Posted on 10/16/2010 3:11:36 PM PDT by NittanyLion
I don't ordinarily post vanities, but I am soliciting input on an important parenting question.
Earlier this afternoon my 3 year old son was "helping" me work outside our home when our Democrat candidate for the State House of Representatives approached me to campaign. I was respectful to him. However, my son immediately ran over to his sandbox, picked up a partially-filled bucket of play sand, and while trying to show it to the man he nearly spilled it all over his shoes. I intervened before the accident could happen.
My question to you: Based on his actions, do you think perhaps my son might be some sort of genius?
I don’t understand why you were so considerate towards this deadly walking virus. At least your son didn’t come into contact with it.
I have a similar story. I homeschooled and once when quizzing my kid on civics (he was probably 12) I asked the question: “What are the people called who go to Washington to try to talk the government into spending large sums of money on their ‘pet’ projects or industries?”...(I was looking for the answer “lobbyist”), but my kid quickly responded, “Democrats!”
Because he had a 3 year old there to be a 'good example' for. And because lots of conservatives have bought into the idea that 'we can be liked if we play nice'.
Completely ignoring that Geo. Washington had constant tooth pain and was a grumpy old f... guy. And that B. Franklin was a libertine with gout.
But training a 3 year old to be polite is important. That and leaving pants on (please, please, please) is about all you can train a 3 year old to do.
/johnny
Yup
:)
I believe that you may be on to something here. As he grows in stature, encourage him to aim higher.
LOL - I'll keep that in mind!
Definitely a very smart child, but he only makes the level of genius if the sand box is used frequently by the neighborhood cats.
Suppose they need to do what needs to be done.
My 3 year old would be trained to stab liberals with a knife.
I just chewed my local Dim Rep out on my kitchen porch last week. She seemed a bit shocked but game as she backpedaled.
I am so tired of leftist tripe
That happened to me (except for the sand part) in 2008. I politely and firmly told him that it was not possible for me to ever vote Democrat.
Last Independence Day, Steve Dreihaus, the Dems Congressman from the Ohio 1st District chatted with my wife, my in-laws and my kids at a picnic/fireworks display in St. Bernard, Ohio (I was off getting drinks for everyone). He spoke with them for several minutes, passed out some really ugly purple cups with his campaign logo on it, and I’m sure thought everything was going well, until he asked my sons where they went to school...
My kids schools, my house, my in-laws house, etc. are not located in the 1st district, and all of us will be voting in the 8th or 2nd districts. The only people in our family who live in the 1st district were riding rides at the time. So my family and in-laws collectively stole about 5 to 10 minutes of Dreihaus’ campaign time. I only wish I had been their to say “Oh, we live in Speaker Boehner’s district.” But alas, I missed it.
You can't do that, because 3 year olds don't know who wants to enslave them. And don't have the discrimination to decide.
Best to train them to stab on command. That's doable with a 3yo.
/johnny
LOL
You didn’t have the heart to tell him that he has a mental disorder?
:)
Our founding fathers weren't all polite, proper folk that modern 'conservatives' would approve of. God smiled on us, and that's what matters. We were actually fairly rude to the opposition.
I didn't intend to uphold that, but blame it on the peppers and cucumbers.
And I'll own the Founding Fathers as an example. Gives me lots of room to screw up, and be a little rude.
/johnny
My 14-yeard-old daughter’s responses in history class prompted her teacher to say, “Your parents must be Republicans.”
My daughter replied, “They’re not just Republican, they’re conservative.”
I was so proud.
When my son was about four he was sitting in the back seat and a news blurb came on the radio saying “Clinton said such and such today...”
Jeremy piped up from the back seat “Well, if Clinton said it, it must be a lie.”
And my youngest used to insult people by saying “You liberal!” I was afraid she’d get expelled from kindergarten.
heehee
Hey, that counts as a shovel ready job!
Did the cat also try to bury him?
It's not a good year to be knocking doors and asking for votes if you are a democrat. Unless you are handing out cigarettes and dollar bills.
Sand? No, no genius. Now if the bucket had been filled with manure....
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