Polling the Turkey pardon
by digby
It’s hard to believe this is real except well, I guess it is:
The examples of the GOP’s reflexive opposition to President Obama’s agenda are many but this may be the best one yet: by a 27 point margin Republicans say they disapprove of the President’s executive order last year pardoning two Thanksgiving turkeys (Macaroni and Cheese) instead of the customary one. Only 11% of Republicans support the President’s executive order last year to 38% who are opposed- that’s a pretty clear sign that if you put Obama’s name on something GOP voters are going to oppose it pretty much no matter what. Overall there’s 35/22 support for the pardon of Macaroni and Cheese thanks to 59/11 support from Democrats and 28/21 from independents.
They prefer their leaders to babble incoherently in front of Turkey killing machines. I get that. But what the hell is wrong with all those Democrats who disapprove?
The rest of the poll is kind of fun too. They ask which presidential candidate is the most likely to ruin Thanksgiving. I think you can guess who that is. By a mile.
By the way, the Turkey pardon tradition was started by President Reagan when Sam Donaldson was asking him if he planned to pardon his partners in Iran-Contra crime while he was walking past the White House turkey and he quipped, “maybe I’ll pardon this guy.”
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