I'll post the answer in about 30 minutes .
10 Points AND Extra Gravy For The Correct Answer !!
2007-11-22 02:33:36 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
So far 5 answers and no one got it right !
2007-11-22 02:41:30 · update #1
HINT - There's a slight 'trick' in the wording which will lead you to the correct answer .
2007-11-22 02:42:51 · update #2
7 answers and none correct !
2007-11-22 02:48:06 · update #3
Myles - There must be some semantics involved here . I just watched a spot about this subject and although they acknowledged that Reagan came close , they stated that officially it was George H. W. Bush who was the first !
2007-11-22 02:57:42 · update #4
BTW, the key-word was 'Pardon' .
2007-11-22 02:58:15 · update #5
Kennedy First Gave the Turkey a stay of execution and the next day the news paper reported it as a "Pardon"
But Reagan was the first to actually use the term "Pardon" in 1987
But the Tradition we perceive today as having gone on forever that sent the turkey to the farm to live out the rest of his days began with G.H.W. Bush
EDIT: Yes you are correct about semantics-Reagan said this during the Iran-Contra hearings-as a Joke but referenced Pardoning the Turkey for Thanksgiving, I guess his Vice President G.H.W. Bush took notice and decided to use it officially
2007-11-22 02:50:12 · answer #1 · answered by Myles D 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The origins of the tradition of pardoning the White House turkey is controversial. Many credit President Harry Truman with starting the informal and lighthearted tradition in 1947. Surely you dont mean George H Bush
2007-11-22 10:38:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
George H.W. Bush was the first.
Reagan was the first president to use the word 'pardon' but he was answering a question about Ollie North.
2007-11-22 11:02:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trueman did and others beat me to it.
But How pardoned Turkey the country for the genocide of Christian Armenians 90 years ago and allow this to go on and will not allow any one who denies the Holocaust 70 years ago.
Is money so important to throw values away on this day of thanksgiving which is to God and turn our back on his word and his people.
No it is not and any one how defends this is as evil and has the blood of fellow Christians on his hands and soul.
2007-11-22 11:04:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jack Kennedy
2007-11-22 10:50:20 · answer #5 · answered by ♥ Mel 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ford
He pardon a turkey = Nixon
2007-11-22 10:37:11 · answer #6 · answered by Whitest_American 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Heard this trivia question on TV Richard Nixon.
2007-11-22 10:49:58 · answer #7 · answered by Mister2-15-2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to the news stories, it was Abraham Lincoln.
2007-11-22 13:32:08 · answer #8 · answered by Nothingusefullearnedinschool 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The tradition goes back to Harry Truman ,the man who said "the buck stops here ".
2007-11-22 10:55:07 · answer #9 · answered by TroubleMaker 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Harry S Truman
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2007-11-22 10:51:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