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Obama Hiding Behind Big Bird

The owners of the children's show "Sesame Street" have asked the Obama campaign to pull down an ad released Tuesday that shows an image of Big Bird and mocks Republican nominee Mitt Romney for holding up the popular children's character as a symbol of unnecessary government spending.

"We have approved no campaign ads and, as is our general practice, have requested that both campaigns remove Sesame Street characters and trademarks from their campaign materials," said Sesame Workshop, a nonprofit educational organization that produces and owns the show, in a statement.

The Obama campaign is reviewing Sesame Workshop’s request.

A reporter traveling with the Obama camp asked Jen Psaki aboard Air Force One, “Thinking back to the last campaign of ‘08 and this time, too, the President has bemoaned at times the focus on trivial things.  And even though you made the point about cutting the deficit, a lot of people will read about it, hear about this ad—we‘re a month away from the election and we’re talking about Big Bird.  Is this the kind of focus that the campaign should have?

And from the Left:

And from the brilliant mind of an American Weasel in darkest England:

Democrats: Big Bird In Danger, Propose New Big Bird Food Stamps Program

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.