Kicker: Presidential pardon

NICK EICHER, HOST: Let's talk turkey. President Biden at the White House Monday considered the appeals of two plump Minnesota birds with a taste for tater tots and Bon Jovi rock anthems.

SOT: “Based on your temperament and commitment to being productive members of society, I hereby pardon Peach and Blossom.”

But if there’s one rule in show business (and its Washington subsidiary, politics) it’s “never work with children or animals”—and Peach the turkey proved the rule:

SOT: (Gobble) “Yeah, I hear you.” (Laughter)

The birds gobbled on and on during the tongue-in-cheek remarks, as though they were heckling the president as he described their journey from the farm to the White House.

SOT: They were s- -- (a turkey gobbles) -- they -- (laughter) -- they were -- stayed nice, listening to their favorite music, which apparently includes the song ‘Living on a Prayer.’”

Prayers answered, Peach and Blossom leave the White House with a pardon and not a care in the world as they return to Minnesota free as a bird, and with apologies to Lynyrd Skynyrd, maybe gobbling out a different rock anthem.

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