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Obama Campaign Responds to Big Bird Controversy with Ridiculous Statement

21YRAFVET Wrote: Oct 10, 2012 1:48 AM
211 million to be exact with the CEO earning close to a million a year. Where is OWS with protest about Sesame Street being 1%er's

Ridiculous times call for ridiculous statements from the Obama campaign. Campaign spokesperson Jen Psaki said on Air Force One this afternoon there was "grassroots outcry" about Big Bird and therefore the campaign decided to make the now infamous Big Bird ad.

"There's been a strong grassroots outcry over the attacks on Big Bird. This is something that mothers across the country are alarmed about, and you know, we're tapping into that," Psaki told reporters aboard Air Force One on Tuesday.

"The larger point... is, aside from our love for Big Bird and Elmo, as is evidenced...

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