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OK. This thread has gotten nasty and ridiculous. It's clear that it has run its course. We're closing this one.

I would like to see Sarah Palin going head first into one of those funnels.
I truly dislike her.

FastFoodCritic at 7:51PM on 11/21/08
Seriously... just the sound of her voice irritates me.

ReneeRobinson at 8:24PM on 11/21/08
And another thing... she is NOT attractive. I don't understand why people continue to speak of her as a good looking woman. She looks like a man who went thru a sex-change operation, and the closer you look the ..."

YOU are seriously and UGLY person.

Turkey pardoning is a silly tradition, annually undertaken around Thanksgiving every year by the President and now apparently by governors as well.

My take on this is that MSNBC was highlighting the fact that Governor Palin doesn't realize how ridiculous it is to take part in a lighthearted, whimsical turkey pardon while standing in front of the turkey slaughter. I eat turkey. I'm not offended by the slaughter but I am shaking my head that a light bulb didn't go off in Palin's bespectacled head where she realized that a turkey pardon and turkey slaughter in the same frame just doesn't jibe.

This may sound stupid, but... Why do turkeys need to be pardoned??? And why is it news, much less breaking news (a term never used for press events)?

I seriously dislike her, but I can't really see where she messed up here. Yeah, it's a little gruesome - I for one don't want to see turkeys killed, that's why I'm veg - but I agree with the SE gang on this one. No harm, no foul. (Notice how I avoided the pun there.)

I felt that whomever set up and filmed that segment chose the exact spot to be controversial. I'm no fan of Palin's but any criticism should be for the tv station/network that set this piece up.

BTW, I voted for Obama, but I'm feeling very disappointed by his corrupt, lobbyist/insider selections for his cabinet. Those who fancy themelves thinking beings, would better spend their time speaking out against Obama's flip flopping on his campaign promises, than in rolling around in the "bash Palin" gutter.

Again for those who cannot read I could care less about where she is, it is what she is saying which sounds like blah blah blah and government and blah blah blah campaign trail blah blah. I bet the turkey was a better speaker. Forget the turkey listen to the words coming out of her mouth. It is inane, rambling crap. That you can listen to from months ago, the woman is a bobblehead doll.

This video would have been better if it featured Sarah Palin shooting turkeys from a helicopter.

I would like to see Sarah Palin going head first into one of those funnels.

I truly dislike her.

Sky Bacon,

No. I am also a big proponent of knowing where your food comes from. I take offense to people who eat meat, but are unwilling to give thought to the fact that a living, breathing animal died for this plate of food in front of them. I grew up in a pretty rural area and have killed my fair share of chickens for dinner. I got chaddius' point - my problem is that his point is irrelevant to this video.

Am I the only one who sees the tactlessness of pardoning a turkey and then conducting the rest of the interview in FRONT OF THE TURKEY SLAUGHTER STAND? No? Just me? Not to mention seeing the juxtaposition of her standing there in her neiman marcus jacket and her winter themed starbucks cup and the slaughter going on behind her just serves to highlight her aloof cluelessness; it's almost as if this video encapsulates what so many people dislike about Palin. What the poster's above me have accurately gleaned from the video, chaddius completely missed.

My favorite line is when the reporter asks her if she thinks anything will be "on the chopping block." "Oh you mean BESIDES the turkeys?"

The Yukon Gold and sweet potato gratin looks pretty good to me.

Cauliflower and brussels sprouts gratin sounds fantastic! I'm hungry now!

Pioneer woman's sweet potatoes. I imagine I'll have to do a test run. You know, just to be sure.