Twitter MVPs of the First Presidential Debate
In a short hour and a half of Presidential debating, the Internet came away with two great Twitter parody accounts and a slew of other hilarious Tweets. Here's the best of all of them:
Fired Big Bird
Somewhere Paul Ryan is kicking over trash cans in hopes of smoking out Oscar the Grouch
— Big Bird (@FiredBigBird) October 4, 2012
BREAKING NEWS – BAIN CAPITAL HAS SHIPPED SESAME STREET TO CHINA… STORY DEVELOPING
— Big Bird (@FiredBigBird) October 4, 2012
. @rollcallabby Look what Mitt Romney has done to me… twitpic.com/b0syqt
— Big Bird (@FiredBigBird) October 4, 2012
Mitt Romney warned PBS anchor Jim Lehrer that he'd be letting Big Bird go, and the parody account fighting for Big Bird's job climbed over 20,000 followers in a few short hours.
Silent Jim Lehrer
…
— Silent Jim Lehrer (@SilentJimLehrer) October 4, 2012
…er…okay so…now…
— Silent Jim Lehrer (@SilentJimLehrer) October 4, 2012
…but so…excuse me…
— Silent Jim Lehrer (@SilentJimLehrer) October 4, 2012
…goodnight.
— Silent Jim Lehrer (@SilentJimLehrer) October 4, 2012
Then came this account about the man who almost certainly finished last in the debate: moderator Jim Lehrer, who let the candidates moderate themselves and got in a few mumbles about time limits neither Obama nor Romney had any interest in obeying.
The Best Of The Rest Of The Tweets
Tonight Jim Lehrer looked a little like Lucy Ricardo in the episode where she baby sat for twins who tied her up.
— Alan Zweibel (@AlanZweibel) October 4, 2012
Don't worry Obama, I lost a debate and still was elected 5th grade class president.Just promise soda in all the drinking fountains.
— CJ Sullivan (@CJVLR) October 4, 2012
Sorry for expecting a Platonic discourse instead of a yelling match, everybody.I admit it, Romney is a louder candidate.
— Eli Yudin (@eliyudin) October 4, 2012
Congratulations to Norman Osborn on an amazing debate performance!
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) October 4, 2012
All night, Obama sounded like he was trying to get off the phone with somebody.
— Alex Baze (@bazecraze) October 4, 2012
Obama was in a carb-coma after his anniversary dinner at Olive Garden.
— Pat Healy (@Pat_Healy) October 4, 2012
If Obama said "Bullshit" right now, he'd get 330 electoral votes. #debate2012
— Guy Branum (@guybranum) October 4, 2012
Mentioning Big Bird in the debate is like giving the internet a soft piece of felt it can rub against its face for the rest of the week.
— Josh Hara (@yoyoha) October 4, 2012
Cutting PBS support (0.012% of budget) to help balance the Federal budget is like deleting text files to make room on your 500Gig hard drive
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 4, 2012
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