Free bird: Thanksgiving turkey pardons

When Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin visited a poultry farm last November to pardon a turkey, it was a mostly unremarkable photo-op. Afterward, however, Palin unwittingly helped create a morbidly amusing viral video by giving a three-minute interview to a local TV station (screen shot pictured at left), apparently unaware that unpardoned turkeys were being slaughtered in the background. See the clip below, but be warned — even with the goriest parts blurred out, it's still not for the faint of heart (or stomach):