During
Wednesday’s first presidential debate, Mitt Romney said, “We shouldn't borrow
from China to pay for Big Bird.”
When asked by
moderator Jim Lehrer what non-essential items he would trim from the federal
budget, Romney said, "I'm sorry Jim. I'm gonna stop the subsidy to PBS.
I'm gonna stop other things. I like PBS, I like Big Bird, I actually like you
too."
Like some
giant pillow fight erupting in the Twittersphere, there were plenty of ruffled
feathers flying over Romney's remark that he would cut public funding for the Public
Broadcasting Service—and effectively rob Big Bird of his
taxpayer-subsidized nest egg.
Ari Fleischer,
W’s former White House Press Secretary, offered the perfect comedic tweet: “Democrats,
Saying Big Bird In Danger, Propose New Bird Food Stamps Program. Pelosi Calls
it Biggest Bang for the Beak.”
I’d like to
thank Mr. Fleischer for his wit which inspired the Photoshop™ associated with
this post.
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