In 1992, Dan Quayle said this:
“t doesn’t help matters when primetime TV has Murphy Brown — a character who supposedly epitomizes today’s intelligent, highly paid, professional woman — mocking the importance of fathers, by bearing a child alone, and calling it just another ‘lifestyle choice.'”
And was derided as an intellectual Lilliputian for the rest of his life by the my-own-fart-sniffing leftist elites.
So, if a member of Obama’s cabinet were to speak directly to a cartoon city, you’d think she’d be tarred, feathered and tossed into a septic tank, right?
Apparently not, because I haven’t heard much about this bit of brain-dead galumphery from EPA head Lisa Jackson:
Last April, Jackson gathered a small band of managers to watch “The Simpsons Movie,” which in 2007 portrayed the EPA head as its main villain. In the movie, the agency head disastrously builds a dome over the fictional town of Springfield to contain its lake pollution and its residents.
The hurtful portrayal, Jackson said, highlights that citizens are nearing a point where they don’t trust the agency. Under her watch, the agency would never dome off a town. “No, we’re not going to do it to you, Springfield, wherever you might be,” she said.
Personally, I’m still waiting for the FCC to offer its reassurances to the Griffins.
[CAUTION: this show is rated TV-14 for a reason – shoo the kiddies out of the room before viewing]