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Barack Obama: For all you moms and kids out there, don't worry. Somebody's finally getting tough on Big Bird. Elmo, you better make a…

On the recordOctober 4, 2012
For all you moms and kids out there, don't worry. Somebody's finally getting tough on Big Bird. Elmo, you better make a run for it. Governor Romney is going to let Wall Street run wild again, but he's going to bring the hammer down on Sesame Street.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Barack Obama responds to Mitt Romney's comments about PBS, framing them as a threat to children's programming.

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