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.'"
"The web site you are accessing has experienced an unexpected error. Please contact the website administrator."
"When did %#*% Diebold start running Kids Voting?"
“Well, I didn’t vote for Broccoli. He has a funny name.”
“Broccoli? Who’s Broccoli?”
“Broccoli Bah-ma. He’s a funny man.”
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That sounds my daughter and her “Jesus Crackers”. I forever couldn’t figure out what Jesus Crackers were and thought maybe it was a snack from Sunday School or something.
Turns out it was Cheese and Crackers she was asking for.
She likes those and Gorilla Cheese Sandwiches.
Those were hilarious!
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