Here’s Linda Jo in 2012:

Bunch of whiny birdbrains. That’s one way to avoid discussing the empty chair who showed up for a debate, though, ..write a column about the Governor’s reluctance to keep funding a children’s tv show. Everyone loves Big Bird. No one said to chop off his head and cook him for Thanksgiving. Let the private sector keep feathering his nest. We have more important issues to resolve. Like how to pay for Julia from cradle to grave and make sure Sandra Fluke doesn’t go without condoms. I don’t recall a single liberal rant about the administration cutting security funding for our ambassadors overseas. But let a guy ask the question…does government really need to fund imaginary furry feathered Muppets? and you people start seething. Priorities!