Big Bird - how desperate can Obama be?

Jeffwhosoever · Oct 9, 2012

Poor Obama - now Big Bird is abandoning him.

'Sesame Street' Asks Obama Campaign To Take Down Big Bird Ad (VIDEO)

NightHawkeye · Oct 9, 2012

Jeffwhosoever said:
Poor Obama - now Big Bird is abandoning him.

'Sesame Street' Asks Obama Campaign To Take Down Big Bird Ad (VIDEO)

Well ... yeah. :doh:

Have you seen some of the anti-Obama ads Big Bird has done?

Big Bird of Sesame Street disses Barack and Michelle Obama - YouTube

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QuiltAngel · Oct 9, 2012

NightHawkeye said:
Well ... yeah.

Have you seen some of the anti-Obama ads Big Bird has done?
Big Bird of Sesame Street disses Barack and Michelle Obama - YouTube

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This looks like it is from the Tonight Show. But, yeah, they should not have done that either.

NightHawkeye · Oct 9, 2012

QuiltAngel said:
This looks like it is from the Tonight Show. But, yeah, they should not have done that either.

Hi, QuiltAngel. :wave:

This video has been around for a few years. You can find several versions of it. It gained enough notoriety that Fox News even aired it.

Thekla · Oct 9, 2012

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abdAlSalam · Oct 9, 2012

Obama campaign makes ad about opposition's stated position: Desperate.
Conservatives freaking out about the jobs report, claiming that the drop in unemployment means that the numbers are manufactured: Not desperate.

Good to know...

lipensfan · Oct 9, 2012

abdAlSalam said:
Obama campaign makes ad about opposition's stated position: Desperate.
Conservatives freaking out about the jobs report, claiming that the drop in unemployment means that the numbers are manufactured: Not desperate.

Good to know...

The whole "Big Bird" thing is ridiculous from both sides. It's just as ridiculous as the whole "fair share" thing.

PBS represents such a small portion of our budget that it shouldn't even be mentioned.

abysmul · Oct 9, 2012

lipensfan said:
The whole "Big Bird" thing is ridiculous from both sides. It's just as ridiculous as the whole "fair share" thing.

PBS represents such a small portion of our budget that it shouldn't even be mentioned.

It should be mentioned, along with the other countless wastes of American Tax Dollars. It's piece of the problem, but is an excellent example of the stupidity of Washington and the collapse of our government into a big government, totalitarian, 2-party-acting-as-1 State.

abdAlSalam · Oct 9, 2012

PBS is hardly a "waste".

lipensfan · Oct 9, 2012

abysmul said:
It should be mentioned, along with the other countless wastes of American Tax Dollars. It's piece of the problem, but is an excellent example of the stupidity of Washington and the collapse of our government into a big government, totalitarian, 2-party-acting-as-1 State.

It's a piece of the problem for sure but discussing it is just as ridiculous as talking about the whole "fair share" thing. Raising taxes on the "wealthy" by a few percentage points will pay for about a week of spending. Cutting funding to PBS will pay for an hour or so.

These are just points politicians make because they are afraid to address the real issues that are causing the debt to skyrocket. When they start talking about fixing FDR's mess I'll listen.

abysmul · Oct 9, 2012

abdAlSalam said:
PBS is hardly a "waste".

I love PBS, I've watched it all my life, I've supported my local stations. I think they are a waste of tax payer money and feel it would have no problem supporting itself as a 100% commercial enterprise, and if it doesn't want to exist that way it's free to attempt so survive solely off of donations IMHO.

Thekla · Oct 9, 2012

abysmul said:
It should be mentioned, along with the other countless wastes of American Tax Dollars. It's piece of the problem, but is an excellent example of the stupidity of Washington and the collapse of our government into a big government, totalitarian, 2-party-acting-as-1 State.

Sesame Street - Capital I (Widescreen) - YouTube

abysmul · Oct 9, 2012

lipensfan said:
It's a piece of the problem for sure but discussing it is just as ridiculous as talking about the whole "fair share" thing. Raising taxes on the "wealthy" by a few percentage points will pay for about a week of spending. Cutting funding to PBS will pay for an hour or so.

These are just points politicians make because they are afraid to address the real issues that are causing the debt to skyrocket. When they start talking about fixing FDR's mess I'll listen.

How about addressing ALL that is broken with the government, not just what someone deems too small to acknowledge (which gets us in this trouble in the first place)?

lipensfan · Oct 9, 2012

abysmul said:
How about addressing ALL that is broken with the government, not just what someone deems too small to acknowledge (which gets us in this trouble in the first place)?

Because they can't do ONE thing. If they can't do ONE thing they can't do ALL.

When they finally do ONE thing they either create a problem that they can try and fix (fiscal cliff) or they make things worse (Part D, stimulus, and on and on and on...)

abdAlSalam · Oct 9, 2012

Stimulus made the economy worse? How? By what mechanism? By what evidence?

abysmul · Oct 9, 2012

When
$445 million

is viewed as basically too little to worry about... it's a perfect example to use and educate the public. It's also an easy fix.

Viren · Oct 9, 2012

abdAlSalam said:
PBS is hardly a "waste".

Agree. It's like the last refuge to get away from commercialism.

abysmul · Oct 9, 2012

Viren said:
Agree. It's like the last refuge to get away from commercialism.

LOL I think I snorted when I read that and laughed!

sesame street - Walmart.com

Viren · Oct 9, 2012

abysmul said:
LOL I think I snorted when I read that and laughed!

sesame street - Walmart.com

I meant commercials. I listen to NPR and watch PBS just to get away from them.

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