U.S. Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Mitt Romney sparred Wednesday evening during the first of three leading up to the  . Mitt Romney, during the debate, mentioned children's television show character in discussing federal subsidies of public broadcasting, propelling the character to online popularity. Romney stated he would end subsidies to PBS, a U.S. public television network, saying, "I like PBS. I love Big Bird. I actually like you, too, Jim [Lehrer]." He continued, saying he would "not [...] keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for it." Twitter, a social networking site, announced a maximum of 17,000 mentions of Big Bird per second. President Obama said on Thursday, "I just want to make sure I've got this straight: He'll get rid of regulations on , but he's going to crack down on '  .' Thank goodness somebody's finally cracking down on Big Bird! Who knew that he was responsible for all these deficits! 's got to watch out!"
U.S. Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Mitt Romney sparred Wednesday evening during the first of three leading up to the 2012 election . Mitt Romney, during the debate, mentioned children's television show character in discussing federal subsidies of public broadcasting, propelling the character to online popularity. Romney stated he would end subsidies to PBS, a U.S. public television network, saying, "I like PBS. I love Big Bird. I actually like you, too, Jim [Lehrer]." He continued, saying he would "not [...] keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for it." Twitter, a social networking site, announced a maximum of 17,000 mentions of Big Bird per second. President Obama said on Thursday, "I just want to make sure I've got this straight: He'll get rid of regulations on , but he's going to crack down on ' Sesame Street .' Thank goodness somebody's finally cracking down on Big Bird! Who knew that he was responsible for all these deficits! 's got to watch out!"
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2012 election
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Sesame Street