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Sen. Boxer on PBS cuts: 'Republicans have a vendetta against Elmo'
The Hill ^ | 03/01/11 11:08 AM ET | Josiah Ryan

Posted on 03/01/2011 10:32:07 AM PST by BradtotheBone

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said Tuesday that House Republicans want to strip government funding of PBS because they have a "vendetta against Elmo."

Boxer made the comments during a floor speech where she made the case for her bill that would ensure that the president and lawmakers are not paid if a government shutdown occurs.

Boxer said that the cost of four hours of the Iraq war would be enough to keep PBS funded — and the popular fire-red children's character on the air.

Boxer believes that the GOP has more than just a vendetta against Elmo. She added that Republicans hold a "vendetta against healthcare" and a "vendetta against clean energy."

House Republicans last month passed a bill that would strip government funding for both National Public Radio and PBS.


TOPICS: Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: boxer; elmo; pbs; spending
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To: BradtotheBone

Whew..... Bert is off the hook


21 posted on 03/01/2011 10:48:44 AM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. N.C. D.E. +12 ....( History is a process, not an event ))
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To: Mr. K

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZBJFxpTk_I&feature=fvst


22 posted on 03/01/2011 10:49:47 AM PST by MNDude (so that's what they meant by Carter's second term)
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To: BradtotheBone
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said Tuesday that House Republicans want to strip government funding of PBS because they have a "vendetta against Elmo."

Just let this little puppet go on his own, and Elmo will make more money than anyone at pbs can spend.

Now, the nightly news with some asshole that sounds like he came from England, he'll be gone.

23 posted on 03/01/2011 10:51:24 AM PST by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages, in honor of Standing Wolf.)
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To: BradtotheBone

"Hey, Babs: I'm the one who nailed the little bastard. What're ya gonna do about it?"

24 posted on 03/01/2011 10:51:28 AM PST by andy58-in-nh (America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
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To: BelegStrongbow

Elmo will be rescued before any US citizens on a boat near Somalia.

25 posted on 03/01/2011 10:51:52 AM PST by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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To: BradtotheBone
Are we calling Obama Elmo now?
26 posted on 03/01/2011 10:52:52 AM PST by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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To: Snickering Hound

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixiYZ9DPk8o&feature=player_embedded

This is the video where all the characters are telling each other they worked so hard for that title.

This is what all leftists deserve - mocking derision.


27 posted on 03/01/2011 10:55:18 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: WOBBLY BOB
Elmo? I ----ed him.

28 posted on 03/01/2011 11:00:57 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: BradtotheBone

29 posted on 03/01/2011 11:03:20 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (A communist is just a liberal in a hurry)
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To: BradtotheBone
And the Left has a vendetta against Yosemite Sam and they REALLY hate Superman. They are asking that the government issue an order to destroy all, tapes, references in print, any blogs, DVD’s or any type records of him uttering the extremely offensive phrase, “Truth, Justice and the American Way”

Truth is totally against what the Left stands for. Facts make them feel “oogly”. Case in point, the only ones that still believe in AGW are Leftwing nuts that go along with the Cancunian banning of water (dihydrogen monoxide).

Justice is offensive,if you really are talking about justice as it was meant in OldSpeak. They only like justice if it is the NewSpeak version which is called “social justice” where certain groups get preferential
treatment because of perceived wrongs against them.

The American way. How would anyone DARE to presume that America is better than other countries such as Cuba, Venezuela, Libya, etc. Nope, No more. Not having it.

From now on the Ministry of Information and Media commands that Superman may say: “Social Justice, Workers of the World unite, Some animals are more equal than others and Arbeit macht frei. He may never say the archaic, racist, nationalistic, pro (yech!)Capitalist phrase: Truth, Justice and the American Way”

That is all. Await further instructions.

30 posted on 03/01/2011 11:03:52 AM PST by PATRIOT1876 (The only crimes that are 100% preventable are crimes committed by illegal aliens)
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To: BradtotheBone

31 posted on 03/01/2011 11:04:32 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (A communist is just a liberal in a hurry)
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To: bert
You know it is really about Bert.

32 posted on 03/01/2011 11:11:19 AM PST by FreedomOfExpression
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To: BradtotheBone

Tickle me Elmo? I think not.

33 posted on 03/01/2011 11:17:29 AM PST by wbill
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To: BradtotheBone

This proves the voters in California are brain dead!


34 posted on 03/01/2011 11:20:26 AM PST by mort56
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To: BradtotheBone

I really wanted to comment here, but the comments already posted are so good that all I’ll say is “Bravo! Bravo!”


35 posted on 03/01/2011 11:25:00 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer.")
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To: USNBandit
Don't forget Bert being evil and supporting Osama Bin Laden
I'm evil!

36 posted on 03/01/2011 11:25:28 AM PST by Only1choice____Freedom (FDR had the New Deal. President 0bama has the Raw Deal.)
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To: FreedomOfExpression
LOL,I guess snopes didn't like me linking to them.
How about this?

37 posted on 03/01/2011 11:25:53 AM PST by FreedomOfExpression
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To: BelegStrongbow

“Californians, please notice that your junior senator has the intellectual capacity of a first grader.”

I fear you are far too kind. Boxer is six fries short of a McDonald’s Happy Meal — except in San Francisco where they’re banned.


38 posted on 03/01/2011 11:30:02 AM PST by MasterGunner01 (To err is human; to forgive is not our policy. -- SEAL Team SIX)
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To: BradtotheBone

Somebody in Congress, Senate, needs to stand up in from of the podium and emphatically demand, “Cut the crap”.


39 posted on 03/01/2011 11:31:24 AM PST by Parmy
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To: mort56

When you consider who her “constituents” are, I agree. She represents the brain dead quite well.

Unfortunately, not all of us Californians get a say in whether or not she’s selected, we do get the albatross around our neck though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_8th_congressional_district


40 posted on 03/01/2011 11:32:52 AM PST by SZonian (July 27, 2010. Life begins anew.)
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