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efhmc

(14,732 posts) Wed Oct 3, 2012, 11:40 PM Oct 2012

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Tonight, Romney again pledges to kill Big Bird.

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Tonight, Romney again pledges to kill Big Bird. (Original Post) efhmc Oct 2012 OP

No he didn't. muntrv Oct 2012 #1

What? efhmc Oct 2012 #3

He looked at Jim Lehrer and said he would cut funding to PBS. muntrv Oct 2012 #7

Not a new thought. He has said it repeatedly. efhmc Oct 2012 #8

Big Bird and Downton Abbey. liberalmuse Oct 2012 #2

They feel that these entities help educate the common folks and that is a great sin efhmc Oct 2012 #5

Why does it seem like the only specifics Romney gets into is who he is gonna fire? W_HAMILTON Oct 2012 #4

His lack of humanity is downright scary to me. efhmc Oct 2012 #6

muntrv

(14,505 posts)

1. No he didn't.

Reply to efhmc (Original post)

Wed Oct 3, 2012, 11:44 PM

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He pledged to kill Jim Lehrer.

efhmc

(14,732 posts)

3. What?

Reply to muntrv (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 3, 2012, 11:45 PM

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muntrv

(14,505 posts)

7. He looked at Jim Lehrer and said he would cut funding to PBS.

Reply to efhmc (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 3, 2012, 11:54 PM

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efhmc

(14,732 posts)

8. Not a new thought. He has said it repeatedly.

Reply to muntrv (Reply #7)

Wed Oct 3, 2012, 11:56 PM

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liberalmuse

(18,672 posts)

2. Big Bird and Downton Abbey.

Reply to efhmc (Original post)

Wed Oct 3, 2012, 11:44 PM

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WTF is the problem conservatives have with PBS, or libraries, or the Post Office or anything good and decent in the pubic commons? I can't wait to vote for Obama.

efhmc

(14,732 posts)

5. They feel that these entities help educate the common folks and that is a great sin

Reply to liberalmuse (Reply #2)

Wed Oct 3, 2012, 11:49 PM

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in their eyes, because then those folks might see how much the conservatives take and take and take and never give back to the vast majority of people.

W_HAMILTON

(7,873 posts)

4. Why does it seem like the only specifics Romney gets into is who he is gonna fire?

Reply to efhmc (Original post)

Wed Oct 3, 2012, 11:47 PM

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Four years of Obama = "GM is alive and Bin Laden is dead."

Four years of Romney = "Big Oil is alive and Big Bird is dead."

efhmc

(14,732 posts)

6. His lack of humanity is downright scary to me.

Reply to W_HAMILTON (Reply #4)

Wed Oct 3, 2012, 11:50 PM

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