Turkey Times

The NY Times took offense at the turkeys being prepared for Thanksgiving in the back ground of Gov. Palin's interview.

Ed Morrissey says:

I’m always amused by people who decry the slaughter of animals for food as some barbaric practice, as if people haven’t been eating meat for the entire history of homo sapiens. Where, exactly, do people like the editors of the New York Times think the turkey for their Thanksgiving originates — a Star Trek replicator? Instead of laughing off what was a poor decision by Palin’s staff for an interview location, we instead hear shrieks of executions from the Gray Lady:

We’ve differed with Sarah Palin a great deal on substance. We don’t agree with her hardline approach to the Iraq War, her harsh anti-government rhetoric, and her style of negative campaigning.

But we also worry a bit about, how should we put it, the persona she has brought with her to national politics. We did not care at all for the swipe she took against community organizers at the Republican National Convention.

And then there’s this. You don’t have to be a huge animal lover to question why Governor Palin chose to be interviewed — while issuing a traditional seasonal pardon of a turkey — while turkeys were being executed in the background.

The Times did manage to summarize many of the things I like about Gov. Palin. I must say I was not offended by the work going on in the background and I promise you it will not inhibit my consumption of turkey on Thanksgiving.

But Ann Althouse probably said it best.

Deal with it, you candy-asses. If you eat meat, something like that is going on in the background for you too.

I suspect that Gov. Palin would have had little difficulty field dressing those turkeys and getting them ready for the oven. It is one of the things I like about her.

Jim Treacher speculates on Biden's comments in a similar situation.