Remember that time Scooter Libby dressed up as a giant turkey and got a presidential pardon from G.W. Bush? You might have thought of such an act as the epitome of political corruption and sleaziness... but not all pardons are political acts of self-interest, and sometimes doing the right thing, especially if you're Obama, requires that you set aside political considerations and poll rankings, and just get down to the business of non-partisan righteousness :)
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