Sarah Palin Turkey interview »
Posted By Radiofreeeuropa 11 months, 3 weeks ago in News
News story on KTUU channel 2 in Anchorage. Subject: Governor Sarah Palin is interviewed at a turkey farm while turkeys are slaughtered behind her.
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
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Radiofreeeuropa11 months, 3 weeks ago
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Endoscopy11 months, 3 weeks ago
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What a bunch of morons. Where do you think that the turkeys you are going to eat in a few days comes from. Where do you think that any meat you eat comes from. Those of us who grew up in agribusiness get used to seeing these kinds of things. Go and visit a slaughter house sometime. The ranting about anything to do with the killing of turkeys is nonsense unless you are a vegetarian.
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Radiofreeeuropa11 months, 3 weeks ago
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Your joking right? Would Ronald Reagan have had animals being slaughtered 3 ft away from him in an interview? Would anyone with a brain? You wouldn't defend Obama if he was bizarre enough to use slaughtering animals as a background for an interview. It's just moronic and in very poor decorum.
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DarkWizard11 months, 3 weeks ago
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Thank you for the invite and the funny video! Is she just totally clueless or what?!
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Seeing turkeys get killed didn't faze me one bit as I've heard my Dad's vivid description of killing chickens on the farm many times. Of course, it wasn't surprising to see Palin use this event for more inane babbling (any setting works for that!).
The predictable clamor from the right-wing rabble is what I find even more hilarious! Defending Palin has no meaning except to show that birds (turkeys) of a feather…vote for morons (or something like that).
The defeat of McCain/Palin has been harsh on the Neocon faithful and some of the staunch Republicans. But, at least articles like this one still give them a way to keep their writing skills sharp, their wit keen and their comments as ready as waiting for that next chance to grab a vine while sinking in quicksand.
I actually envy the Neocons! They are so hapless, blind and ignorant that they don’t even know that they lost the election for President and some major seats in Congress. Ignorance is bliss! Of course, the ones that do realize they’ve lost are waiting for a recount and another Supreme Court decision! Happy Turkey Day!
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ameliog11 months, 3 weeks ago
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not2needy11 months, 3 weeks ago
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ameliog11 months, 3 weeks ago
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Georgia5011 months, 3 weeks ago
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I'm not an industry expert, but I spent time on a turkey farm on an Israeli kibbutz back in the 70s. The conical "contraption" as we used it was not for slaughtering turkeys. It was to humanely dispatch the ones that are sick before they infect the others. It's designed for the neck to drop through so it can be cleanly sliced. Death is quick, and the carcasses are then incinerated after the blood drains out. Same thing takes place on chicken farms.
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No, no. Don't be silly. I know good and well no fact makes a difference to your ilk. But others may not know what that "contraption" is. Do you honestly think I would waste my time trying to diminish your Palin hate? What else is there to animate you?
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puffin11 months, 3 weeks ago
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not2needy11 months, 3 weeks ago
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earthlingerer11 months, 3 weeks ago
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If you look, it's kind of funnel shaped, and the head comes out at the end.
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Also, look inside the basin under it, and at the guys pants.
Notice the turkey "kicking" in the first part?
It's where they bleed the birds. You just didn't see them get cut.
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Progressive11 months, 3 weeks ago
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I saw it last night on CNN and MSNBC, both of whom blocked out the view of the turkey while it struggled. After watching this uncensored Youtube version on an HD screen, it appears that the man is wringing the turkey's neck and then severing its head after stuffing it into the device that subsequently bleeds the bird. As a lacto-ovo-pesca vegetarian, I found it disgusting. Will she next subject us to watching her field dress a moose?
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Progressive11 months, 3 weeks ago
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I wasn't even able to concentrate on what she was saying until the 4th time I saw it. She really seems ideal for this now:
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tchef11 months, 3 weeks ago
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What voter group is she going for there? Slaughter house employees maybe? As a chef and one time hunter what was going on doesn't really bother me, but it's just not a scene you want going on in the background when you are giving an interview.
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StevieGee11 months, 3 weeks ago
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If you are going to be in politics on the national level you have to be smart. You have to understand that the media is going to make mountains out of molehills. You have to manipulate the press coverage to make yourself look as good as possible because this is all that most people have to judge you by. Having someone slaughtering birds in the back ground is just plain stupid. Barack Obama wouldn't be President Elect right now if he had done something like this. It shows poor judgement. Good judgement is something that I feel, a President needs. McCain lost because picking Sarah as a VP showed bad judgement.
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Bkumm11 months, 3 weeks ago
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You know, I'm a meatatarian, but watching that video has put me off my feed for a while.
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I'm also concerned about ole Sarah. It's one thing to say that you're a hunter and a gun enthusiast, but it's quite another to hang out and give an interview at the turkey holocaust. What the heck was she doing there anyway? Oh, that's right, it was "promoting a local business" and it was "fun". How much fun did she have in her dress clothes?
Did you hear the reporter ask about programs that might be on the "chopping block"? Ah, the irony. Of course, it was completely lost on Palin.-
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Hhussk11 months, 3 weeks ago
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Actually, the background was intentional. Most of us behind the scenes knew it at the time.
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The joke is on people who are looking for a reason to complain about her. If you complain about killing turkeys, you're a moron. If you complain it's not a local business, you're clearly ignorant. If you complain that she's stupid, you're making yourself look even more stupid.
