President Barack Obama made his most recent campaign stop in Cleveland this afternoon, greeting a crowd at Cleveland State University.
It took him only a few minutes to incorporate “Big Bird” into his speech, in response to GOP challenger Mitt Romney's Wednesday debate comments he would eliminate federal support to public television.
"Mitt Romney wants to let Wall Street run wild again, but he wants to bring the hammer down on Sesame Street," Obama told a cheering crowd. "Do you want me to save Big Bird?" The Plain Dealer reported following Obama’s 2 p.m. speech on No. 5.
Obama incorporated this morning’s job report citing a 7.8 percent unemployemnt rate, into his speech. It represents the lowest unemployment rate since Obama took office as president.
“He touted the jobless rate and attacked Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's economic plan,” WKBN reported.
The event marked the President’s fourth visit to the university, including a Feb. 28, 2008 nationally televised event debating Hillary Clinton.
The Toledo Blade is reporting a large crowd greeted Obama before his speech, waiting in the rain at an outdoor soccer field.
Romney is planning a stop in Cuyahoga Falls next week.
MZ
11:43 am on Saturday, October 6, 2012
Inflamed liberals all over the web mad about big bird! That makes me smile. If the biggest issue you have is worrying about defunding PBS life must be great for you. Seriously though, we have much bigger problems then worrying about wether or not sesame street can stand on its own.
MZ
6:55 pm on Saturday, October 6, 2012
Rex, what? I'm not complaining, I am laughing at people like you. You amuse me.
I didn't borrow money from my parents when I got my degree or when I got my masters. I also didn't get government money. I worked to pay for school then was fortunate enough to have a high paying engineering job with a company that paid for my MBA.
I don't owe anybody anything. Now I own and operate several small businesses and am happy to sign the front of checks to good people that work hard like I did.
If you love PBS so much, go ahead and send them a check. Put your money where your mouth is, or just stop complaining.
tom m
8:27 pm on Saturday, October 6, 2012
its great to see the liberals worried about the defunding of PBS and not the defunding of NPR since NPR only gets 84 million in public funding While PBS gets only 7 million
Keith Best
10:58 pm on Saturday, October 6, 2012
Why do so many think a first-term senator who spent most of that first-term running for another office, is capable of overseeing the world's largest economy? EPIC FAILURE!
This was obvious in the debate.
Joseph Robert
5:28 pm on Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Romney will LIE and say anything to get elected! Watch this video as Romney debates Romney!
Bottomline, Romney cannot be trusted to lead our GREAT NATION!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPgfzknYd20
Bill Cole
10:49 pm on Tuesday, October 9, 2012
You are going to trust obama then i assume....really look at what he has done....nothing but increase our debt......
Colter95
11:11 am on Sunday, November 4, 2012
Do you think Obama is a good guy and a straight shooter? Read on, please: Obama has been an economic disaster the last four years, and this Benghazi disgrace is completely unacceptable... This country does not reward failure and dishonesty out of the White House...
http://www.factcheck.org/2012/06/obamas-outsourcer-overreach/
http://obamalies.net/list-of-obamas-failures
http://blog.heritage.org/2012/10/18/president-obamas-taxpayer-backed-green-energy-failures/
http://lacrossetribune.com/news/opinion/patti-schmidt-list-of-obama-s-failures-is-long/article_7a139146-fec2-11e1-8e81-0019bb2963f4.html
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/08/obamas-foreign-policy-failures-catalogued.php
http://www.facebook.com/notes/republican-security-council/the-top-10-obama-flip-flops-by-ari-fleischer/171275079638338
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100083104/the-u-turn-president-barack-obama-top-ten-flip-flops/
You see, it's easy to run on a slogan, like Obama did in 2008... Hope and change, baby... It's much harder to do once you have a record that can be reviewed... He also said in 2008 that if he didn't get the job done in four years, that it would be a one term deal... Well, he hasn't delivered, so time to let him keep his word... Romney/Ryan 2012
Colter95
11:12 am on Sunday, November 4, 2012
Wrong on the economy, wrong on Benghazi, and wrong on the auto bailout... The time for real change is NOW!!
http://www.policymic.com/articles/14285/obama-lies-obama-auto-bailout-did-not-rescue-detroit
http://www.factcheck.org/2012/06/obamas-outsourcer-overreach/
http://twitchy.com/2012/10/23/obama-lies-about-romneys-position-on-auto-bailouts-conservatives-hit-back/
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jack-coleman/2012/10/26/letterman-slams-obama-auto-bailout-lie-followed-maddow-parroting-same-
Romney/Ryan 2012