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Trying to out dumbass Josh Hawley (r)…and succeeding

06 Saturday Nov 2021

Posted by Michael Bersin in Josh Hawley, social media, US Senate

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anti-vaccine, Big Bird, Corona virus, COVID-19, dumbass, Josh Hawley, pandemic, right wingnut, Sesame Street, social media, Ted Cruz, Twitter

They said it couldn’t be done.

American Goldfinch, Carduelis tristis.
Canon 5D III, 2.8 70-200 mm, 2x III.
F 5.6, 1/800, ISO 400, 400 mm.

This evening:

Ted Cruz @tedcruz
Government propaganda…for your 5 year old!

Big Bird @BigBird
I got the COVID-19 vaccine today! My wing is feeling a little sore, but it’ll give my body an extra protective boost that keeps me and others healthy.

Ms. @EricaRHill even said I’ve been getting vaccines since I was a little bird. I had no idea!

5:11 PM · Nov 6, 2021

You’re losing big time if you’re trying to take on a giant yellow bird via social media.

There is much hilarity in the responses:

This totally worked for Mitt Romney in 2012 so, please, keep going.

BigBird’s been getting vaccinated since 1972, but you’re just now squalling about it.
You might learn quicker if you had been watching regularly. [….]

He’s gonna be so upset when he learns that there’s a vampire who counts.

Cancun Cruz yells at 6 year old yellow bird…didn’t have that on my bingo card.

Big Bird has supported public health since the 1970’s, bird brain. [….]

Today’s tweet is brought you by the letters F and U. [….]

Big Bird didn’t fly down to Cancun during a blizzard, he stayed and helped his friends on Sesame Street

It must be hard to constantly find things to feign outrage over.

It’s not easy being Ted.

I don’t think 5 year olds have Twitter accounts, Ted.

Welp, you can’t tell us how to get to Sesame Street, but you sure you can tell us how to get to Cancun.

What’s Big Bird’s official position in the government?

Right, because everyone knows five-year-olds make their own decisions when it comes to inoculations.

Right now we are witnessing a sitting U.S. Senator getting mad at a fictional bird

Welcome to America.

Yep. Right up there with programs showing kids how to properly brush their teeth.

Heh.

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Mitt’s Halloween Tricks

30 Tuesday Oct 2012

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2012 Presidential Campaign Cartoons, Big Bird, binders, Cartoons of Mitt Romney, Cartoons of Paul Ryan, Firing People, Halloween Political Cartoons, Medicare Voucher, Pink Slip, trick-or-treat

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Mitt Romney (r): plucking Big Bird is not a new thing

06 Saturday Oct 2012

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Big Bird, missouri, Obama, Romney

At William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri on March 13, 2012 prior to the Missouri presidential primary (video by Jerry Schmidt):

[@5:50] Mitt Romney (r): ….three, three rules. Number one, I’m going to look at every program and ask, is this program so essential it’s worth borrowing money from China to pay for it. And if it doesn’t pass that test I’m getting rid of it. So, Obamacare, goodbye, subsidies for Amtrak and for Planned Parenthood, those things, goodbye. Even PBS. I like, look, I like PBS, I gotta be honest, I like PBS, but we, we borrow money so that PBS doesn’t have to show advertising to our kids. Well, Big Bird’s gonna have to get used to Kellogg’s corn flakes ’cause we’re gonna have to have advertising or bigger donations….

Good nutrition? Not likely. The big food corporations will cut ads on PBS and Sesame Street for Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs if they get half a chance.

Gee, at the debate Mitt Romney didn’t mention Amtrak or Planned Parenthood in the same breath as Big Bird. Or did he? Must be the Todd Akin (r) thing.

Previously: Mitt Romney Speaks to Rally at William Jewel College (March 14, 2012)

Big Bird asks a question

04 Thursday Oct 2012

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2012, Big Bird, debate, Obama, PBS, Romney

Via Twitter:

Sesame Street ‏@sesamestreet

Big Bird: My bed time is usually 7:45, but I was really tired yesterday and fell asleep at 7! Did I miss anything last night? 6:42 AM – 4 Oct 12

Why, yes, you did.

The presidential debate

04 Thursday Oct 2012

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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Big Bird, debate, Obama, Romney

Mitt Romney (r): ….What things would I cut from spending? Well, first of all, I will eliminate all programs by this test, if they don’t pass it, is the program so critical it’s worth borrowing money from China to pay for it? And if not, I’ll get rid of it. Obamacare’s on my list. I apologize, Mr. President. I use that term with all respect, by the way.

President Obama: I like it.

Mitt Romney (r): Good. Okay, good. So I’ll get rid of that. I’m sorry, Jim, I’m going to stop the subsidy to PBS. I’m going to stop other things. I like PBS, I love Big Bird. Actually like you, too. But I’m not going to, I’m not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for. That’s number one….

Via Sarah Burris.

“…I like Big Bird…”

No you don’t.

Michael Bersin ‏@MBersin

@J_Hancock Yeah, but Romney wants Big Bird to work as the canary in the coal mine. 8:30 PM – 3 Oct 12

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