Post Election Thoughts

Well, it's cut & dry. We have a new president. Although he barely snuck by by the popular vote, he won by leaps & bounds when it came to the electoral votes. I'm still learning all of the nitty gritty on how this works exactly. I have heard people say that they never cared or understood politics until they became older. I guess that includes me too. This was the first year I voted in a presidential election, so now I have griping rights if I don't like what's to come.

The biggest kick I got was over my 6 year old. Kids nowadays are smart as whips! It started on Sunday when Christian & I went to see Sarah Palin in our home town. Crazy that she was right here!! We really enjoyed ourselves and I took the opportunity to explain a little of the basics to Christian.

The funniest though was what happened the next day. Monday after school, Christian and the neighbor were playing together with chalk on the driveway when Christian asks Cormac if he was voting (cute!). The rest went like this:

Cormac: Yep, I'm voting for Barack Obama

Christian: Mom, is that who we're voting for?

Me: Um... no.

Cormac: Well, Barack Obama is the best!

Christian: Hmmm

Cormac: Yeah well, John McCain is just another Bush!

These kids are SIX! I didn't have a fraction of a clue when I was six about anything politics-related.

Christian comes home from school the next day reporting that they had an election in school. John McCain won 6 to 4. He also reported: "Mom, that Barack Obama hangs out with some bad people." First I asked him where he heard that from and then I told him he should see what Cormac has to say about that.