'Out Of Gas'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
This is the only life they've known and it must be kind of freaky for them.
If you cut out the bit where they were trotted in front of the media, isn't it just one of the things that happens to kids? They're not being sent to the poorhouse, or anything.
The devastation of the moment is surely linked to individual personalities and how their parents framed the whole thing--but change happens. It just does.
Being sad or disappointed is normal. I'd hope it's no more than that.
Santorum's concession speech was pitch perfect. It was a bit hard to hear with me jumping up and down yelling at the tv and all, but very gracious.
I imagine the suckitude of being a politician's kid is balanced by the perks. Kid's just don't get to chose the life. My kids would no doubt pick a different career path for me too.
lisah, not bad in a geeky sort of way.
It was the immediate aftermath of the vote-counting, though. Election night, emotions running high. And they're *kids* -- Santorum has had years as a politician to perfect his game face. Kids are *supposed* be to emotionally unguarded. Or less-guarded than their politician parent.
And they're probably just exhausted.
Kids cry, they get over it. Crying is what they do for a living.
More schadenfreude:
Ann Coulter's site is giving me a "Cannot find server"
Dude, when that kid is older, she's going to hate her dad for putting her on that stage. I think it's just mean to expose your kids like that. But hey, good publicity right? THE DEMOCRATS MADE MY BABY CRY!
I felt bad for his kids because their lives have just been changed radically.
But have they really? Won't he just get a job as a lobbiest/think tank/pundit etc. and stay in the D.C. power circle?
Ann Coulter's site is giving me a "Cannot find server"
Hopefully, this means she's on the lam from possible felony charges.
lisah, not bad in a geeky sort of way.
oh no. not at all.
I'm still pissed at him for paying some out of towner 1/2 a million dollars to come up with a lame ass slogan ("Baltimore, Get in On it!" what does that even mean) when I'd given him a perfectly great slogan for free (at a bar a couple of years ago): "Baltimore--It's Fucking Awesome!" He claimed to like it at the time anways.