Reuters
President Obama opted to participate in the children's special this year and in 2008.
It's not only Big Bird getting the cold shoulder from Mitt Romney these days. It's also Big Bird's biggest fans.
Romney declined to participate in Nickelodeon's Kids Pick the President special, in which children get a chance ask the candidates questions about what matters most to them. According to Linda Ellerbee, the event's host and executive producer, the Romney campaign couldn't fit the special into their schedule. "He simply didn't have time," she said.
"That's several million kids who actually want to get involved in the democratic process," Ellerbee said in a press release, referring to the large number of children who submitted questions for President Obama and Gov. Romney. "They don't deserve to be dissed."
President Obama participated this year, as he did in 2008. This time he answered questions on a variety of topics, ranging from gun control to same-sex marriage to bullying.
Beyond giving kids the chance to ask questions, 'Kids Pick the President' allows them to cast their vote in an online poll. An ad for the special has one child declaring, "The United States Constitution states that no one under the age of eighteen is permitted to vote, but Nickelodeon says we can!"
Since 1992, when Kids Pick the President began, the participating children have correctly chosen the outcome of the election five out of six times. This year's special is scheduled to air October 15.
“By answering kids' questions directly, candidates show respect for kids," Ellerbee said.
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On a different subject. The Bible states that if you steal a man from another country in order to make a slave of him you should be put to death. The type of slavery that my people experienced is this type of slavery and is clearly condemed. Exodus 21:16
"Anyone who kidnaps another and either sells him or still has him when he is caught must be put to death
Imagine that! Congress holding hearings on the lack of preparedness in the face of increasing calls for more security in Libya denied by this Administration, and the continued look into the trail of lies told on the origins of the attack on our consulate that killed our Ambassador and three colleagues, chalked up as simply popular demonstrations and protest that got out of hand instead of Al Qaeda affiliated heavily armed terrorists attacking on the 11th Anniversary of 9/11. And this blog is all about the light weight entertainment media, two post topics on Nickelodeon, and one on Jimmy Fallon's show. Well, Obama did refuse to meet with any world leaders at the recent UN Conference of World leaders, but did go on the View to fun it up with the ladies, then fly off to meet with JZ, Beyonce, and Letterman before our dead were buried, whose untimely deaths at the hands of a resurgent Islamic fundamentalist jihadism in the Middle East that he had categorized as "simply Bumps in Road", didn't he? So nothing new here!
Oh yes,I forgot to add West Wing and Sesame Street's Big Bird to that list of lightweight entertainment post topics: that makes five in a row, for heaven's sake!