Free to Strut His Stuffing

 <img src="http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/m/h/mhl100/images/pardoned-turkey.jpg" width="341" height="256" alt="Bird in hand: Stars looks pardonably pleased. Photo Credit: J. Scott Applewhite — AP" />



<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11948-2003Nov24.html?referrer=email">Free to Strut  His Stuffing (washingtonpost.com)</a>: &ldquo;Only two turkeys a year get the [presidential pardon and are] therefore saved from ending up on a platter, surrounded by mashed potatoes and a horde of screaming relatives&hellip; Turkeys like [this one] have come to the White House every year since 1947 to be pardoned. President Clinton continued the tradition, which perhaps helps to assuage some of the national guilt over the fact that some 50 million turkeys will be slaughtered and eaten this Thanksgiving.&rdquo;