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BarackTheVote

(938 posts) Sat Oct 6, 2012, 12:56 AM Oct 2012

I think Romney handed Obama the youth vote with his Big Bird comment [View all]

I'm watching this meme blow up. One of my favorite web comedians, Doug Walker (That Guy With the Glasses), moments ago posted "I'm so Blue" from "Catch that Bird" with the title "The New Republican National Anthem." It has over 250 likes as of this moment. Some might think the save Big Bird meme is just about hipster ironic comedy, but in reality, Romney touched a very real nerve. Romney's off-hand zinger about firing Big Bird resonated with young voters, with the internet generation, and in the exact opposite way Romney intended.

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I think Romney handed Obama the youth vote with his Big Bird comment [View all] BarackTheVote Oct 2012 OP

I've been saying it all day: Willard put a face on his proposed killing of PBS. Indpndnt Oct 2012 #1

Sesame Street debuted in 1969 Bjorn Against Oct 2012 #2

I still remember the first show! jberryhill Oct 2012 #7

Maybe. My daughter is mid 20's and her friends are pissed. Lone_Star_Dem Oct 2012 #3

I didn't know six-year-olds could vote... regnaD kciN Oct 2012 #4

I was once a child 31 now DisabledAmerican Oct 2012 #8

My point is, the youth vote is incredibly important to Obama BarackTheVote Oct 2012 #5

I'm 47 and I love Big Bird and Sesame Street ellie Oct 2012 #6

32, here...and I can tell you that everyone around my age is livid. Shit my heart broke. vaberella Oct 2012 #9

Well, you have anyone who was born in the 60s and up SaveAmerica Oct 2012 #10

Not to mention the Perdue family vote. Kurovski Oct 2012 #11