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Mitt Romney Declines
Nickelodeon's Invitation
for 'Kids Pick the
President' Special
Hollywood Reporter, by Sophie A. Schillaci
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Posted By:JoniTx, 10/9/2012 8:52:53 AM
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| One spot Mitt Romney won't be hitting on the campaign trail: the Nickelodeon studios. The Republican presidential candidate declined an invitation from the children's network to participate in its "Kids Pick the President: The Candidates" special. According to a release from Nickelodeon, Romney's camp said he was unable to fit the taping into his schedule after multiple attempts from the network.(Snip) President Barack Obama sat down for a taping in the White House, where he answered questions regarding gun control, jobs, immigration, same-sex marriage, outsourcing, bullying and obesity, as well as light-hearted questions including his most embarrassing moment.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
ZurichMike, 10/9/2012 8:58:03 AM (No. 8919838)
Next up: article from AP that says "Romney hates Big Bird and kid; "family man" meme is a lie"
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
SnowQueen, 10/9/2012 9:01:33 AM (No. 8919849)
Yes! He's showing some dignity! And maybe he didn't want to be associated with a network that supports Jason Biggs' crude tweets about his wife.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
SoCalGal, 10/9/2012 9:05:46 AM (No. 8919862)
Good decision. Nickolodeon has been on the wrong side. Let it stay there. And keep your kids away from it.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Malia2012, 10/9/2012 9:06:22 AM (No. 8919867)
Mitt Romney once again shows the difference between being Presidential and pretending to be "presidential" in front of an audience of cheering children who don't know any better. Of course, obama could "squeeze" this appearance into his "busy schedule". He simply had to take a few minutes out of his daily wanderings as traveler-in-chief. As for his "most embarrassing moment"? That would be obama's entire life. BTW, Kids DON'T pick the President! Guess we can't expect Nickelodeon to understand that.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Garage Logician, 10/9/2012 9:06:29 AM (No. 8919868)
As far as we know, kids don't vote. So there. Ha.
Thanks, Mitt for standing up to the 'Do it for the chirruns' crowd.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
earlybird, 10/9/2012 9:07:23 AM (No. 8919870)
How crass! Supporting Jason Biggs and his extremely nasty tweets about Ann Romney and Jenna (sp?) Ryan. Then trying to bolster their ratings (which should be in the toilet with Jason Biggs) by having him on the show? Nevah!!!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Patchy Groundfog, 10/9/2012 9:12:19 AM (No. 8919883)
Given the political leanings of Nickelodeon's production staff and management, he couldn't risk being slimed 'by accident' on live TV.
Kids pick the president? The 2008 election proves the folly of that.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
pineledger, 10/9/2012 9:16:58 AM (No. 8919904)
His priorities are just right. Why step into that trap?
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
reilly, 10/9/2012 9:29:33 AM (No. 8919932)
Good political instincts. They'd be looking for a "gotcha". This audience prefers the big butted Mooch, Big Bird, and Andrea "Pizza Face" Mitchell. It can have them.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
youngtexan, 10/9/2012 9:49:19 AM (No. 8919990)
Good move for Mitt.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
jimK1, 10/9/2012 10:03:18 AM (No. 8920041)
It's time an adult took over, leave the kids alone. That is something that Zip would never understand. To clarify, Zip would never understand about being an adult, about taking over and leading from the front.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
JAN, 10/9/2012 10:06:25 AM (No. 8920053)
America is in decline, we are under constant threat from the jihadists, and our allies are wondering what happened to America's power.
Somehow I don't care a whit about Nickelodian or Children's Television Workship either for that matter.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Garage Logician, 10/9/2012 10:19:45 AM (No. 8920093)
Nobody stiffs Linda Ellerbee!
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
3XALADY, 10/9/2012 10:21:45 AM (No. 8920099)
I don't want to see my presidential candidate on trash TV shows. Thank you, Mitt.
Several years ago we were at Universal studios with grandson, sat in on one of the Nickelodeon shows and what an eye opener! G.A.R.B.A.G.E. and kids were eating it up.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Mobyclik, 10/9/2012 10:34:56 AM (No. 8920140)
Are these the brainwashed Barrak Obama ''mmmmm mmm mmmmm'' kids?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
TheMotherCO, 10/9/2012 10:35:53 AM (No. 8920143)
I cannot imagine why kids would know a thing about politics and or candidates. What a dummy thing to pursue. Must be a dim.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
happy conservative, 10/9/2012 10:41:50 AM (No. 8920163)
Good! Let all those little Nickelodeon brats vote for Obama--great minds think alike!
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
KingBubo, 10/9/2012 10:49:41 AM (No. 8920185)
Nickelodeon would probably support Mitt as he "wants to kill Big Bird", on eof their biggest rivals.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
King of all trolls, 10/9/2012 10:53:11 AM (No. 8920196)
Imagine a President who actually works for a living.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
snowoutlaw, 10/9/2012 11:07:49 AM (No. 8920243)
I like the image of Obama on Nickelodeon and Romney not. Kind of shows who is presidential and who is more like Captain Kangaroo.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
montanabound, 10/9/2012 11:38:07 AM (No. 8920349)
Great. Discussion of same sex marriage with little kids.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
tehtriggerman, 10/9/2012 11:55:57 AM (No. 8920412)
Obama and Co. will gleefully take the open time slot.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Lucky4, 10/9/2012 12:43:43 PM (No. 8920601)
Linda Ellerbee is a total leftie. It is so obvious when they do this show and I am glad Mitt passed. Also I saw those tweets yesterday for the first time and I was shocked at how bad they were. His wife had a very bad tweet at the same time calling 8th graders a nasty derogatory slang word. So bad. We are past the age of Nick in my house, but if I had kids I would be bummed out to have to stop watch anything of theirs.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
cheeflo, 10/9/2012 1:05:15 PM (No. 8920750)
Romney made an unscheduled stop at an elementary school the other day -- the kids were waving at his motorcade and he turned around and went back to visit with them. Real kids. Not made-for-TV kids.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Jubilationtcornpone, 10/9/2012 1:57:49 PM (No. 8920900)
Time for Nickelodeon but none for Netanyahu.
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