a.) unintentionally satisfying the ridiculous demands of single-issue group
b.) fulfilling an obligation to look like a good person to your friends or the majority while simultaneously becoming worshipped by enemies or an ass-backwards minority
a.) By pardoning the turkey, the President enraptured PETA.
b.) Steve pardoned the turkey when he accidentaly invited his alcoholic ex-girfriend to the New Years party.
by Odin Tyrand November 30, 2009
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