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8-Year-Old Big Bird Fan To Mitt Romney: 'You Find Something Else To Cut Off!'
« on: October 04, 2012, 03:18:22 PM »


And here in lies the problem ladies and gentlemen

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8-Year-Old Big Bird Fan To Mitt Romney: 'You Find Something Else To Cut Off!'

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/04/mitt-romney-big-bird_n_1940400.html

Eight-year-old Alabama resident Cecelia Crawford wasn't happy during the debate on Wednesday night when Mitt Romney said he would stop government funding for PBS.

On Thursday morning, she was still angry, so she wrote Romney a letter, sent along to The Huffington Post by her mother. Crawford wrote that she is a fan of "Sesame Street" and that it was her "favorite show on earth" when she was younger.

"When I grow up I'm going to get married and I want my kids to watch it so do not cut it off," Crawford wrote. "You find something else to cut off!"

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Crawford's mother mailed the letter on Thursday to Romney's campaign headquarters.

Read Crawford's full letter to Romney:

After which comes a picture of the letter written by the 8 year old.

WE as a country need to grow up!  WE have too many in this country who need to learn the word "NO!"  WE are the ones who are going to have to make the hard choice to pick someone who will KILL a lot of this indiscriminate spending.  It isn't going to be easy and the candidate who runs on that platform (as hopefully Mitt is doing) is going to have a hard time with it because no one wants to have their pet program cut.

At my home if we can't afford it we don't buy it.  My kids, my wife and myself have heard the 'N' word more times than I can count.  It's not pleasant to hear it but it's something that has to be said from time to time or we would be in the friggin' poor house!

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3. what a great idea! an avalanche of letters supporting sesame street!

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5. The beginnings of a Southern backlash? Maybe Romney DID lose the debate.

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It seems the line that has stuck more than any is that Romney wants to kill Big Bird. I think Gore defeated Bush in the first debate, but people started to ridicule him for the lockbox idea. Romney handily defeated Obama on style, but a week from now, it seems all we will remember is that Romney thinks killing Big Bird will fix the deficit.

No, DUmmie it is just an illustration of what the problem is.  Cut spending, don't increase revenue.  When will you learn that the more revenue we give our government the more they are going to spend.  It will NEVER stop!  WE have to stop it.

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7. This child is clearly a moocher...

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...who will never take personal responsibility for herself and vote Mitt Romney!

Here's someone who has the answer but is simply using it as a joke.   ::)

It's a very small fire but it pissed me off.

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Re: 8-Year-Old Big Bird Fan To Mitt Romney: 'You Find Something Else To Cut Off!'
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2012, 03:20:37 PM »
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Re: 8-Year-Old Big Bird Fan To Mitt Romney: 'You Find Something Else To Cut Off!'
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2012, 03:22:26 PM »
and an 8 year old is still watching Sesame Street, why?
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Re: 8-Year-Old Big Bird Fan To Mitt Romney: 'You Find Something Else To Cut Off!'
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2012, 03:26:48 PM »
If this kids parents are the type that would vote for Dear Leader, chances for her growing up to be a mooch is far greater than if her parents were conservatives.

This PBS thing is DOA.  On occasion it has some good programming, like the Ken Burns series.  But it's not something most people care about.

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Re: 8-Year-Old Big Bird Fan To Mitt Romney: 'You Find Something Else To Cut Off!'
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2012, 03:33:54 PM »
This is the 10's, not the 50's. PBS is about 40 years past any particular relevance as a broadcasting entity. Besides, we don't have "broadcasting" anymore, everything is streamed through cable and satellite. Even local stations.

Frankly, Sesame Street should get out of its victim mindset and tell PBS to take a hike and get its own network. It WOULD be more profitable through its corporate entity that would pretty much guarantee double its current programming, with no advertising (just like PBS), and actually reach more people, especially the lower income people.

BUT...it's not about Sesame Street, because if it were, then there would be no question. It's about maintaining a non-accountable, socialist/progressive entity that is subsidized by the public. THAT crap doesn't deserve the pixels on any screen. It's a pity that they have to take the Sesame St. crowd to cry when it's just a matter of shifting financial accountability.
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Re: 8-Year-Old Big Bird Fan To Mitt Romney: 'You Find Something Else To Cut Off!'
« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2012, 03:35:14 PM »
Every other damned thread over there has the words "Big Bird" in it.  This comes up from time to time, doesn't it?  Romney just doesn't want to borrow money from China to pay for shit.  It's that simple, and emminently reasonable.  PBS can fund their shortfall some other way.  Corporate sponsorships and the like.  Muppets royalties.
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Re: 8-Year-Old Big Bird Fan To Mitt Romney: 'You Find Something Else To Cut Off!'
« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2012, 03:37:21 PM »
Gov. Christie cut off state funding for NJN -- it's been a non-issue here.
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Re: 8-Year-Old Big Bird Fan To Mitt Romney: 'You Find Something Else To Cut Off!'
« Reply #7 on: October 04, 2012, 03:55:26 PM »
That's the problem with libs they can't stand the thought of anything getting cut. They constantly talk about "shared sacrifice", but can't be bothered to give up a free tee vee show. They also aren't smart enough to realize that PBS could just air a few toy commercials and SS could stay on the air.
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Re: 8-Year-Old Big Bird Fan To Mitt Romney: 'You Find Something Else To Cut Off!'
« Reply #8 on: October 04, 2012, 04:05:44 PM »
What makes this even worse is it seems that ALL the DUmmies got out of last night was Romney wants to cut funding to PBS.  If that's all anyone wants to talk about then there is no reason to discuss the debate with them.

