Interesting "average Joe" reaction

[Lex]

to the Pres. debate, from another board I post on, which is non-political but for a discussion of this:

"I don't plan on voting, wasn't going to watch the debate - but did & Romney sounded OK, until he mentioned cutting off PBS - those are fighting words. Unless PBS could get other funding, that could mean the end of Eastenders [a Brit serial show] for us... There's so many wasteful things they spend our tax dollars on - why mess with the 1 channel that's been teaching children for 40yrs???"

Funny how the PBS thing really pissed people off.

[Qutzupalotl]

1. Obama has a great line he's using today...

"Romney wants to let Wall Street run wild, but he'll bring the hammer down on Sesame Street."

[Lilyeye]

6. I wish he could have said that line at the debate

Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda,

I just hope he comes up with some good lines the next time.

[vaberella]

43. I'm happy he didn't. It would have taken from the seriousness case he was making.

He was talking to the American people not trying to appeal to political fiends on the net. We live for that, the American people see that as an attack. And the American people tend to watch the first debate more than the other debates. The other debates are for us.

[RichGirl]

40. He also said.....

...that Romney had an extreme makeover. Had the crowd in Virginia roaring.

[jimlup]

2. I'm actually surprised Romney said that

As otherwise he seemed to suddenly have become (through outright lies) a born again moderate.

[DhhD]

12. Mitt has a personality for everybody he stands for, living and nonliving.

[kelliekat44]

20. It was one of the many RW red meat lines he threw in trying to cover all bases.

And another swipe at education. You know the privileged believe that educating the masses is a threat even from pre-K. Kids might actually grow up and try to be kind to others and think for themselves. Then where would this country be?

[Angry Dragon]

3. Willard laughs as he says he is going to kill Big Bird

and he says he loves Jersey Shores ......... that should tell one what Willard thinks is important

[gateley]

4. He salivates.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

15. Maybe cause Chris Christe's from Joisey?

[reformist2]

5. Does Mitt have any clue how much kids from 4-48 love PBS children's shows???

He may have irked a lot more people than he realizes...

[Lex]

7. If it wasn't subsidized, it just be another channel with Honey Boo Boo on it or

whatever the crap TV du jour is. I personally love watching the Masterpiece Mystery series, all the good documentaries (esp. Ken Burns), nature shows, etc. Good stuff.

[reformist2]

11. So true. People know that the free market for entertainment produces a lot of crap.

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You don't have to be a socialist to admit that the programming on PBS is far superior to what you can get elsewhere. And, a lot of us can't afford to shell out $1,000 a year for basic cable just to get the History or Nature channel.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

16. The History channel has very few history programs these days.

Mostly shows like Swamp Loggers, Ice Road Truckers or Pawn Stars.

So it becomes even more important the PBS funding stays.

[drm604]

17. I guess you haven't seen the History Channel recently. You can't compare it to PBS.

Tonight is a marathon of "Cajun Pawn Stars", then later "Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy".

They also have things like "American Pickers", "Ice Road Truckers", "Stan Lee's Superhumans", and "Sex in the Ancient World".

You can't buy the quality of PBS on the private market.

[reformist2]

33. LOL! I haven't seen the History channel in years, since I downgraded my cable. $1000/yr was ridic.

So that is proof that capitalism has corrupted even the more upscale channels!

[StarryNite]

9. The bigger question...

Does Mitt care how much people love PBS children's shows? Obviously not! To him the only "people" that matter are corporations.

[Lex]

10. No, it is simply a matter of whether it makes money somehow

and if it doesn't, then he kills it. He's would be President Death Panel of One.

[ejpoeta]

30. I have a feeling he does now.

[RichGirl]

41. Much of Sesame Street....

...is on a stoop...an apartment stoop. According to Mitt, poor people live in apartments. Also it has racially mixed kids. Mitt wasn't going to expose his little boys to that when he could put them in kiddie prep school.

[Cooley Hurd]

8. Sesame Street, Mr Rogers' Neighborhood, The Electric Company, Zoom...

Almost everyone in the oft-touted "prime demographic" fucking GREW UP with those shows!

Besides this, the most important program that tells the story of the American experience... "American Experience" is a PBS staple.

What are they thinking???

[Honeycombe8]

13. I feel the same way, Average JOe!!!! Ken Burns' The Civil War, Monty Python. Vicar of Dibley, Count

Count Dracula, Henry VIII, Masterpiece Theater, Duchess of Dukewater Street, Upstairs Downstairs, I Claudius, Sesame Street.....

The many marvelous programs that were made ONLY because they didn't have to be approved by a commercial entity.

[rfranklin]

22. Not to mention Fawlty Towers, Flowery Twats and Farty Towels...

Each epsiode they would scramble the letters of the sign to create an amusing anagram.

