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Big Bird does not support Obama either

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

"The folks on "Sesame Street" aren't happy with the Obama campaign.

The Sesame Workshop, which runs "Sesame Street," put out a statement on Tuesday asking the campaign to take down a cheeky ad that prominently features Big Bird.

The ad mocks Mitt Romney's vow to end the federal subsidy to PBS. It paints Big Bird as the shady criminal mastermind behind a raft of financial scandals."
 
"Sesame Street" is brought to you today by the letters S, T, F and U.
 
The Obama Campaign in the wake of their debate meltdown continues to make themselves look petty, pathetic, and small in defeat

November can't come fast enough
 
Id vote for Big Bird over Obama...

Im talking just the bird suit.. not the dumb liberal inside the bird suit...LOL
 
Id vote for Big Bird over Obama...

Im talking just the bird suit.. not the dumb liberal inside the bird suit...LOL

As far as I can tell, Carroll Spinney is apolitical, and not at all dumb.
 
The Obama Campaign in the wake of their debate meltdown continues to make themselves look petty, pathetic, and small in defeat

November can't come fast enough

Petty? Hardly....Mitt Romney wants to crack down on Sesame Street and ease up regulations on Wall Street. I wouldn't call that "petty".
 
Mitt Romney wants to crack down on Sesame Street and ease up regulations on Wall Street.
"Obama Vows to Protect Big Bird, U.S. Ambassadors Not So Much"

Snappy one-liners...
Advantage: Romney

Obama should be trying to define the narrative for the next debate, not trying to redefine the narrative for the last one.
 
Petty? Hardly....Mitt Romney wants to crack down on Sesame Street and ease up regulations on Wall Street. I wouldn't call that "petty".

again,,,,, Mitt and I thank him.. doesnt want to waste our money and PBS does not need our money. and again Mitt said that Dodd Frank is killing small banks and giving the huge banks an unfair protection and advantage...

what part of that is too much for you to handle?

didnt SS get over 1 million bucks in stimulus tax payer money?
 
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Right now, Obama is wandering around looking like a guy mumbling to himself "I SHOULDA said...yeah...yeah! **** him...Thats what I SHOULDA said..."
 
Right now, Obama is wandering around looking like a guy mumbling to himself "I SHOULDA said...yeah...yeah! **** him...Thats what I SHOULDA said..."

He's being George:



Which tells me he's not concentrating on the next debate; he's too busy trying to spin this one. This is OK with me.
 
Big Bird is fabulously wealthy and can take care of himself just fine.
 
They're just trying to keep the show politically neutral. I'm sure they all support Obama otherwise.
 
Soooo Sesame Street doesn't want Big Bird (or any of their character most likely) politicized. And I agree
 
Is Big Bird even a citizen? Bert and Ernie are probably voting for Obama because they're, you know. Gordon is voting for him too, because, well, (black guy...)


:mrgreen:
 
LOL!!!

This is too funny!

The only two things Obama got out of the debate to attack Romney with are "5T in tax cuts" and "Big Bird"...and both of them got taken away. One by the Professor who's words they spun and the other by the Bird, himself.
 
Soooo Sesame Street doesn't want Big Bird (or any of their character most likely) politicized. And I agree
Right. They should stay STRICTLY commercial...
 
Petty? Hardly....Mitt Romney wants to crack down on Sesame Street and ease up regulations on Wall Street. I wouldn't call that "petty".

"Crack down" on Sesame Street? Seriously? Hyperbolic nonsense is hyperbolic nonsense.
 
Right. They should stay STRICTLY commercial...

Absolutely not. Then the highest bidder could simply buy their politicization to the lean of their choosing .
 
Absolutely not. Then the highest bidder could simply buy their politicization to the lean of their choosing .
You mean like Disney...Toys R Us...Walmart...and whoever else markets them?

Sesame Street characters are brought to you be the letter ChaChing$$$
 
Sesame Street received $1 mil stimulus bill grant – created “1.47″ jobs
October 8, 2012 | 2:36 pm
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Sean Higgins
The Washington Examiner

This grant was brought to you by the letters “A” and “R” — as in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, aka the “stimulus bill.”

Sesame Workshop, the independent nonprofit corporation that produces the popular childrens’ program Sesame Street, received a $1,067,532 stimulus bill grant in August 2010, via the Department of Health and Human Services.

The funding was to promote healthy eating according to the federal Recovery.gov website:

SW [i.e., Sesame Workshop] will carry out an expansion of its highly successful Healthy Habits for Life initiative, which promotes improved nutrition and increased physical activity, targeting low-income preschool-aged children and their families and care providers.

The projected created “1.47″ new jobs, the website reported. How they could calculate this to a hundredth of a percent is anybody’s guess. In any event, that comes out to about $726,000 per job created.

