After three weeks of revelations that the Obama administration failed to take security concerns in Benghazi seriously, the presidential campaign has come to this.
Obama campaign press secy @jrpsaki says Pres Obama the only candidate in this race who is going to continue to fight for Big Bird & Elmo.”
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) October 9, 2012
Nothing says the president is serious about tackling America’s looming problems like trying to re-frame the election of the most powerful office on the planet around whether or not muppets retain their government subsidy. Barack Obama is trying to make this a small election because he is a small man.
Update: Mitt Romney wastes no time noting the irony.
Mitt Romney, speaking to a crowd of about 1,200 on a farm here in Van Meter, Iowa, criticized President Obama’s recent focus on Big Bird on the campaign trail.
“You have to scratch your head when the president spends the last week talking about saving Big Bird,” he said. ”I actually think we need to have a president who talks about saving the American people and saving good jobs.”
Update: And then, this happened.
Actual quote from presidential spokeswoman: “There’s been a strong grassroots outcry over the attacks on Big Bird.”
— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) October 9, 2012
And don’t forget vaginas, this administration and its party is willing to fight for them It will also stand up for those who define themselves by what they do with their dicks, including allowing two dicks to tie the knot.
I dunno. He may corner the market on the 3-4-yr-old age group. This may be a winning tack.
I love this. Just keep talking about Sesame Street, so we can call you the Sesame Street President. We can have all kinds of fun with this, and apparently, the RNC already is.
How about a debate about which muppet Obama best represents. The Count? Nah, Obama doesn’t do math. Maybe he’s Elmobama? Heeheehee, heeheehee. Maybe Oscar the Grouch? Hmm, maybe after the next debate….
Someone better at Photoshop than I should make an image of Obama and Big Bird riding in Mike Dukakis’s tank. Ridicule of this ad is taking on a life of its own!
The solution is obvious.
Deploy Big Bird to Libya.
(he’s Halal, isn’t he?)
You nailed it: “Barack Obama is trying to make this a small election because he is a small man.”
This also reminded me of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode, titled Fear, Itself. The gang is fighting Gachnar, the mighty fear demon, “I am the Dark Lord of Nightmares! The Bringer of Terror! Tremble before me! Fear me!”
When the demon finally emerges, it turns out he’s only six inches tall.
We’re seeing the real Obama, and he’s a very small, very incompetent man. Or, as Xander would say, “Big overture, little show.”
“There are no small parts, only small actors.”
–Konstantin Stanislavisky
“There are, however, big parts for small actors.”
– Ron Jeremy
Putin and Medvedev could have told us this was a puppet government all along. Or George Soros.
After no budget for more than three years and a $16 trillion dollar debt, this administration doesn’t have anyone who can play The Count.
That wasn’t a deep bow to the Saudi prince, Smuggleupagun’s string broke.
– Marcos’ final days.
This makes me think of the KFC commercials where they’re talking about “the littlewigs” and it’s “time to think little”.
Or is it racist of me to point that out because it’s a fried chicken commercial?
The way this is going, in a couple of three weeks, we’re all going to be on our knees clapping for Tinkerbama to come back to life.
Joke Biden: “The president has a big stick, and he’s gonna use to fight for Big Bird”.