On Wednesday, President Obama will pardon Courage, a turkey raised on a family farm in North Carolina. In doing so he will carry on a long tradition dating back to the administration of George H.W. Bush. (Seriously -- it's not a long tradition.)

But the pardoning comes at a particularly vulnerable time for Obama. Following a week of coverage in which he was attacked by the conservative media (which was amplified by the mainstream media) for bowing to Japanese Emperor Akihito (which the majority of Americans approved of), Fox News senior correspondent Brit Hume claimed of the “bowing and scraping” overseas: “This president seems quite willing to embrace weakness as a position for the United States.”

Combined with the right-wing media's outrage that by actually demonstrating that the U.S. actually practices the kind of justice it promotes around the world, the pardoning couldn't come at a worse time for Obama.

How will Fox News react to this latest sign of Obama's “weakness”?

• Will Fox Nation and the Drudge Report run the headline “Obama Lacks Courage to Kill Courage”?

• Will John Bolton portray the event as a worldwide show trial giving Courage “extensive time in front of the cameras and the reporters”?

• Will Karl Rove explain how Obama specifically chose a North Carolina turkey to gain approval in the swing state?

• Will Bill O'Reilly host an ornithologist to analyze the Courage's reaction to the pardon?

• Will Glenn Beck somehow connect the pardoning to the appeasement of the Islamic AK Party in Turkey?

• Will Sean Hannity dig up footage of Obama and Rev. Jeremiah Wright enjoying green bean casserole at a Thanksgiving potluck in the basement of the Trinity United Church of Christ?

One thing is for certain: If Sarah Palin were president, she would pardon Courage as well, but would ensure that the rest of the turkeys were slaughtered.