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Re: 8-Year-Old Big Bird Fan To Mitt Romney: 'You Find Something Else To Cut Off!'
« Reply #9 on: October 04, 2012, 04:19:51 PM »
Does anyone believe an 8 year was watching the debate?  OTOH, some DUmmie may have forced an 8 year old to watch it so they could explain the big words to the DUmmie.
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Re: 8-Year-Old Big Bird Fan To Mitt Romney: 'You Find Something Else To Cut Off!'
« Reply #10 on: October 04, 2012, 04:26:31 PM »
Why should I care what an 8 year old thinks? I barely pay attention to what anyone under the age of about 25 thinks about politics anyways, especially if they've never done anything with their lives.
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Re: 8-Year-Old Big Bird Fan To Mitt Romney: 'You Find Something Else To Cut Off!'
« Reply #11 on: October 04, 2012, 04:31:32 PM »
A perfect commentary of the muddled Obama administration: a Mickey Mouse operation looks to Big Bird to rescue them.
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Re: 8-Year-Old Big Bird Fan To Mitt Romney: 'You Find Something Else To Cut Off!'
« Reply #12 on: October 04, 2012, 04:40:15 PM »
I think a companion *snip* of the PBS purse strings might well be a *snip* of a lot (or all) of the foreign aid the US can ill afford.  It is time to discontinue being the 'check book to the world.'

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Re: 8-Year-Old Big Bird Fan To Mitt Romney: 'You Find Something Else To Cut Off!'
« Reply #13 on: October 04, 2012, 05:01:20 PM »
How about demanding a return to the US Treasury of a more-than-generous share of the marketing revenue generated over the past 40 years of Sesame Street?   I KNOW it runs into the billions of dollars.

To H*LL with cuts!  I want reimbursement.
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Re: 8-Year-Old Big Bird Fan To Mitt Romney: 'You Find Something Else To Cut Off!'
« Reply #14 on: October 04, 2012, 05:21:21 PM »
Sesame Street makes more than a billion in marketing worldwide but still wants a govt subsidy?

Big Bird is an Occupier...Hippie freak wants free stuff.
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Re: 8-Year-Old Big Bird Fan To Mitt Romney: 'You Find Something Else To Cut Off!'
« Reply #15 on: October 04, 2012, 05:24:55 PM »
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"When I grow up I'm going to get married and I want my kids to watch it so do not cut it off," Crawford wrote. "You find something else to cut off!"
 

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Re: 8-Year-Old Big Bird Fan To Mitt Romney: 'You Find Something Else To Cut Off!'
« Reply #16 on: October 04, 2012, 05:25:05 PM »
Quote from: blitzkrieg_17 on October 04, 2012, 03:22:26 PM
and an 8 year old is still watching Sesame Street, why?

Because the NEA and the Public Skrewel system is failing him miserably?
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Re: 8-Year-Old Big Bird Fan To Mitt Romney: 'You Find Something Else To Cut Off!'
« Reply #17 on: October 04, 2012, 05:25:52 PM »
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Re: 8-Year-Old Big Bird Fan To Mitt Romney: 'You Find Something Else To Cut Off!'
« Reply #18 on: October 04, 2012, 05:57:09 PM »
Hey primitives... (If any of you are smart enough to understand this) -- http://supportus.sesameworkshop.org/atf/cf/%7B696041d3-7012-440d-b4f1-aaefdfbe02ac%7D/FY%202010%20FINANCIAL%20STATEMENTS.PDF --

The link above is a link to Sesame Workshop's financial statement for FY2010.

After you read it, try to convince me that Big Bird is poor.
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Re: 8-Year-Old Big Bird Fan To Mitt Romney: 'You Find Something Else To Cut Off!'
« Reply #19 on: October 04, 2012, 06:22:53 PM »
What is an 8 year old staying up to watch the debate for? And how would that 8 year old know anything that is going on, or care? Unless their parents drilled them with it? I call BS on this just like the 12 year old letter they spread. This child's parents wrote the letter and passed it off as the child. If it is even real, which I doubt it is. 

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They must think some people are really stupid.

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Re: 8-Year-Old Big Bird Fan To Mitt Romney: 'You Find Something Else To Cut Off!'
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Re: 8-Year-Old Big Bird Fan To Mitt Romney: 'You Find Something Else To Cut Off!'
« Reply #22 on: October 04, 2012, 07:28:02 PM »
Quote from: Kyle Ricky on October 04, 2012, 06:22:53 PM
What is an 8 year old staying up to watch the debate for? And how would that 8 year old know anything that is going on, or care? Unless their parents drilled them with it? I call BS on this just like the 12 year old letter they spread. This child's parents wrote the letter and passed it off as the child. If it is even real, which I doubt it is. 

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They must think some people are really stupid.



This is one of the left's favourite tactics - to use a precocious kid to score political points. I wonder if "Crawford"'s mother realizes she was conceding the point that Romney was going to be the next POTUS with this one.
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Re: 8-Year-Old Big Bird Fan To Mitt Romney: 'You Find Something Else To Cut Off!'
« Reply #23 on: October 04, 2012, 07:35:35 PM »
As has been pointed out (of course, one of the millions of facts the left ignores) Sesame Street really is not government funded.  Some parts of public broadcasting may decrease, but shows like Sesame Street will be just fine without Uncle Sam's help.
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« Reply #24 on: October 04, 2012, 07:40:10 PM »
And then there's this: Big Bird Richer than Romney

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Shows like Sesame Street are multi-million dollar enterprises capable of thriving in the private market. According to the 990 tax form all nonprofits are required to file, Sesame Workshop President and CEO Gary Knell received $956,513 -- nearly a million dollars -- in compensation in 2008. And, from 2003 to 2006, "Sesame Street" made more than $211 million from toy and consumer product sales.

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