and that people who eat meat have to know that it came from an animal which was slaughtered. So ...

No More Mister Nice Blog — THAT DAMN TURKEY INTERVIEW: SORRY, I'M NOT APPALLED I'm no Sarah Palin fan, but my reaction to the local TV interview she gave with turkey slaughtering taking place in the background is more or less like John Cole's: While I can think of better photo ops, this is kind of a silly uproar. How exactly do folks think their food gets to them? Your t-bone is not born in shrink wrap. This isn't killing wolves from airplanes, a so-called sport that seems to appeal to out-of-state macho-man wannabes. This, for a lot of us, is dinner. And Tim Blair has a point: what's taking place is death, but ...

Gov. Palin conducts interview while turkey is put in grinder, hilarity ensues
Sister Toldjah — In case you haven’t already seen it, there is a video circulating around the internet of an interview MSDNC was doing with Gov. Sarah Palin on her pardoning a Thanksgiving turkey. Unbeknowst to her, there was another turkey in the background that wasn’t so fortunate. Here’s the video: Tim Blair has a huge round-up of hilarious reactions, mainly from the “outraged” left, many of who have apparently never before bothered to consider where the turkey they eat for Thanksgiving dinner came from … or how s/he got there. ...

"Catch and handle your birds gently and calmly, and there will be less stress (for both you and the bird!)"
sisu — Okay. This ain't easy for us. Ann Althouse dismisses the snuffing of a turkey in the background of a Palin interview (above) with "Deal with it, you candy-asses. If you eat meat, something like that is going on in the background for you too." And it is. Two 12-15 pounders are on ...

Sarah Palin vs. the Turkey - the uncut version
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — This is the uncensored version of the video in which Sarah Palin holds a press conference while a turkey is having its head cut off, and blood drained, on camera just behind her. I know it's gross, but it's kind of like a train wreck happening before your very eyes. I don't find the video particularly graphic, but some may - be forewarned, this one has nothing blacked our or blurred ...

New York Times Blasts Palin For Conducting Interview In Front Of Turkey “Execution”
Say Anything — I don’t think anything highlights the divide between urban elitists and rural, “fly-over-country” citizens then a bunch of New York Times liberals getting all bent out of shape about seeing where their food comes from. We’ve differed with Sarah Palin a great deal on substance. We don’t agree with her hardline approach to the Iraq War, her harsh anti-government rhetoric, and her style of negative campaigning. But we also worry a bit about, how should we put it, the persona she has brought with her to national politics. We did not care at all for the swipe she took against community ...

My favorite part is when the turkey stops moving
Clareified — Sarah Palin having “fun”. via Toby This entry was posted by Dawn Summers on Monday, November 24th, 2008 at 12:02 am and is filed under Politics . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

"Backdrop"
Some Guy With a Website by August J. Pollak - xoverboard.com — Latest comic - click here! Sarah. Sarah. Why, oh why can we not quit you? Oh, right. Because you do this. Years from now we're going to look back on this and try to rationalize to our children how nearly half the country considered giving this woman nuclear launch codes. We shall utterly disappoint them. As you may have noticed at the top of the page, deadlines are now in place for holiday orders. Please consider buying your crap now so as not to risk it now showing up under the tree. No, we don't actually place it under the tree. You have to do some of this yourself.

Flying Turkeys of Yesteryear
The Moderate Voice — It’s not every day you get to write a sentence like this: As Keith Olbermann was making a pumpkin pie with Martha Stewart yesterday, they discussed the video of Sarah Palin cheerfully pardoning a Thanksgiving turkey with others being slaughtered in the background, as he recalled the classic 1978 WKRP sitcom episode of turkeys being dropped from a helicopter on the mistaken assumption that they could fly. In the context of politicians scrambling around to give Citibank, AIG and other plummeting turkeys a soft landing, there is something symbolic about Palin’s rescue plan for one bird while others are going down. ...

Have A Happy Left Right Thanksgiving
Riehl World View — In keeping with the demonic image the Left has of the Right, I encourage all my conservative friends to find an Indian for Thanksgiving. Get him drunk, steal his money and his woman, if she's faux-Pocahontas cute - pack him off with a set of anal love beads and put him on a plane bound for San Fran with an "I Voted 'Yes' on Prop 8" T-shirt. After all, conservatives shouldn't be the only ones celebrating the raping of America this fine day. Enjoy your Turkey, your Ham - your family and friends. The latter are what matter most in the end. As for the media - just give the morons the bird. ...

