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Fowl Video: Turkeys Killed While Palin Talks

Updated 10:31 AM CDT, Fri, Nov 21, 2008

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Sarah Palin continued the time-honored Thanksgiving Day tradition of pardoning a turkey yesterday -- the fate of the birds' feathered friends, however, was caught on tape.

 

Ever wonder where Thanksgiving dinner comes from?

Palin Gives Interview as Turkey Gets Slaughtered

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A farm worker slaughters turkeys in plain sight just over Palin's shoulder during an interview in Wasilla, Alaska.

Gov. Sarah Palin offered some helpful insight yesterday at a farm in Wasilla, Alaska, when she gave an interview after completing the time-honored Thanksgiving Day tradition of pardoning a turkey.

The fate of the pardoned turkey's feathered friends, however, was not so lucky.

Palin's post-pardon interview was set against the backdrop of a turkey slaughtering. As a worker crammed a few of the bloodied birds head-first into a grinder, Palin continued talk of her Thanksgiving plans and state budget issues.

Warning: This video contains graphic content.

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  • Dane Conley Friday, May 1 at 7:24 AM FLAG COMMENT It's just sasd how animals are just born in a slughter house get fattend up and then killed they only go by one rule: BORN TO DIE
  • Anonymous Tuesday, Nov 25 at 6:06 PM FLAG COMMENT I couldn"t finish watching. And why aren't at least the methods of slaughtering those poor guys a little more humane. , like a quick snap of the neck first. My God! and Sarah is messed up. That's all there is to it!!
  • Chessbuff Monday, Nov 24 at 4:23 PM FLAG COMMENT Give up the meat. It's not healthy and it's cruel. Why eat a dead animal? Sarah Palin botches things up, even a non-critical interview like this turns into a fiasco for her. She's the turkey.
  • ac Sunday, Nov 23 at 10:11 AM FLAG COMMENT Best we all start chewing on the grass on our lawns, if you can't realize what happens to the animals you eat from shop-rite. It is a simple understanding of what is wrong with America today, It does not bother people what happens to others, as long as they don't have too see it.
  • Turkey & Snuffin' Sunday, Nov 23 at 8:24 AM FLAG COMMENT JESUS! Thank God you're here!

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