“I know some will call this amnesty, but don’t worry, there’s plenty of turkey to go around.”
PBS NewsHour
At Wednesday afternoon’s White House ceremony for the traditional annual presidential pardon of turkeys from being served up for Thanksgiving dinner, Barack Obama
likened the action to his executive order last week on illegal aliens.
The president made the remarks before assembled press with daughters
Malia and Sasha present before sparing the lives of turkeys Mac and
Cheese, the beneficiaries of his latest order.
“Today, I’m taking an action fully within my legal authority,” the president remarked in a seeming mocking dig at critics of his policy of allowing federal law to be flouted and rewarding those who break it. “I know some will call this amnesty, but don’t worry, there’s plenty of turkey to go around.”
It’s instructive that Obama evidently deems it proper to joke about equivalency between “undocumented” foreign nationals and turkeys, or that it is within his purview to issue a blanket pardon on their behalf when none has been requested as per Justice Department requirements, and would be rejected by those who feel it is their right to live, work and vote in this country regardless of its laws. At this writing, there has been no reported reaction on social media feeds for immigrant activist groups on how they feel about the comparisons.
http://www.examiner.com/article/obama-compares-pardoning-turkeys-to-executive-order-on-immigration?CID=examiner_alerts_article
“Today, I’m taking an action fully within my legal authority,” the president remarked in a seeming mocking dig at critics of his policy of allowing federal law to be flouted and rewarding those who break it. “I know some will call this amnesty, but don’t worry, there’s plenty of turkey to go around.”
It’s instructive that Obama evidently deems it proper to joke about equivalency between “undocumented” foreign nationals and turkeys, or that it is within his purview to issue a blanket pardon on their behalf when none has been requested as per Justice Department requirements, and would be rejected by those who feel it is their right to live, work and vote in this country regardless of its laws. At this writing, there has been no reported reaction on social media feeds for immigrant activist groups on how they feel about the comparisons.
http://www.examiner.com/article/obama-compares-pardoning-turkeys-to-executive-order-on-immigration?CID=examiner_alerts_article
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