# Palin Pardons Stevens!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 21, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-pardons-stevens/473843 "2008-11-21T16:16:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-pardons-stevens/473843/21 "2008-11-21T21:03:51Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Is she drinking coffee through a _straw_? It’s kitten blood. She learned that trick from Dick Cheney, who is actually 339 years old. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-pardons-stevens/473843/22 "2008-11-21T21:49:06Z")
I suppose that is better manners than her going face-first into the blood trough behind her to get her fill. She has \*some \*politcal accumen I guess…just not enough. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-pardons-stevens/473843/23 "2008-11-21T21:54:07Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > It’s kitten blood. She learned that trick from Dick Cheney, who is actually 339 years old. Okay, that’s twice today I’ve been tempted to propose based on a single post. And this time it was a guy. My girlfriend is not going to find this funny. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-pardons-stevens/473843/24 "2008-11-21T22:05:39Z")
> [@Influential\_Panda](#): > > I cracked up. He looks so confused stuffing that turkey in the Turkeymatic. “Should I?” He seems to go back and forth between slaughtering it and waiting for her to leave, and the trough of blood and feathers behind her makes for a great visual. Spot on media work, Sarah. I laughed my ass off. This guy can’t wait for the Governor to leave before slaughtering the turkey on TV? He keeps looking at the camera with that stupid look on his face, and then the turkey starts thrashing around…Classic.. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-pardons-stevens/473843/25 "2008-11-21T22:10:38Z")
Someone on the YouTube site commented: Can you imagine SNL and Tina Fey doing a skit on this? It will be priceless… ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-pardons-stevens/473843/26 "2008-11-21T23:09:49Z")
> [@jtgain](#): > > I laughed my ass off. This guy can’t wait for the Governor to leave before slaughtering the turkey on TV? He keeps looking at the camera with that stupid look on his face, and then the turkey starts thrashing around…Classic.. That was Joe the Turkey Killer there. I hope someone does an interview with him. Maybe he should write a book! I wonder if he can sing. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-pardons-stevens/473843/27 "2008-11-21T23:42:25Z")
> [@Influential\_Panda](#): > > I cracked up. He looks so confused stuffing that turkey in the Turkeymatic. “Should I?” He seems to go back and forth between slaughtering it and waiting for her to leave, and the trough of blood and feathers behind her makes for a great visual. Exactly. His hesitation gives the whole thing a Spinal Tap quality. It’s funny even with the sound off. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-pardons-stevens/473843/28 "2008-11-22T00:05:11Z")
I just can’t stop laughing about the second interview. How surreal. Poor Palin has no savvy at all. Loved when the interviewer asks about programs “going on the chopping block”, as Tom the Turkey Butcher goes to work. Tina Fey’s phone must be ringin’ off the hook from SNL calling for a recap. Though, don’t know how you could do it any better without getting very very dark humored. Michael O’Donohue, wherefore art thou? ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-pardons-stevens/473843/29 "2008-11-22T00:28:01Z")
Is it me or is she wearing a Burberry scarf? Atleast she learned _something_ by being a Veep nominee! ---
**Author:** ![dawson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@dawson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dawson)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-pardons-stevens/473843/30 "2008-11-22T01:08:43Z")
I’m pretty sure the turkey in the turkomatic was thrashing around because Joe was taking so long. I’m sure i heard the turkey saying “Will. She Ever. Shut. Up?!? For the love of all that is holy hurry up and shear my head off man!” ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-pardons-stevens/473843/31 "2008-11-22T01:09:17Z")
yes, she is wearing a burberry scarf. i saw it on countdown last night. shuster had it as breaking news. eyes rolling, head shaking, i just don’t know about gov. palin. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-pardons-stevens/473843/32 "2008-11-22T01:17:13Z")
> [@elelle](#): > > Michael O’Donohue, wherefore art thou? Wherefore is he what? “Wherefore” means “why”. My God, Palin is continuing what Bush has done for eight years: providing scenes that you’d swear came from a very darkly comedic political satire, except that they’re real. Actually, if you made this scene up, it’d seem heavy-handed. ETA: I’d no idea a turkey keeps thrashing around for so long with its throat cut. I’m starting to feel really good about having a job that doesn’t have me splattered with turkey blood. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-pardons-stevens/473843/33 "2008-11-22T01:42:13Z")
> [@elelle](#): > > Michael O’Donohue, wherefore art thou? Tragically, the beloved host of “Mr. Mike’s Least Loved Bedtime Tales” died. [Horribly](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_O'Donoghue). ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-pardons-stevens/473843/34 "2008-11-22T01:52:32Z")
Oh yep, I know that, he was a hero of mine. What i was alluding to is that he would have been the one on SNL to have Palin, at the end of her turkey abbatoire interview… Palin: "Hey, where’s Trig?..who’s got Trig? Where’s… [ ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-pardons-stevens/473843/35 "2008-11-22T02:02:08Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Is she drinking coffee through a _straw_? It doesn’t mess up your lipstick as much as mouthing the lid of the cup. Damn, that sounded kinda dirty… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-pardons-stevens/473843/36 "2008-11-22T04:07:43Z")
MSNBC is now reporting that Palin’s people say she had _no_ idea that the turkey slaughter was going on behind her. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-pardons-stevens/473843/37 "2008-11-22T04:13:00Z")
> [@elelle](#): > > …I don’t know how you could do it any better without getting very very dark humored… Easy have Palin pardoning an actual human being, then giving an interview in front of a guillotine in use.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-pardons-stevens/473843/38 "2008-11-22T05:21:45Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Sorry about the forum. I claim caffeine deficit. As to the thread title, a moment’s thought would tell you that a governor can’t pardon a senator. Hence: JOKE! Um… That joke would be on you. There’s no particular reason a governor can’t pardon a senator. Now, it’s true that no governor could pardon this particular senator on the particular charges at issue here, but that’s because they are federal charges – “offenses against the United States” – and that falls to the President to pardon, if he is so inclined. But if Stevens were convicted of DUI in Anchorage, or mass murder in Juneau, then Palin could most certainly pardon him. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-pardons-stevens/473843/39 "2008-11-22T06:18:54Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Now, it’s true that no governor could pardon this particular senator on the particular charges at issue here, but that’s because they are federal charges – “offenses against the United States” – and that falls to the President to pardon, if he is so inclined. Odds are that Stevens will be near the top of Bush’s list of deserving felons. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-pardons-stevens/473843/40 "2008-11-22T15:59:36Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Um… > > That joke would be on you. There’s no particular reason a governor can’t pardon a senator. > > Now, it’s true that no governor could pardon this particular senator on the particular charges at issue here, but that’s because they are federal charges – “offenses against the United States” – and that falls to the President to pardon, if he is so inclined. > > But if Stevens were convicted of DUI in Anchorage, or mass murder in Juneau, then Palin could most certainly pardon him. And then…depression set in. Lighten up, Francis. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-pardons-stevens/473843.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-pardons-stevens/473843.md?page=3)