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Happy Thanksgiving

Doug Mataconis · Thursday, November 24, 2011 · 6 comments

From The West Wing, my favorite mashup of politics and Thanksgiving:

A few years earlier, President Bartlet pardoned a turkey:

Happy Thanksgiving, all.

FILED UNDER: Open Forum, The West Wing, Turkey

About Doug Mataconis

Doug Mataconis held a B.A. in Political Science from Rutgers University and J.D. from George Mason University School of Law. He joined the staff of OTB in May 2010 and contributed a staggering 16,483 posts before his retirement in January 2020. He passed far too young in July 2021.

Comments

G.A.Phillips says:

Thursday, 24 November 2011 at 10:06

Happy Thanksgiving:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODkR4nSRSTs&feature=related
Neil Hudelson says:

Thursday, 24 November 2011 at 11:47

Your first clip is actually my favorite clip from the entire series.
Robert in SF says:

Thursday, 24 November 2011 at 12:16

This Facebook page popped up a while back:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Joe-Bethersonton/111382868880575

And this request to a cooking column:
http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/26/could-i-be-killing-my-guests-and-other-thanksgiving-queries/

God, I love pop culture in-jokes and meta-references! 🙂 Well, when I get them that is!
Rick Almeida says:

Thursday, 24 November 2011 at 19:20

Happy Thanksgiving to Doug, the rest of the OTB family, and the commentariat.
Ernieyeball says:

Thursday, 24 November 2011 at 21:55

Good Food, Good Meat
Good God
Let’s Eat!
Solomon Kleinsmith says:

Friday, 25 November 2011 at 10:03

The West Wing is like Seinfeld, but for politics… there is a scene about almost everything.