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Big Bird, the Sesame Street character, can rest easy, but not peacefully, as it seems PBS will be around for a long time.
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This became a hot debate topic in the campaign because Mitt Romney said he planned to cut PBS funding. After that, comments in Big Birds defense did not take long to emerge in social media.
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I like Big Bird! was one of the most memorable faces by Romney during the first presidential debate as he tried to change the topic. Regardless, the popular character became a popular punch line as he told the moderator, Jim Lehrer, a PBS employee, that he was not willing to pay for public radio or television.
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I like PBS. I love Big Bird. I like you too, but Im not going to waste money on things when we have to ask China to pay, were the words of the aspiring Republican.
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Using PBS cuts to erase the deficit is like erasing a text file to make space in a 500GB hard drive, said astrophysicist Neil de Grasse Tyson.
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There were some more sarcastic variations. Osama assassinated Bin Laden, Ill take care of Big Bird or Big Bird is part of the 47% and finally I like Big Bird, I cant lie ran through the cyber world.
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In the controversy, Obama released a campaign in October that mocked Romneys initiative to end public funding, using the Sesame Street character.
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The Romney campaign attacked the ad for showing Obamas bad judgment, while the foundation in charge of the Sesame Street program asked it be taken off the air.
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The satirical announcement, which was broadcast in national and cable channels, showed images of businessmen accused of fraud, including Bernie Madoff and Ken Lay of Enron, implying that Romney believed that Big Bird had been the mastermind behind those crimes.
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Wall Street regulation will end while the law is applied to Sesame Street. Thank God hes applying a firm hand on Big Bird, joked Obama during a campaign stop in Madison, Wisconsin the day after the first debate.
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Who would have thought he was the one responsible for those deficits? Elmo better be careful, continued Obama.
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While the Romney campaign tried to imply that Obama was focusing on banal issues instead of what mattered, he was unable to win back the Big Bird fanatics and their votes.
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Obama has not contemplated making cuts to PBS, so Big Bird is safe for now.
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Big Bird, the Sesame Street character, can rest easy, but not peacefully, as it seems PBS will be around for a long time.
Photo: Getty Images
