In a move widely seen as an effort to widen their political base, the Democratic National Committee now wants to partially de-fund PBS, dance and fine arts and support bass fishermen, expectoration artists and country music artists.
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Darius Rucker, Country Music Artist |
"Clearly" Bernie Gravely stated, "there is such a huge amount of support for Sesame Street and some of the PBS news shows that the enterprise could be self-sustaining if they simply dumped shows aimed at the tiniest niches. And let's face it, 99% of all Classical Music, Ballet and Fine Arts are Euro-Centric. We need to set an example and be more diverse, more inclusive."
A coalition of the Less Common Genders (Numbers 5-through-58) met at a local Starbucks and wrote a strongly worded memo criticizing the move. It is estimated that 85% of America's (and yes, that includes Canada) LCG population was able to crowd into the Starbucks and sign the document.
Sesame Street is not the finest of examples, as it's on HBO now...
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