Pardoned Thanksgiving turkey had to beg: “Please don’t kill me.”

[Cyrano]

There’s an unverified story that George W. Bush refused to issue the ceremonial pardon to the White House Thanksgiving turkey until it begged for its life. Specifically, he wanted to hear it gobble “Please don’t kill me.”

Those were the words that Bush himself used when, as Governor of Texas, he mocked Carla Faye Tucker who was executed when he refused to commute her death sentence. I can’t vouch for the turkey story, but we know the Carla Faye Tucker story is true.

It kinda’ makes you wonder what he did to quench his blood lust after pardoning the turkey.