The most devastating ad Obama can run

[jmowreader]

Show someone dressed in a Big Bird suit walking down the street with head hung low.

"He taught your kids to read. He taught them numbers. He taught them social skills. He's been on the job so long he probably taught your mom too. Maybe your grandma."

Then show Big Bird turning and walking into an unemployment office, where he joins a line that snakes round and round...

"Mitt Romney wants to fire him to pay for a $5 billion tax cut for millionaires."

Cut to a pic of the president."I'm Barack Obama and I approved this message."

[still_one]

1. That would be effective, definitely hit home to the baby boomers

[Poll_Blind]

2. Ok, that's pretty damned good right there.

Maybe not perfectly perfect, but perfect enough.



PB

[taught_me_patience]

3. Noboby cares about big bird

A completely losing topic.

[msongs]

5. millions of kids who grew up with big bird are now voting age adults. nt

[meow2u3]

19. Many of these adults have children of their own who love Big Bird

They don't want to turn Sesame Street into an ad campaign marketing junk food and plastic crap to 3-year-olds.

[fleur-de-lisa]

6. Are you serious?

It's all over twitter and facebook . . . last night is referred to as the 'Big Bird' debate.

[taught_me_patience]

9. Compared to jobs, taxes, medicare, SS... yeah... this is a loser topic.

I could care less about what is trending on Twitter.

[fleur-de-lisa]

11. Okay, Oscar . . .

good to know.

[Indpndnt]

15. Lol! Some people voted for Dumbya because they wanted to drink a beer with him.

And you think a cultural icon being threatened with extermination by Willard won't resonate better than that? Do you honestly think young voters who grew up with Sesame Street care more about Big Bird or about Medicare and Social Security? A "loser topic" to you is an important one to others.

Ignoring social media is something I hope all repubs are doing. Their ignorance works for us.

[jmowreader]

21. It's not

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is one of the best government programs - it is cheap and it works. That Romney plans to get rid of it to pay for meaningless tax cuts shows the true character of the man: he will destroy everything we hold dear to give himself a tax cut he won't notice.

Let's play with this. The cut Romney wants is $500 million per year for 10 years. If there are 100,000 people in the top bracket, and the whole cut went to them, each will receive $5000.(The real numbers are probably half that.) Top-shelf cigars cost $20 apiece...so smoking one every day will cost you more than you'll receive from this cut.

Is CPB's demise worth two-thirds of someone's cigar bill?

[Indpndnt]

7. Get on Twitter and read before you say that.

Easier yet, google "Romney Big Bird" and see how many hits you get.

Killing Big Bird resonates with many people. Young voters grew up with Sesame Street. Middle-aged voters grew up with Sesame Street! And now many love Downton Abbey. PBS resonates, especially Big Bird and little kids.

[rhett o rick]

10. He has more fans that JIm Lehrer. nm

[Scootaloo]

18. Mitt Romney had no clue how big an American icon Big Bird is

I'll agree, it's not ad-worthy, but frankly, it's sort of like Mitt went on stage and said "Rock and roll sucks, superman is a wuss, and your mom's apple pie can go get fucked"

[Brickbat]

20. YOU STOP IT. YOU STOP IT RIGHT NOW.

[lpbk2713]

4. And in the line at the unemployment office ...

police, firefighters, EMTs, teachers telling their interviewer what their former employment was.

[bahrbearian]

8. 5 Trillion

[Hydra]

12. Yeah, I was going to point out that those 3 zeros make a difference

We throw more than 5 bill at a war toy.

[jmowreader]

23. Thanks

He can't afford either one and neither will do what he wants.

[Doodler71]

13. Romney the man who tried to execute Big Bird. (nt)

[msongs]

14. google search "romney + big bird" = 97.5 million results. "nobody cares" lol nt

[SGHTF]

16. Really?

If that is the most devastating ad Obama can run, he is in real trouble.

[BarackTheVote]

17. Unfortunately, I really doubt Sesame Street would agree to this...

BUT... it's very effective as a grassroots meme. Let the internets keep it... let them own it... you know what they say, it's only cool as long as it's not mainstream.

[spanone]

22. most excellent!!!