http://dailycaller.com/2014/11/26/obama-i-just-took-an-action-to-change-the-law/
The great thing about Obama’s TelePrompter is that when he stops reading from it, he slips up and tells the truth.
The White House has argued that President Obama’s executive amnesty order last week was made well within the existing law. But in remarks in Chicago tonight, President Obama went off script and admitted that in fact he unilaterally made changes to the law.
President Obama made the admission after getting heckled for several minutes by immigration protesters.
“Now, you’re absolutely right that there have been significant numbers of deportations. That’s true. But what you are not paying attention to is the fact that I just took an action to change the law.”
WOW!
The great thing about Obama’s TelePrompter is that when he stops reading from it, he slips up and tells the truth.
The White House has argued that President Obama’s executive amnesty order last week was made well within the existing law. But in remarks in Chicago tonight, President Obama went off script and admitted that in fact he unilaterally made changes to the law.
President Obama made the admission after getting heckled for several minutes by immigration protesters.
“Now, you’re absolutely right that there have been significant numbers of deportations. That’s true. But what you are not paying attention to is the fact that I just took an action to change the law.”
WOW!
[h=1]Do bored teenage daughters get a pardon too? Sasha and Malia can't hide their disdain as Obama saves turkey from the slaughterhouse[/h]
.
- U.S. presidents have been pardoning turkeys since the 1800s as part of the country's national Thanksgiving holiday
- Gary Cooper, the chairman of the National Turkey Federation, is responsible for raising the presidential turkey flock
- This year he presented Mac and Cheese as contenders for the title as Malia and Sasha looked on in total boredom
.
It is a time-honored tradition - but Sasha and Malia would rather have been anywhere else than having to watch their dad crack lame jokes as he pardoned the National Thanksgiving Turkey.
Shuffling awkwardly and rolling their eyes like any teenage girls would while their father laughed at his own - mildly controversial jokes - Malia and Sasha made no attempt to appear anything other than bored stiff.
Indeed, after President Obama had pardoned four-month-old, 49-pound Cheese, he asked Malia if she wanted to pet the turkey.
'Nah', she replied without evening cracking a smile, summing up her and her sister's amusing indifference to the bizarre annual ceremony.
Cracking asides about his recent hotly contested executive action on immigration, Obama's shtick left his daughters rigid and disinterested, despite the press corp laughing heartily at the president's jokes.
No doubt the girls have heard it all before from their dad but as he relished in his solemn authority to 'spare the lives of two turkeys, Mac and Cheese', both their eyes veered from staring at the floor in embarrassment to barely concealed yawns.
Obviously, like all dads, the president appeared oblivious, smiling and beaming throughout the ritual as he condemned the other turkey, Mac to its sad fate.
'Let’s face it, if you’re a turkey and you’re named after a side dish, your chances of escaping Thanksgiving dinner are pretty low!' said Obama.
.
Shuffling awkwardly and rolling their eyes like any teenage girls would while their father laughed at his own - mildly controversial jokes - Malia and Sasha made no attempt to appear anything other than bored stiff.
Indeed, after President Obama had pardoned four-month-old, 49-pound Cheese, he asked Malia if she wanted to pet the turkey.
'Nah', she replied without evening cracking a smile, summing up her and her sister's amusing indifference to the bizarre annual ceremony.
Cracking asides about his recent hotly contested executive action on immigration, Obama's shtick left his daughters rigid and disinterested, despite the press corp laughing heartily at the president's jokes.
No doubt the girls have heard it all before from their dad but as he relished in his solemn authority to 'spare the lives of two turkeys, Mac and Cheese', both their eyes veered from staring at the floor in embarrassment to barely concealed yawns.
Obviously, like all dads, the president appeared oblivious, smiling and beaming throughout the ritual as he condemned the other turkey, Mac to its sad fate.
'Let’s face it, if you’re a turkey and you’re named after a side dish, your chances of escaping Thanksgiving dinner are pretty low!' said Obama.
.
+21
Could we BE anymore bored? The president obviously enjoys the annual Thanksgiving turkey pardon, but his daughters looked like they would rather be anywhere else
+21
Why are you all laughing? He isn't funny!: President Obama honored the gobbler during a traditional pardoning ceremony at the White House on Wednesday afternoon, while Sasha and Malia did their best to laugh at his jokes
+21
What did we do to deserve this? The president jostled with the assembled press corp and made jokes about his recent executive action on immigration. His daughters tried not to fall asleep it seemed through sheer boredom
.
