I didn’t watch Wednesday’s Presidential Debate
but I’ve heard from both parties
that Mitt Romney ‘won’ the debate.
Well… that’s what I heard
on the TV newscasts.
On social media,
I heard that
Mitt Romney wants to kill Big Bird.
I heard that
little kids are writing letters
to try to save Big Bird.
I heard that
kids are coming home from school
in tears
because a bad man wants
to kill their big yellow friend.
Who truly ‘won’ the debate
(or in this case, lost it)?
What are people going to remember
in one month
– Mitt Romney’s strong showing
or that he wants to kill Big Bird?
BTW… the biggest lesson from the debate
is to frame spending cuts as impersonally as possible.
Don’t mention that one of those jobs you’ll cut
belongs to a beloved employee.
In this case
you simply state you’re cutting funding to PBS
and you DON’T mention Big Bird.