Matthews on Big Bird ad: ‘This, I think, is Mickey Mouse’ Shrum: 'We should be talking about who's going to save Medicare, not who's going to save Big Bird' Follow @FreeBeacon BY: Washington Free Beacon StaffOctober 9, 2012 5:24 pm Chris Matthews and Bob Shrum panned the Obama campaign’s new ad on Big Bird Tuesday. This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Big Bird, Bob Shrum, Chris Matthews. Bookmark the permalink. Follow @FreeBeacon