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Lex

(34,108 posts) Fri Oct 5, 2012, 06:59 PM Oct 2012

Interesting "average Joe" reaction [View all]

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.

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Interesting "average Joe" reaction [View all] Lex Oct 2012 OP

Obama has a great line he's using today... Qutzupalotl Oct 2012 #1

I wish he could have said that line at the debate Lilyeye Oct 2012 #6

I'm happy he didn't. It would have taken from the seriousness case he was making. vaberella Oct 2012 #43

He also said..... RichGirl Oct 2012 #40

I'm actually surprised Romney said that jimlup Oct 2012 #2

Mitt has a personality for everybody he stands for, living and nonliving. DhhD Oct 2012 #12

It was one of the many RW red meat lines he threw in trying to cover all bases. kelliekat44 Oct 2012 #20

Willard laughs as he says he is going to kill Big Bird Angry Dragon Oct 2012 #3

He salivates. gateley Oct 2012 #4

Maybe cause Chris Christe's from Joisey? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2012 #15

Does Mitt have any clue how much kids from 4-48 love PBS children's shows??? reformist2 Oct 2012 #5

If it wasn't subsidized, it just be another channel with Honey Boo Boo on it or Lex Oct 2012 #7

So true. People know that the free market for entertainment produces a lot of crap. reformist2 Oct 2012 #11

The History channel has very few history programs these days. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2012 #16

I guess you haven't seen the History Channel recently. You can't compare it to PBS. drm604 Oct 2012 #17

LOL! I haven't seen the History channel in years, since I downgraded my cable. $1000/yr was ridic. reformist2 Oct 2012 #33

The bigger question... StarryNite Oct 2012 #9

No, it is simply a matter of whether it makes money somehow Lex Oct 2012 #10

I have a feeling he does now. ejpoeta Oct 2012 #30

Much of Sesame Street.... RichGirl Oct 2012 #41

Sesame Street, Mr Rogers' Neighborhood, The Electric Company, Zoom... Cooley Hurd Oct 2012 #8

I feel the same way, Average JOe!!!! Ken Burns' The Civil War, Monty Python. Vicar of Dibley, Count Honeycombe8 Oct 2012 #13

Not to mention Fawlty Towers, Flowery Twats and Farty Towels... rfranklin Oct 2012 #22

How could I forget Fawlty Towers!???? One of the funniest shows ever made. nt Honeycombe8 Oct 2012 #26

Give my regards to the Earth's core! gkhouston Oct 2012 #44

And.... RichGirl Oct 2012 #42

Funny how Obama did exactly what we've been wanting DaveJ Oct 2012 #14

Bingo! JeffHead Oct 2012 #34

Now if we can get that person to vote nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #18

I'm so glad he said that about PBS!! ailsagirl Oct 2012 #19

but they stopped airing Eastenders years ago on PBS IcyPeas Oct 2012 #21

Not in NC they didn't. Lex Oct 2012 #24

really? I'm so bummed IcyPeas Oct 2012 #49

Hey IcyPeas, I understand there are lots of episodes Lex Oct 2012 #50

Funny, through all of the hoopla about Romney "winning"....... Wounded Bear Oct 2012 #23

Not only that Jennifer Granholm pointed out yesterday that the Cleita Oct 2012 #25

The PBS remark pissed me off, too. Arkansas Granny Oct 2012 #27

Funny thing is I think the big bird comment was supposed to be one of those zingers Raine Oct 2012 #28

I want my Doctor Who, dammit! LTR Oct 2012 #29

Rmoney came off petty and mean....per usual. (nt) barnabas63 Oct 2012 #31

Candidate who likes to fire people threatens to fire Moderator... cr8tvlde Oct 2012 #32

It seems to me Harry_Scrote Oct 2012 #35

I'm a PBS employee and the thing I found ironic justiceischeap Oct 2012 #36

Muppet madness James48 Oct 2012 #37

So many good programs burrowowl Oct 2012 #38

more James48 Oct 2012 #39

Ah! Ah! Ah! INDEED Tigress DEM Oct 2012 #45

Eastenders? Hell No! I might have to get the Mitchell brothers to come round... HipChick Oct 2012 #46

They'll get it sorted! Lex Oct 2012 #48

Students in my class were talking about it too. Starry Messenger Oct 2012 #47

Yep,' Cosmos ' the ' Civil War ' all those nonsense shows . orpupilofnature57 Oct 2012 #51