A friend who works in Admin at a lefty school wangled her kids into an Obama appearance. It was at the home of Carlos, who is their school's head maintainance guy and active in the Latino community. Her 10-year-old is all about Obama now, but her 4-year-old came away from the apprearance with the conviction that CARLOS is running for president. He is a firm supporter, by the way.
I see your uhhhhhhhhhhh and raise you a gnyeh.
Buffy ,'Potential'
Natter 56: ...we need the writers.
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.
Scrappy - Jan 31, 2008 1:50:25 pm PST #6618 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Pix - Jan 31, 2008 1:51:42 pm PST #6619 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Also, Kristin, I don't know if that it your real last name or whether you want it up there, but I didn't know we had the same real lastname, if it is!Oops! I didn't mean to put it up, and it's now been edited. And yes, it was my real last name. My sistah!
Susan W. - Jan 31, 2008 1:52:54 pm PST #6620 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Awww
I don't think Annabel really knows what a president is. It's not like I've given her any chance to be exposed to sound or images of the existing one, given how fast I lunge for the remote when Bush appears on anything other than TDS for mockery.
Sheryl - Jan 31, 2008 1:53:29 pm PST #6621 of 10001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
~ma to all who need it.
bon bon - Jan 31, 2008 1:54:34 pm PST #6622 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I voted in the sixth grade in a curriculum called KidsVote -- I don't remember who I voted for.
aurelia - Jan 31, 2008 1:58:10 pm PST #6623 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
My earliest memory of presidential politics is of the '76 election. We had an in-school election. I think Carter won by a small margin.
I don't know why I remember that, but not Nixon. The only Nixon memories I have are the SNL versions of him.
Ooh. Check out the color scheme of this map. I liked it better when the colors were a convenient tool for marking maps and not necessarily a party affiliation.
Jesse - Jan 31, 2008 1:59:55 pm PST #6624 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Her 10-year-old is all about Obama now, but her 4-year-old came away from the apprearance with the conviction that CARLOS is running for president. He is a firm supporter, by the way.
Ha!
I vividly remember the elections when I was 6 and 10 -- when I was 6 I was mostly just freaked out about Reagan, but when I was 10 I was really really into it.
Kat - Jan 31, 2008 2:01:16 pm PST #6625 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I taught the KidsVote curriculum one year. 2000. That was a sad year.
Susan W. - Jan 31, 2008 2:01:48 pm PST #6626 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I made a speech in favor of Carter in my 4th grade class in 1980, but by 1984 the local conservatism had sunk in and I was very pro-Reagan.
In 1992 when I could finally vote I waffled forever because I liked Clinton better and agreed with him on more issues but had picked up the attitude that being a Republican was practically a requirement of my faith.
1994 I started splitting my tickets. The government shutdown in 1995 is what finally nudged me over the line into favoring Democrats, and the 2000 election turned me into a yellow-dog Dem.
Kat - Jan 31, 2008 2:02:04 pm PST #6627 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I was 8 when Reagan was elected. I remember making fun of his name. SOmething about Ronald McDonald.