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Sesame Street tells Obama campaign to take down ad which mocks Romney by showing Big Bird as 'evil genius'
One of the most memorable moments of the first presidential debate was Mitt Romney's declaration, 'I love Big Bird' - despite promising to cut funding to PBS. Now, in an attempt to salvage something from Barack Obama's disastrous night, the Democrats have exploited the incident for a sarcastic new campaign ad. The 30-second video, released today, mocks Mr Romney for taking aim at the public broadcaster rather than cracking down on financial fraud. But Sesame Street has criticised the Obama campaign for exploiting their character and demanded that the ad be cancelled and removed from the internet. The ad was inspired by the moment in last Wednesday's debate when the Republican candidate turned to moderator Jim Lehrer, a PBS host, and said he would defund the service. 'I'm sorry Jim, I'm going to stop the subsidy to PBS,' he said. 'I like PBS - I love Big Bird, I actually like you too, but I'm going to stop borrowing money from China to pay for things we don't need.' See the ads here http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2215109/U-S-presidential-election-2012-Obama-campaign-savages-Big-Bird-ad-mocking-Mitt-Romney.html |
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"Four years ago, President Obama said that if you don't have a record to run on, 'you make a big election about small things.' With 23 million people struggling for work, incomes falling, and gas prices soaring, Americans deserve more from their president," spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg said.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/09/obama-campaign-deploys-big-bird-in-new-ad/#ixzz28sS6gN9x |
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I like big bird.
Fried with french fries. BTW I thought Gov had already said they stopped subsidizing a PBS?? I may be wrong. I am often told I am. 
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I like big bird. Fried with french fries. BTW I thought Gov had already said they stopped subsidizing a PBS?? I may be wrong. I am often told I am.
 
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 I just thought it was funny that Big Bird has his feathers ruffled
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Edited by
willing2
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Wed 10/10/12 03:41 PM
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"Four years ago, President Obama said that if you don't have a record to run on, 'you make a big election about small things.' With 23 million people struggling for work, incomes falling, and gas prices soaring, Americans deserve more from their president," spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg said. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/09/obama-campaign-deploys-big-bird-in-new-ad/#ixzz28sS6gN9x Live by the tongue, die by the tongue. Ha, ha!
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That would be funny if it wasn't so true. What's the funniest thing about it is Barry is to stupid to realize that Sesame Street is a cash cow and if PBS went off the air it wouldn't take them two minutes to find another station to pick them up. |
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That would be funny if it wasn't so true. What's the funniest thing about it is Barry is to stupid to realize that Sesame Street is a cash cow and if PBS went off the air it wouldn't take them two minutes to find another station to pick them up. |
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Hussein even approves this message.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bZxs09eV-Vc |
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Sesame Street tells Obama campaign to take down ad which mocks Romney by showing Big Bird as 'evil genius' One of the most memorable moments of the first presidential debate was Mitt Romney's declaration, 'I love Big Bird' - despite promising to cut funding to PBS. Now, in an attempt to salvage something from Barack Obama's disastrous night, the Democrats have exploited the incident for a sarcastic new campaign ad. The 30-second video, released today, mocks Mr Romney for taking aim at the public broadcaster rather than cracking down on financial fraud. But Sesame Street has criticised the Obama campaign for exploiting their character and demanded that the ad be cancelled and removed from the internet. The ad was inspired by the moment in last Wednesday's debate when the Republican candidate turned to moderator Jim Lehrer, a PBS host, and said he would defund the service. 'I'm sorry Jim, I'm going to stop the subsidy to PBS,' he said. 'I like PBS - I love Big Bird, I actually like you too, but I'm going to stop borrowing money from China to pay for things we don't need.' See the ads here http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2215109/U-S-presidential-election-2012-Obama-campaign-savages-Big-Bird-ad-mocking-Mitt-Romney.html I dont know if those ads aired, or if they were leaked,, in any case, I believe they have since ceased to be a campaign option but it is symbolic of politics in general, it gets tiring keeping up with all the gossip and unproven allegations and spin,,,etc,,, it would be nice to have anonymous candidates, no commercials, just infomercials with their name and what they have done in the social and political arenas NO Talk about any other candidate but themself and then let the voters decide,,, would be nice, but would never happen in such a gossip/sensationalism culture |
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Edited by
msharmony
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Thu 10/11/12 09:57 AM
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or, on the contrary get rid of social services get rid of education get rid of medicare get rid of healthcare get rid of big bird SAVE outsourcing, big business,,,,and uberrich entitlements |
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Edited by
TJN
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Thu 10/11/12 12:00 PM
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or, on the contrary get rid of social services get rid of education get rid of medicare get rid of healthcare get rid of big bird SAVE outsourcing, big business,,,,and uberrich entitlements "but it is symbolic of politics in general, it gets tiring keeping up with all the gossip and unproven allegations and spin,,,etc,,, " You post about unproven allegations then you post some? Hypocrisy? |
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or, on the contrary get rid of social services get rid of education get rid of medicare get rid of healthcare get rid of big bird SAVE outsourcing, big business,,,,and uberrich entitlements "but it is symbolic of politics in general, it gets tiring keeping up with all the gossip and unproven allegations and spin,,,etc,,, " You post about unproven allegations then you post some? Hypocrisy? just an example of how easy it is to spin things,,, |
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First thing ya' hear in the commercial is he is Barry and he approves dis message.
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First thing ya' hear in the commercial is he is Barry and he approves dis message. sure do just like you hear in all the candidates pac ads that make ridiciulous assertions,,,, |
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