Mitt Romney Wants to Fire Big Bird. The Monster!

[evildevil]

Romney's Big Bird comments spark response from the bird himself

Uh oh.

In Wednesday night's first presidential debate, Republican candidate Mitt Romney upset an unlikely...person?

"I'm sorry, Jim. I'm going to the stop the subsidy to PBS. I like Big Bird. I like you," Romney said.

Debate moderator Jim Lehrer works for PBS.

Comments

[layweed]

Subsidies for PBS and NPR are a fucking drop in the bucket. It's like $500 million. FUCKING DROP IN THE BUCKET. What a fucking tool.

[sephirajo]

Maybe that's his fucked up definition of "penny pinching." =____=

[celtic_thistle]

[layweed]

Yeah I RT'ed it last night!

[roseofjuly]

LOL, my husband read that to me this morning and we lol'd.

[nikoel]

It's just smoke and mirrors to "prove" Republicans know how to cut spending despite what history has already told us.