Reflections on the Sarah Palin Turkey Video
The Moderate Voice — From Aaron Kagan via Ezra Klein: It’s hard to say what’s worse: the fact that a would be vice president could be so oblivious to her surroundings, or the fact that Americans were so alarmed to see that turkeys have to be killed in order for us to eat them. By total coincidence and thanks in large part to youtube [link for the 2 of you who haven’t seen it], we’ve all been granted access to the metaphoric glass abattoir that Michael Pollan describes in The Omnivore’s Dilemma. The attention garnered by this incident is yet further proof that we are disconnected from our food. If ...

Daily Digest: Obama as Clinton Redux, in More Ways Than One
techPresident — History's Lessons for a Wired White House: He was a young Democratic president eager to use technology to open the presidency. Wait, roll back the tape -- we're talking Bill Clinton, circa 1994. Barack Obama, writes Politico's Carol E. Lee, Barack Obama will have the new-media tools and know-how to make Clinton's dream a reality. But, warns, Lee, the 42nd president's struggles might have lessons for Obama. The entrenched White House press corps staged an immediate (and ultimately successful) revolt when Clinton attempted to rework how the press ...

Eat Your Veggies! Save the Planet!
The Republic of T. — OK. It’s too late for Thanksgiving, but there’s at least one other somewhat turkey-centric holiday coming down the pike. (In the gastronomic sense, at least.) So, I gotta do this. I’m not sure why this article, which is over a year old, showed up in my RSS reader today, but what kind of vegetarian would I be if I didn’t remind people that eating your veggies is good for you and the planet? Production and consumption of meat worldwide has more than tripled since 1961 and could double from now until 2050 as standards of living increase and the population doubles. As a ...

Turkey Slaughtered Beside Palin Bought on eBay
News — Turkey Slaughtered Beside Palin Bought on eBay The turkey seen slaughtered as Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) gave a television interview has been auctioned off on eBay . The turkey cost $225. It received only one bid. Triple D Farm of Palmer, Alaska, described the turkey in its eBay listing as an "opportunity to gobble up a slice of Alaskan history." "This is the official turkey from the video which comes with a letter of authenticity signed by the Farm's owner who is pictured below," the listing continued. "No doubt, for the past few weeks, you have heard about this turkey over the national news, the internet and from stand up comedians." It ...

Daniel Kurtzman: 2008's Most Laughable Political Antics
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — In a year when everyone was looking for a bailout, politicians did more for political comedy than any other industry. We had governors gone rogue, reverends gone wild, shoe-throwers, imaginary snipers and, of course, everyone's favorite mavericky, Prada-wearing hockey mom. As a salute to those who made this the funniest year since, well, last year, here's a look back at 2008's most memorable feats and foibles, in words and glorious video: Worst photo op: Sarah Palin's turkey pardoning fiasco -- a.k.a. "wattlegate" -- in which she pardoned a turkey at a farm in Wasilla, and then gave an interview while other turkeys were shoved into a ...

For GOP, is 'Bad PR' the Unpardonable Sin?
Politics Daily — From L.B.J.'s picking up a beagle by his ears, to John McCain's joking that we should get Iraq hooked on cigarettes, politically incorrect gaffes have long been with us. Of course, race is the ultimate taboo, and as such, much has been made of Chip Saltsman's controversial Christmas gift, which included the parody song, "Barack the Magic Negro." Saltsman, of course, is running to become chairman of the RNC, and his gift -- which was sent to RNC Members -- has sparked controversy among a struggling party, desperately attempting ...

Random Foodblogging
Unqualified Offerings — Some miscellaneous food and cooking items for you. Because the Internet Food Association has no use for me . Also, I love you. Item One: “ Where the chicken meets the dumpling ” - Karin Kathode’s slide show from a cooking course that starts with live birds and ends with food. I’m confused by the apparent absence of killing cones. I thought they were pretty standard equipment at artisinal poultry operations now, but apparently other methods persis t. Maybe the teacher needs to watch more Sarah Palin videos . Item Two: Have I mentioned, somewhat sheepishly, that my meat stocks have become awesome this winter? No lie. My stock-brewing skills ...

Hiltzik “Business” Column Plenty Political
Patterico's Pontifications — We’ve always known that Michael Hiltzik, the sock-puppeting “business” columnist, has ambitions to be a purely political pundit. Let’s take a look at a couple of passages from his recent “business” columns. January 22, 2009: It’s proper to recognize that “experience” isn’t always all it’s cracked up to be. Sometimes it’s merely a smoke screen for the hidebound, burned out or lazy. Nor is it a substitute for judgment and intelligence. Just the other day we inaugurated a president who repelled attacks on his supposed “inexperience” by ...