Thanksgiving "pardons"

[jrtom]

from the Washington Post article "Trash Talk" (which covers, among other things, Murtha's call for withdrawing our Iraq forces within 6 months and the reaction):

The White House Web site wants your help picking a name for the two turkeys who, in a long White House tradition, will be "pardoned" by the president before Thanksgiving.

The official choices are: Democracy and Freedom; Blessing and Bounty; Marshmallow and Yam; Wattle and Snood; and Corn and Maize.

Too bad they're not accepting write-ins. You know who would win: Scooter and Karl.

heh heh heh...