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Obama Saved Peace and Liberty Today

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 23: U.S. President Barack Obama is flanked by his daughters Sasha (C), Malia (2nd-R), and National Turkey Federation Chairman Richard Huisinga (L) as he pardons 'Liberty', a 19-week old, 45-pound turkey at the North Portico of the White House November 23, 2011 in Washington, DC. The Presidential pardon of a turkey has been a long time Thanksgiving tradition that dates back to the Harry Truman administration. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Photo: Mark Wilson/2011 Getty Images

That’s Liberty there on the table, the turkey the president pardoned this morning along with its understudy, Peace. “Some of you may know that recently I have been taking a series of executive actions that don’t require congressional approval,” Obama joked at the traditional pre-Thanksgiving pardon. Sasha’s thought bubble: Daaaad.

Obama Saved Peace and Liberty Today