Because of Thanksgiving, multitudes of liberals in old folks homes, kitchen lines, charity suppers will be eating turkey. And now you know how it got there. ::insert evil laugh here:: -
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Spadecaller11 months, 3 weeks ago
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b4ree7611 months, 3 weeks ago
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If you think this is bad don't eat turkey. Eat tofu for Thanksgiving.
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Also to all Obama supporters. You should watch a partial birth abortion procedure. When the full grown infant's head is out of the birth canal, the abortionist inserts a scissor-like instrument to spread the skull opening at spine intersection. Then a high powered machine sucks out the baby's brains. Think about that during your Thanksgiving celebration.-
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b4ree7611 months, 3 weeks ago
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Your right, the comparison is idiotic.
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People are worried more about animal rights than human rights. The turkey killing machine is also more humane because it kills quicker. The turkey feels slight pain at decapitation, while the partial birth abortion procedure takes longer to kill the infant and no anesthesia is used. -
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GehlLady11 months, 3 weeks ago
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oops tchef, was supposed to be under b4ree.........I agree it was odd...
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b4ree76
exactly. Killing human babies is a "privacy issue", a womans "choice".
Killing turkeys is inhumane.
Although I thought it a little odd to frame the video like it was, it didn't send me into such indignation either. I eat meat, that's what happens before it gets to the grocery store. Does anyone with the "so inhumane!" comments buy eggs? Do they pay the extra to make sure they are free range eggs? Is it only inhumane when they don't see the chickens that never leave their cages? Ever eat veal? -
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CajunChamp11 months, 3 weeks ago
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I can't help but agree as to "why it's in the interview". Why didn't the station pull it? How did it make the national news? Sooo many questions regarding this and some of the answers may be surprising IF we get any plausible ones.
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TimALoftis11 months, 3 weeks ago
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Hhussk11 months, 3 weeks ago
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Charlson11 months, 3 weeks ago
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"I thought it was quite brilliant."
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Of course you do. But most people don't like being reminded how their food is killed, from chicken to beef to pork or turkey, people just don't want to see what looks like inhumane treatment of their food source. So, what do you think most people will remember about this video? And did they also see this as mocking her detractors and spitting in their faces? I'd think this will only reenforce the notion that Palin is cruel and witless. But, hey. that's my take and I'm sticking to it. -
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Charlson11 months, 3 weeks ago
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Contrary to what you may think, this lib knows what happens BEFORE Thanksgiving when the birds are slaughtered probably months before the holiday. Most of us get our birds at a grocery store and they're usually frozen. You project what you think liberals think, but how in the hell would you know, are you liberal? lmao at some of the inaneness that some wing nuts possess.
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spkguy11 months, 3 weeks ago
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WTF ? ? ?
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Talk about bad optics. Whoa! Now we know why McCain's handlers had to keep a leash on her, she has to be the dumbest person on the planet, I bet she just ruined thanksgiving dinner for a whole lot of people!
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CajunChamp11 months, 3 weeks ago
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There is of course two sides to this. First of all it's considered run of the mill considering the location, demographic makeup, traditions, etc.
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However, Palin IMHO is not who should be blamed here although she could have had a voice. The TV station is to blame 99% for allowing this to be aired as well as making it to the national news.
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HannibalBarca11 months, 3 weeks ago
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And if anyone was stupid enough to be interviewed at a bull fight they would get just as many, probably more comments directed at them.
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I don't think she is stupid, just naive; but still, it shows me what 40-45% of Americans became infatuated with but are now taking a graceful backstep to her.
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SwampRat196111 months, 3 weeks ago
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Sorry b-happy, SNL didn't make up the part about being able to see Russia from Alaska, Palin said it herself during the interview with Charlie Gibson.
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There's nothing bogus about this story, she gave an interview and when the photographer told her what was going on behind her, she chose not to move and allowed the interview to continue. I assure you I know all three branches of the government, the preamble to the Constitution as well as the Supreme Court Justices and the presidents who appointed them. I couldn't care less that Sarah Palin has a baby, but I do find it extremely offensive that she would chose to give an interview in front of this slaughter for children and squemish adults like me, to see.-
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SwampRat196111 months, 3 weeks ago
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No, I'm well aware that one can see Russia from parts of Alaska and never said otherwise. Someone else said Palin never made that reference and I was only pointing out that she did indeed make the reference. I did not say anything regarding the process of turkey killing, only that I found it offensive that she chose such a backdrop for her interview. Whatever in the world makes you think I am a liberal? Or Fat? YOU on the other hand, cannot spell!
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b4ree7611 months, 3 weeks ago
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So what. You can see Russia from some Alaskan islands in the Bering Straight on a clear day. She did say that. Did you think that just because SNL made a joke out of it that it wasn't true? Also this process of turkey killing is approved by the FDA. The turkey is killed instantly and the movement after is just it's nerves. It is very humane. Palin is also getting national attention by offending weak liberals like yourself. Why sensor the reality of an American Holiday? When millions of fat people like yourself will gorge themselves to sickness.
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Georgia5011 months, 3 weeks ago
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Palin: one can see Russia from Alaska
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SNL: "I can see Russia from my house."
Notwithstanding liberals can't grasp the distinction in the two comments above, it is physically impossible for the naked human eye to see Russia while standing on the ground at or near the Palin residence or the governor's residence in Juneau.
Tina Fey was funny, not factual. Omigod...liberals won't get this distinction, either.
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