Posted on 11/26/2008 5:10:40 PM PST by silent_jonny
Today President Bush took part in the 61st National Thanksgiving Turkey Ceremony in the White House Rose Garden. (Transcript)
This is my final Thanksgiving as the President. Over the past eight years, I have been given many reasons to be thankful. I'm thankful to our men and women in uniform and I am incredibly proud to have been their Commander-in-Chief. (Applause.) I am thankful for the armies of compassion volunteers who feed the hungry and shelter the poor. I am thankful for the teachers and nurses and pastors police officers and firefighters, and others who serve their neighbors and better their communities.I'm thankful for the wonderful and supporting family that I have been blessed with. I'm grateful to Laura for her love. I'm grateful for two Thanksgiving miracles who were blessed -- who we were blessed with 27 years ago: Barbara and Jenna. I'm thankful for the fact that my mother is doing well. (Applause.) And this year we're looking forward to having another place at our Thanksgiving table with a son-in-law, and I'm thankful for Henry.
President & Mrs. Bush and their daughter Barbara departed the White House this afternoon for Camp David, where they will stay this Thanksgiving weekend.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice held a news conference at the State Department in Washington.
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The White House: It's a museum where tourists come to see our country's history, a place of business where some of the greatest decisions of democracy have been made and, to the families of 41 presidents, it has also been a home. The White House is perhaps the most photographed location in the United States but those images rarely get beyond the exterior.Now, President and Mrs. Bush invite viewers to join them on the first in-depth televised tour of this grand residence since Jacqueline Kennedy invited cameras inside in 1962. President and Mrs. Bush share their own personal insights into what it has been like to live in this historic house.
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Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island 
President George W. Bush stands between Paul Hill, left, of the National Turkey Federation, and his son, Nathan Hill during the pardoning of the Thanksgiving turkey Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008, in the Rose Garden of the White House. This year marked the 61st anniversary of the National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation and Pardoning. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian
Happy Thanksgiving!
Why do they put all the shows I want to watch on at the same time? West Side Story is on, too. Singing and dancing teen gangs and Natalie Wood!
Nice Thanksgiving decor outside.
Happy Thanksgiving, tallyhoe!
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President George W. Bush stands with three generations of the Hill family who raised "Pumpkin", the National Thanksgiving Turkey on their Ellsworth, Ohio farm, after the President gave officially pardoned the bird on November 26, 2008 in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC.
The History Channel will repeat these two shows tonight:
12:00 AM Eastern time
Secret Access: Air Force One:
Viewers will go where only the most elite insiders from the highest levels of the US government are allowed—on board Air Force One. Discover what makes this uniquely modified Boeing 747 faster, more secure, more comfortable and more capable than any other comparable plane. Take a 20,000-mile voyage through the heart of Africa and join the crew and privileged passengers on one of Air Force One’s most challenging missions.
TVPG
01:00 AM Eastern
The White House: Behind Closed Doors:
The White House is at all times many different things. It’s a museum where tourists come to see our country’s history, a place of business where some of the greatest decisions of democracy have been made and, to the families of 41 Presidents, it has also been a home. The White House is perhaps the most photographed location in all of the United States of America but those images are mostly from the outside looking in. Now, President and Mrs. Bush invite viewers to join them on the first in-depth televised tour of this grand residence since Jacqueline Kennedy invited cameras inside in 1962. President and Mrs. Bush share their own personal insights and what it has been like to live in this historical house. In addition, special guests, brothers Leslie and Leigh Keno, well known from television’s Antiques Roadshow, join Mrs. Bush to offer their insight and engaging curiosity to the journey.
TVPG
Thank you!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Young members of the Rose Garden audience gather around Pumpkin, the National Thanksgiving Turkey, after it was officially pardoned by President George W. Bush during festivities Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008, at the White House. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian
or was it Popcorn and Cranberry?
OH MAN I going watch History channel on that
Hey how Barbara Bush Sr she is okay
In this image released by Disneyland, Pumpkin the turkey is greeted by Jack Valentino, 3, from Easton, Conn., before boarding a flight at Dulles International Airport following the National Thanksgiving Turkey pardoning ceremony at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008. Pumpkin and his alternate Pecan are being flown to Disneyland where they will participate in the Thanksgiving Day Parade and live out their lives in a special area inside Frontierland.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice fields a question during a news conference at the State Department in Washington November 26, 2008.
I read on Fox News that she had to have surgery for a perforated ulcer, but is doing well.
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