Fake Turkey Edition

[dreissig]

This week's Top Ten Conservative Idiots includes the report that Bush used a "fake" turkey as a prop. The Washington post story referenced in the report implies that the turkey was fake but doesn't say so explicitly. I have been reprimanded for jumping to conclusions about the turkey, to wit: You libs are always spreading lies. How do you know the turkey was fake?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33090-2003Dec3.html

It seems obvious to me that Bush's handlers wouldn't leave it to chance that he might pick up an unappealing turkey. These are the people who moved an aircraft carrier a mile out to sea so the camera wouldn't show the San Diego Coast. They would certainly use food cosmetics to enhance the appearance of the turkey.

That turkey may have started out in life as an ordinary bird, but the prop that Bush presented to the camera was certainly fake. There's no doubt that it was inedible.

[Must_B_Free]

1. You idiot

the army ALWAYS puts fresh food out to rot at the end of a service line.

[Maple]

2. It was listed

as a table decoration.

And he was holding it with no strain.

Plastic.

[kskiska]

3. If these "table decorations" were real turkeys

what's to keep the guys from slicing off some real meat rather than the cardboard stuff they were served?

[5thGenDemocrat]

4. My guess would be

A 320-pound mess sergeant.
John
And some heavily-armed Secret Service agents. Sharp knives make them antsy. Especially of late.

[burning bush]

5. Its TOFURKEY!

Ive said it before...I like Tofurkey. I ate Tofurkey on Thanksgiving. I even have a spare Tofurkey in my fridge, and I'll tell you this...

Howard Dean is no Tofurkey.