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‘Don’t Let the Republican Drive the Bus!’ spoofs popular children’s book
Just as the Republican primaries were heating up, Erich Origen of Oakland, Calif., was talking politics with a friend, as he likes to do, when he found himself saying, “Don’t let the Republican drive the bus!”
Things immediately clicked: He’d just come up with the perfect title for a political parody of cartoonist Mo Willems’ beloved children’s classic Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus.
In Willems’ book, a cajoling pigeon who desperately wants to drive a bus throws a toddler-style tantrum. Origen figured he could twist this story and make the bird a Republican who desperately wants to drive the bus—i.e., run the country.
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http://blog.sfgate.com/sfmoms/2012/08/21/dont-let-the-republican-drive-the-bus-spoofs-popular-childrens-book/
