#SAVEBIGBIRD

It looks like Mitt Romney took the debate (you can also see the quite comic Gangnam style parody version), and if he does become president, he promised during the debate that he would fire Big Bird (well, that was our take). We add our voices to the chorus urging Mr. Romney to reconsider. Sir, it is only a bird!

Romney’s reference to Big Bird while speaking about federal funding to programs such as public broadcasting, set twitter ablaze. There were several hashtags and handles that were created, including @FiredBigBird. @FiredBigBird had within hours of creation amassed more than 25,000 followers (UPDATE: As of 8am Pacific Time,Twitter seems to have suspended the @FiredBigBird account). In case you missed this part of the debate, the clip is blow courtesy of of WSJ Digital.

Here are some of the highlights of FiredBigBird Tweets –

Count von Count says Romney’s budget math doesn’t add up….

— Big Bird (@FiredBigBird) October 4, 2012

“I worked with Big Bird. I served with Big Bird. You, sir, are no Big Bird,”

— Big Bird (@FiredBigBird) October 4, 2012

#OccupySesameStreet

— Big Bird (@FiredBigBird) October 4, 2012

Just was texted by Paul Ryan challenging me to a sub 3 hour marathon…

— Big Bird (@FiredBigBird) October 4, 2012

BREAKING NEWS – Donald Trump demands to see Big Birds hatched eggs certificate…

— Big Bird (@FiredBigBird) October 4, 2012

47% of Chic-Fil-A chickens think theyre victims. I will never convince them to take personal responsibility

— Big Bird (@FiredBigBird) October 4, 2012

I support PBS, Sesame Street, Big Bird,Elmo and Ernie. They changed my life. twitter.com/shervin/status…

— Shervin Pishevar (@shervin) October 5, 2012

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