Posted on 02/05/2008 11:29:35 AM PST by inkling
It's not just grown-ups who vote today. Thanks to Kids Voting Arizona, they too get to choose their educated picks for the presidency.
My kindergardener called me a few hours into class to ask who daddy voted for and why. I told her Romney, then she had to quickly get off the phone. (Since when do they let five-year-olds tie up the phones?)
When she arrived home, I asked who she voted for in the mock election. "Well, some of the people say that poor people are lazy. I don't want to vote for them because they're mean." Ah, I see her teacher's a Democrat.
I repeated, "so who did you vote for?"
"Well, I didn't vote for Broccoli. He has a funny name."
"Broccoli? Who's Broccoli?"
"Broccoli Bah-ma. He's a funny man."
"Oh, you mean Barack Obama. Well, did you vote for Mitt Romney like Daddy?"
"No. I didn't vote for Mittens Romaley. We can vote on the 'puter right now."
I logged on to the Web site, entered her super-secret code and decided to let the young 'un choose her candidate by photo.
"Okay, here's Hillary Clinton (bad photo), Broccoli Obama (bad photo), John McCain (so-so photo) and this is who Daddy voted for -- Mitt Romney (glamour shot).
"I like her," pointing to Hillary.
"Uhhh, but why do you want to vote for her?"
"She's nice."
"Actually, she's not."
"She's nice. I can tell."
"Okay. Well, if she wasn't running, who do you choose? Daddy chose Romney. Right. Here." ::tapping monitor::
"I like Broccoli."
"You've never said that before. Well, look, you are a Republican, so you only have two choices. him or H-I-M."
"I pick Mittens. I wanna watch Noggin now."
"That's my girl -- you go ahead and watch Noggin! Let me make that selection on the Web site for you. And I'll click 'Vote Now.'"
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"When did %#*% Diebold start running Kids Voting?"
"Broccoli? Who's Broccoli?"
"Broccoli Bah-ma. He's a funny man."
The kid's onto something. Broccoli or Barack. Both are vegetables.
I wonder how many other Hillary/Obama voters will be watching Noggin after they vote?
unfortunately, that thought process is awfully close to the way adults are voting.
"Uhhh, but why do you want to vote for her?"
"She's nice."
"Actually, she's not."
"She's nice. I can tell."
The exact logic millions of single women will be using in November. ;)
If my 5 YO told me she liked Hellary I’d put her up for adoption. It’s just something to consider.
i like your tagline (off topic, but just an observation)
I listened to a Barack speech yesterday. He outlined his entire platform.
The man is even scarier than Hillary, and I never thought I’d say that.
The first time I ever heard Obama speak was election night ‘04. I didn’t even hear the whole speech. But at that moment I predicted a Hillary/Obama ticket for this year. Not positive about that anymore, but I still think it’s probable.
Noggin is propaganda!!
Liberal organizations give The Big O better ratings than they give HRH.
Since when do 5-year-olds call home from school?
I don’t know. I was never allowed to either. Seemed like the teacher has a bunch of the kids phone home to see how their parents voted.
Since kids get a cell phone right after a rattle and just before Play-Doh.
I’m surprised Barry isn’t more popular with the under 10 set.
His campaign so far has the depth of content of the
Bob the Builder
theme song.
My wife and I are curious why our girl came home complaining about stereotypical Republicans who hate the poor. Oh well, my teachers were nearly all liberals (several were activists) and that just made me more of a die-hard conservative.
When my son was four years old he was riding in the back seat while I listened to the radio.
Announcer: “And today President Clinton said blah, blah, blah.”
My son: “Mom, did you hear what Clinton said?
Me: “Yes, dear.”
Him: “Well, if Clinton said it, it must be a lie.”
My little girl turned six a couple days ago, and when I was driving to the polls and in the booth she was demanding the vote so she could vote for McCain (”He has the best name, and he was in World War I and he was in prison for seventy years, and he stayed with his friends, and that was nice, and some people think he’s too old, but I like his name and I think he’s going to win - let me vote - it’s not fair - you vote for McCain - okay you vote for both of them...”)
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