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Democrats’ Big Bird strategy is a winner for the GOP

Oct. 9, 2012 5:21pm Meredith Jessup

Just when you thought Barack Obama’s debate performance couldn’t get any more embarrassing, the Obama camp put out the now-infamous Romney attack ad featuring… Big Bird. (ICYMI, it was part of this morning’s must-reads.)

The unreal desperation of the president’s reelection campaign got worse today after the gentle-hearted folks of Sesame Street kindly asked Obama to refrain from using Big Bird and the rest of the gang in his campaign ads:

There’s been no real response from the Obama campaign other than “We’ll look into it,” but it’s worth mentioning that their Big Bird ad is still available and hasn’t been taken down as Sesame Workshop requested. The Democratic Party has also made hay out of ~~wasteful PBS subsidies~~ Mitt Romney’s hatred of giant, yellow talking birds:

Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) even took the left’s new meme to the streets outside of a Paul Ryan campaign event in Chicago this week, appearing with a… um, “Big Bird”?

Meanwhile, Mitt Romney is also wondering what the heck Democrats are thinking:

“These are tough times with real serious issues,” Romney said today at an event in Van Meter, Iowa. “So you have to scratch your head when the president spends the last week talking about saving Big Bird. I actually think we need to have a president who talks about saving the American people and saving good jobs and saving our future and also saving the family farm.”

If we just keep all mirrors hidden between now and November, Democrats’ sheer idiocy will win this election for the Republicans. This Dem “strategy” is so childish that even Sesame Street — an organization dedicated to the ENTERTAINMENT OF CHILDREN — is asking for the Obama camp to knock it off

Just, wow.

Update: It gets worse.
The Obama camp is backing away from its absurd Big Bird ad a bit. How? By pointing the finger at their own supporters:

Obama spokeswoman Jen Psaki says the campaign was tapping into a ”grassroots outcry” when it put together an ad attacking Mitt Romney for wanting to de-fund Big Bird.

“There’s been a strong grassroots outcry over the attacks on Big Bird. This is something that mothers across the country are alarmed about, and you know, we’re tapping into that,” Psaki told reporters aboard Air Force One on Tuesday.

While some have questioned the campaign’s seriousness and intent to put money behind the ad in swing states, Psaki maintained that it is running on cable networks – albeit during comedy shows - that swing-state viewers watch.

“The larger point… is, aside from our love for Big Bird and Elmo, as is evidenced by the last few days, the point that we’re making here is that when Mitt Romney… was given the opportunity to lay out how he would address the deficit, when he said ‘I will take a serious approach to it,’ his first offering was to cut funding for Big Bird,” Psaki said. “And that is absurd and hard to take seriously his specific plan.”

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Comments (9)

Valezka.Vidra
Posted on October 10, 2012 at 5:58pm
“Psaki maintained that it is running on cable networks – albeit during comedy shows – that swing-state viewers watch.”

I wanna know if any of the people watching those comedy shows thought the ad was meant as a joke.

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noslave
Posted on October 10, 2012 at 8:38am
if the republicans want to sink to dems childish big bird ads,they should play barney the dinosaur,or mr rodgers neighborhood songs”I LOVE YOU?” OR “WOULD BE MY FRIEND?” representing why 4 americans got killed in libya failure of kissy kissy mid east strategy,like bill clintons “MEALS ON WHEELS DEBACLE” in somalia,sucking up to enemys only emboldens them and makes you look the fool in the worlds eyes.

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DOSLYNX
Posted on October 10, 2012 at 8:17am
Maybe the Obama team should try positive advertising.

Oops! That won’t work because the cupboard is bare.

Oops! There’s no cupboard…

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Ducky657
Posted on October 10, 2012 at 7:25am
I am amazed that the President continues to bring up his ‘beat down’ that resulted from his emotional immaturity. He knows that if Governor Romney holds serve (which he will) in the next few debates he is toast. I can tell you this though–this guy will not go away easily if he loses and has threatened to keep it in the courts for as long as he can!

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Libermerican
Posted on October 10, 2012 at 2:10am
I love the ad, I think it’s hilarious.

If they had said from the beginning the ad was just a joke, it might have helped them. The fact they were serious with it is hilarious. I laugh every time I watch it. The narrator’s voice is so serious lol cracks me up. I hear they had prepped an Elmo ad too (just kidding).

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BYEBYEBIRDIE
Posted on October 10, 2012 at 1:18am
Check this out – Awesome!
Show your support for Romney and put a Big Bird Target sign in your front yard.
http://www.cafepress.com/bigbirdtarget
Here is a picture of it
http://pinterest.com/pin/298293175288690034/

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Cosmos102
Posted on October 10, 2012 at 12:27am
Does anyone reading this or listening to the news understand that PBS and NPR will not be automatically chopped into the waste basket if or rather when they lose public funding? PBS and NPR can do what every other business does. They can hire a sales staff to go out and solicit advertising. Now this may be tricky for them if they have been anti capitalists. McDonalds and Ford may not want to advertise with them. There must be some “Green” companies still alive some where looking to advertise. At any rate, I’m sure Sesame Street will flourish. NPR? Not so sure about that organization. Saw Jim Lerhre on Hannity last night. He’s got a book out. Don’t think he’s too worried about the fate of NPR. Smart man.

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noslave
Posted on October 9, 2012 at 6:53pm
typical democrat diversion from the facts,4 dead in libiya,thousands of guns somewhere?,economy,unemployment,and were debateing about the democrats mascot?? a yellow chicken??

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- gpo1913
  Posted on October 9, 2012 at 7:52pm
  MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY. There are some dems upset, hopefully they’ll be enough to defeat him and his minons.
  
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