Off With Their Heads! NOT!

Did you know the tradition of the President of the United States Pardoning Turkeys from  getting beheaded started off with Truman?   Or did it?  I read that Lincoln did it also.  And maybe some off and on since then, but Harry S. Truman kicked off the traditional officially.

I do not know for a fact, but would not be surprised if Obama got criticized for pardoning the Thanksgiving  turkey.   To some, he can't do anything right.

I am almost sure some people will search for a reason to criticize his every move.

Like, why did he pick a white turkey to pardon?