That wonderful time that the President has to quickly get all the last minute business done that will go down in history as a part of his legacy. It would cool if President Bush could walk on water or feed a multitude with one fish and a loaf of bread. In lieu of miracles the President realizes that his record of commuting sentences or pardoning prisoners is, in comparison to previous Presidents, is pretty scant. President Clinton was a bit of a pioneer in the area of pardoning people guilty of white collar crime that benefits him somehow. Maybe Bush will go on a pardoning spree in the last couple of months or maybe the really groovy plan of being able to pardon himself before he's ever actually charged with anything will make up for the lack of numbers. I'm not exactly sure how many the conjoined twins, Bush and Cheney are actually guilty of, but there has to be a LOT of them. I do believe this is the week that he pardons a turkey which is nice for that particular turkey, but sucks for a bunch of other turkeys that have lived a life of cime and there is no hope of rehabilitation.
I was also unaware that Governers also pardon turkeys, but maybe they all don't participate in this. I'll bet Texas turkey's never stand a chance. Alaska DOES pardon a turkey, but wolves, moose, and caribou are not so lucky. Neither are the turkeys in the background of Sarah Palin's latest news interview. I am not certain I actually saw the turkey that was pardoned, but we DO get to see the fate of a couple of turkeys that didn't fit the bill. You may need to watch this twice because the absolute insanity in the background makes you automatically tune Governor Palin's interview. The second time if you focus you can here what she's talking about, but as usual it makes little sense. I do smell another awesome SNL skit coming from this one:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/20/sarah-palin-holds-news-co_n_145375.html
Also if you are interest in the list of felonious friends of Bush that may or may not stand a chance of pardon is here:
http://www.propublica.org/article/i-beg-your-pardon-1120/
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