Matt Yglesias

The Lame Duck

Funny chyron from MSNBC:

The president-elect working hard while the president is hardly working. Of course, given what we’ve seen from the Bush administration it’s probably just as well that he stick to pardoning turkeys and leave the policy response to Obama’s team. If only he’d thought of this strategy when he first moved in to the White House.

28 Responses to “The Lame Duck”

1. bdbd Says:
   November 26th, 2008 at 10:25 am

   That will really piss the Armenians off.

2. Glenn Says:
   November 26th, 2008 at 10:42 am

   Unfortunately, Bush is not content to deal with real turkeys, but is also pushing policy turkeys. Article in the Times today has Rice trying (unsuccessfully, no doubt) to twist arms in NATO to expedite Georgia and Ukraine admission.

3. Travis Disaster Says:
   November 26th, 2008 at 10:45 am

   Is Norah the “turkey” in question?

4. pseudonymous in nc Says:
   November 26th, 2008 at 10:47 am

   The Onion provides.

5. joe from Lowell Says:
   November 26th, 2008 at 10:52 am

   Sure, you might think that pardoning a Turkey is “hardly working,” but I’ll tell you: pulling that off smoothly is trickier than it looks.

   As Exhibit A, I offer…

6. flo Says:
   November 26th, 2008 at 11:04 am

   And we thought Sarah Palin was doing the turkey duty this year…… Bush should settle for lame duck l’orange.

7. musa Says:
   November 26th, 2008 at 11:04 am

   I never really understood the “pardon the Turkey” thing. Does that mean they aren’t eating any turkey for their thanksgiving mean. I doubt it. Just another example of “Scooter Libby” justice for some turkeys, and “Sarah Palin” justice for others.

8. Doug Says:
   November 26th, 2008 at 11:23 am

   A completely appropriate division of labor, to the turkey.

9. Brian Says:
   November 26th, 2008 at 12:40 pm

   Betcha he never saw that Youtube vid…

10. ibc Says:
    November 26th, 2008 at 1:38 pm

    My wife pointed out that Bush’s current semi-retirement came close on the heels of his WH meeting with Obama, in which Obama supposedly made it crystal clear that there was to be only *one* President at a time.

    I think maybe Bush drew the wrong conclusion as to whom Obama was referring. Or maybe not…

11. Brian Says:
    November 26th, 2008 at 4:19 pm

    Now that’s what I call leadership!

12. Dean Booth Says:
    November 26th, 2008 at 4:22 pm

    … and a special Thanksgiving card from Bush:
    http://heylookhear.com/image/bushcrow

13. John Says:
    November 26th, 2008 at 7:31 pm

    But that’s just what Bush did. He spent his time choking on pretzels while Cheney ran the government.

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