[Honeycombe8]

26. How could I forget Fawlty Towers!???? One of the funniest shows ever made. nt

[gkhouston]

44. Give my regards to the Earth's core!

Let me give Nova and Frontline a shout-out. And I wish they'd rerun Yes, Minister. And I'll confess to being a sucker for The Red Green Show.

[RichGirl]

42. And....

DOWNTON ABBEY!

[DaveJ]

14. Funny how Obama did exactly what we've been wanting

He let Rmoney dig his own hole. Great sound bite.

[JeffHead]

34. Bingo!

I think you've stumbled upon the Presidents strategy for at least the first debate. Just let Mitt keep talking!

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. Now if we can get that person to vote

But even if he does not, I have heard more than one comment on grocery lines about Big Bird, and Sesame Street...

[ailsagirl]

19. I'm so glad he said that about PBS!!

It appeared "off-the-cuff" and, as usual, he stepped in it... deeply

[IcyPeas]

21. but they stopped airing Eastenders years ago on PBS

so what is this person talking about????????????????????

[Lex]

24. Not in NC they didn't.

It airs every Sunday night.

[IcyPeas]

49. really? I'm so bummed

I watched it from it's inception here in los angeles since like 1985 or thereabouts. they stopped airing it just as Dirty Den came back into the series. I was so devastated because I was such a big fan.

I'm glad you still get it. I miss old Albert Square.

[Lex]

50. Hey IcyPeas, I understand there are lots of episodes

online. You can look up the episode where Den comes back and then watch from there? Youtube has them and maybe a another site. I hate that they stopped showing it there for you. We have a pretty vocal EE Club here in NC and every year we help raise money at the bi-annual fundraisers to make sure the local PBS (WUNC) doesn't dare stop EE. Cheers!

This might be one place to start: http://www.youtube.com/user/eastenders?feature=results_main

[Wounded Bear]

23. Funny, through all of the hoopla about Romney "winning".......

I was kind of reflecting on how many ads Romney just wrote for Team Obama.

The Big Bird/PBS one was low hanging fruit. Meanwhile, as expected, the fact checkers are eviscerating Romney this week. There's going to be a bit of copy for the next go-around.

[Cleita]

25. Not only that Jennifer Granholm pointed out yesterday that the

funding to PBS is less that 1% of the budget, so cutting off funding to them wouldn't make a dent in our budget deficit.

[Arkansas Granny]

27. The PBS remark pissed me off, too.

The savings from cutting the funding for PBS is a very small drop in a very large bucket. The only reason to mention it is because the freepers thinkit's too liberal.

[Raine]

28. Funny thing is I think the big bird comment was supposed to be one of those zingers

we kept hearing about. It a was "throw away" line that is biting Rmoney in the ass and going to stick to him like glue.

[LTR]

29. I want my Doctor Who, dammit!

And Austin City Limits.

And MI-5.

And History Detectives.

And their news shows.

And so on.

Seems the only people who want to defund PBS are crabby hardcore wingnut whiners who get hot and bothered with anything that doesn't look like Fox News.

I'm willing to bet if Fox News got government subsidies, they wouldn't say a word.

[barnabas63]

31. Rmoney came off petty and mean....per usual. (nt)

[cr8tvlde]

32. Candidate who likes to fire people threatens to fire Moderator...

yet he really likes him? I like the Big Bird row and all the graphics, but the stunning audacity...on international television...I like you Jim, but "you're fired" if I'm elected.

[Harry_Scrote]

35. It seems to me

That Romney was "edgier" than normal. Some of the circles I travel in think he was on performance enhancing drugs.

[justiceischeap]

36. I'm a PBS employee and the thing I found ironic

is how in one breath he talks about cutting funding to PBS then in another he talks about wanting to create jobs, not kill them... unless they happen to be at PBS.

I don't understand the hatred the GOP has for PBS.

[James48]

37. Muppet madness

From https://www.facebook.com/MuppetsForObama

[burrowowl]

38. So many good programs

Nova, Bill Moyers, Point of View, Frontline, etc. etc.
NitMitt is against EDUCATION!

[James48]

39. more

Join us!
Post your own ideas for photos at:
https://www.facebook.com/MuppetsForObama

[Tigress DEM]

45. Ah! Ah! Ah! INDEED

[HipChick]

46. Eastenders? Hell No! I might have to get the Mitchell brothers to come round...

[Lex]

48. They'll get it sorted!

[Starry Messenger]

47. Students in my class were talking about it too.

Most are still too young to vote, but it sure got them thinking about politics.

[orpupilofnature57]

51. Yep,' Cosmos ' the ' Civil War ' all those nonsense shows .