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  1. The Obamas will be spending their first Thanksgiving at the WH. No public events scheduled. And to one and all: a happy holiday.
  2. All three network evening newscasts leading tonight with the Toyota Recall of accelerator pedals.
  3. http://twitpic.com/qxilv - Obamas packing Thanksgiving grocery bags today at food pantry. (Pool photo by Greg Clugston/SRN)
  4. They filled each of the bags with donated goods incl a turkey, fresh veggies, canned goods, stuffing and a pumpkin pie.
  5. The Obama Family incl daughters & grandma visisted Martha's Table food pantry to assemble bags of food for local needy.
  6. @mitchellreports thanks very much. the same to you.
  7. @criticaljane Bush/43 granted no pardons till Christmas of his 2nd year in office. At one point, he was Turkeys -4, People -0.
  8. Over 1,000 pardon requests are pending for Obama, 232 received since he took office.
  9. Obama Pardon Scoreboard: People - 0; Turkeys - 1. Obama has yet to grant any pardons or commutations (to ppl) since taking office.
  10. @EnviroChem We put the P-U in pun.
  11. @MikeMoffo it's to avoid 70 replies that exclaim: "Huh? I don't get it."
  12. Mark - tell us about how other presidents handled thanksgiving turkeys. Glad you asked. Check out my webpiece: http://bit.ly/5j4BNH
  13. Best turkey pardon story of the day is eligible for the pullet surprise. (pulitzer prize, get it?)
  14. Obama Quote of the Day: "I was planning to eat this sucker..." he said of Courage the Turkey, whom he eventually pardoned.
  15. Obama was clearly bemused by the idea of a turkey pardon. "Is there an official gesture," he asked before bestowing the pardon.
  16. "He's like a large chicken," Malia Obama told her dad who repeated the observation to his turkey pardon audience.
  17. Daughters Malia and Sasha stand behind the president as he announces the turkey pardon.
  18. Presidential turkey pardon moved from Rose Garden to North Portico - due to fowl weather. (get it? fowl weather?)
  19. And in Copenhagen on Dec 9, Obama will announce his plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in US by 17% below '05 levels in 2020.
  20. Gibbs also said: "You've heard the pres say this:" 'we're not going to be there (Afghanistan) forever." His remarks Tues will reflect that.