Puppet Turkey Opposes Lisbon Treaty

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4:08 PM, Jun 12, 2008 • By JAIME SNEIDER

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capt.cps.mrv67.120608105550.photo00.photo.default-512x335.jpg Dustin the Turkey, via Yahoo News

Now if only Dustin the Turkey would endorse John McCain:

Opponents of a European Union reform treaty received the backing of Ireland's Eurovision Song Contest flop Dustin the Turkey as voters went to the polls Thursday.

"Isn't a shame there wasn't a third box we could tick that just said: 'What?'" said the purple-beaked glove puppet, who tried and failed for European glory in this year's competition.

"That way they'd have to go back to the table, work out a proper way of explaining the thing, and people would know what it is that's on offer," he was quoted as saying by The Irish Sun tabloid.

Dustin's comments reflect a widespread view that the Lisbon Treaty, designed to reform EU institutions after recent expansion of the bloc, is incomprehensible.