The money is separate from the funds Sesame Workshop receives from the federally-funded Corporation for Public Broadcasting to run the Sesame Street program on PBS stations.

The Recovery Act website lists the healthy eating project as more than 50 percent completed though most of the grant money appears to have been drawn.

Sesame Street has been in the news lately ever since Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said last week that he would like to cut the funding PBS even though he likes Big Bird, a popular character on the show. The statement prompted a public comment from PBS criticizing Romney.
Sesame Street received $1 mil stimulus bill grant
 
Sesame Street received $1 mil stimulus bill grant – created “1.47″ jobs
October 8, 2012 | 2:36 pm
48Comments

Sean Higgins
The Washington Examiner

This grant was brought to you by the letters “A” and “R” — as in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, aka the “stimulus bill.”

Sesame Workshop, the independent nonprofit corporation that produces the popular childrens’ program Sesame Street, received a $1,067,532 stimulus bill grant in August 2010, via the Department of Health and Human Services.

The funding was to promote healthy eating according to the federal Recovery.gov website:

SW [i.e., Sesame Workshop] will carry out an expansion of its highly successful Healthy Habits for Life initiative, which promotes improved nutrition and increased physical activity, targeting low-income preschool-aged children and their families and care providers.

The projected created “1.47″ new jobs, the website reported. How they could calculate this to a hundredth of a percent is anybody’s guess. In any event, that comes out to about $726,000 per job created.

The money is separate from the funds Sesame Workshop receives from the federally-funded Corporation for Public Broadcasting to run the Sesame Street program on PBS stations.

The Recovery Act website lists the healthy eating project as more than 50 percent completed though most of the grant money appears to have been drawn.

Sesame Street has been in the news lately ever since Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said last week that he would like to cut the funding PBS even though he likes Big Bird, a popular character on the show. The statement prompted a public comment from PBS criticizing Romney.
Sesame Street received $1 mil stimulus bill grant

You should read the link in the article:

Description of Jobs Created The following jobs have been funded by Sesame Workshop's grant from HHS during the March-June quarter: Director, Project Finance, Sesame Workshop (Financial Management) Assistant Project Manager, Sesame Workshop (Project Management) Senior Project Director, Sesame Workshop (Project Management) Director, Domestic Research, Sesame Workshop (Research Oversight) Project Manager, Content, Sesame Workshop (Content Creation/Publishing) Senior Director, Content, Sesame Workshop (Content Creation/Publishing) Senior Grant Coordinator, Sesame Workshop (Grant Stewardship) Senior VP Outreach & Educational Services, Sesame Workshop (Project Management) Curriculum Specialist, Content, Sesame Workshop (Content Creation/Publishing) Senior Grant Manager, Sesame Workshop (Grant Stewardship) Vice President, Philanthropic Development, Sesame Workshop (Grant Stewardship) Coordinator, Philanthropic Development, Sesame Workshop (Grant Stewardship) The grant has also funded staff employed by our partner, NAFCC, and by our project vendor, KidPoint LLC, during this quarter.
 
You should read the link in the article:

Description of Jobs Created The following jobs have been funded by Sesame Workshop's grant from HHS during the March-June quarter: Director, Project Finance, Sesame Workshop (Financial Management) Assistant Project Manager, Sesame Workshop (Project Management) Senior Project Director, Sesame Workshop (Project Management) Director, Domestic Research, Sesame Workshop (Research Oversight) Project Manager, Content, Sesame Workshop (Content Creation/Publishing) Senior Director, Content, Sesame Workshop (Content Creation/Publishing) Senior Grant Coordinator, Sesame Workshop (Grant Stewardship) Senior VP Outreach & Educational Services, Sesame Workshop (Project Management) Curriculum Specialist, Content, Sesame Workshop (Content Creation/Publishing) Senior Grant Manager, Sesame Workshop (Grant Stewardship) Vice President, Philanthropic Development, Sesame Workshop (Grant Stewardship) Coordinator, Philanthropic Development, Sesame Workshop (Grant Stewardship) The grant has also funded staff employed by our partner, NAFCC, and by our project vendor, KidPoint LLC, during this quarter.


why did they get any money? why are my tax dollars going to this **** lib brainwashing machine period..

thats roughly 15 jobs? who cares.. again the 1million represented maybe 8% of their funding..
again they created 1.47 NEW JOBS... our money wa used to fund many jobs.. they all got a piece..

whats your point again?... again its about NEW JOBS.. not funding of their jobs.. is that not clear??
 
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You can complain about the Obama campaign all you want but Mitt is the one that brought it up during a presidential debate. Its fair game for Obama to go after anything he says.
 
why did thye get any money? why are my tax dollars going to this **** lib brainwashing machine period..

Its an insidious evil demonic plot to educate your children about.........nutrition! How evil of them!

Oh and also to give you high blood pressure.
 
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