+21
Oh god here he goes: Malia looks to Sasha to see if she is as into the Thanksgiving turkey pardon ceremony as their dad is. She is not
+21
Is it over? Come on dad!: The President's daughters dressed in festive colors as they stood by for the turkey pardoning ceremony
+21
Enthusiasm for tradition: The National Thanksgiving Turkey has been announced - a dashing four-month-old bird by the name of Cheese
+21
Bored stiff? However, the two teenage girls appeared particularly underwhelmed by the affair
+21
Is he finished? The girls appear to smile during the ceremony which took place at the White House today
.
Cheese - who will be rehomed at a country estate in Virginia instead of being eaten for dinner - was described as a 'grand champion' weighing 49lbs.
His alluring gobble was defined as 'loud' and 'romantic' with a 'country ring.'
This year the White House asked Twitter users to help decide which bird should receive the official pardon.
Cheese was vying against his buddy, Mac. But his larger size and head-turning squawk saw him claim victory.
.
Although only one bird was pardoned, both will be saved from the roasting tray and rehomed at Morven Park, the former home of a Virginia governor.
Obama joked that he had spared Mac and Cheese 'from a terrible and delicious fate.'
U.S. presidents have been pardoning turkeys since the 1800s as part of the country's national Thanksgiving holiday.
The vote was extended to the public in 2012.
Continuing a family tradition, Gary Cooper, the chairman of the National Turkey Federation, is responsible for raising the presidential turkey flock each year.
+21
Top catch: Cheese - who will be rehomed at a country estate in Virginia instead of being eaten for dinner - was described as a 'grand champion' weighing 49lbs
+21
Soothing tones: His alluring gobble was defined as 'loud' and 'romantic' with a 'country ring'
+21
Prize specimen: This year the White House asked Twitter users to help decide which bird should receive the official pardon
+21
Tradition: U.S. presidents have been pardoning turkeys since the 1800s as part of the country's national Thanksgiving holiday
+21
Grand occasion: President Obama is flanked by his daughters Sasha (far right) and Malia (right) while Cheese's breeder, National Turkey Federation Chairman Gary Cooper (second left) hold the bird tight
.
His alluring gobble was defined as 'loud' and 'romantic' with a 'country ring.'
This year the White House asked Twitter users to help decide which bird should receive the official pardon.
Cheese was vying against his buddy, Mac. But his larger size and head-turning squawk saw him claim victory.
.
Although only one bird was pardoned, both will be saved from the roasting tray and rehomed at Morven Park, the former home of a Virginia governor.
Obama joked that he had spared Mac and Cheese 'from a terrible and delicious fate.'
U.S. presidents have been pardoning turkeys since the 1800s as part of the country's national Thanksgiving holiday.
The vote was extended to the public in 2012.
Continuing a family tradition, Gary Cooper, the chairman of the National Turkey Federation, is responsible for raising the presidential turkey flock each year.
+21
Top catch: Cheese - who will be rehomed at a country estate in Virginia instead of being eaten for dinner - was described as a 'grand champion' weighing 49lbs
+21
Soothing tones: His alluring gobble was defined as 'loud' and 'romantic' with a 'country ring'
+21
Prize specimen: This year the White House asked Twitter users to help decide which bird should receive the official pardon
+21
Tradition: U.S. presidents have been pardoning turkeys since the 1800s as part of the country's national Thanksgiving holiday
+21
Grand occasion: President Obama is flanked by his daughters Sasha (far right) and Malia (right) while Cheese's breeder, National Turkey Federation Chairman Gary Cooper (second left) hold the bird tight
.
+21
Ruffled: Cheese and his competitor Mac traveled nine hours on Monday by car from their home in Ohio to their lavish $350 custom-suite at the Willard InterContinental, complete with a flat screen TV, mini bar and wood shaving pit
+21
Big moment: But the journey wasn't in vain - on Wednesday the gobblers met President Obama to battle it out for the title of National Thanksgiving Turkey - meaning the more beauty sleep they got the better
+21
Luxurious: An image of the room the White House turkeys were staying in - the bill was footed by the National Turkey Federation
+21
Rock and roll behavior: Apparently the turkeys were trying to order room service as they pecked around their luxury residence
.
