Tuesday, November 4, 2008

POLITICS IN THE ROGERS' HOME

With the election being today, there is understandably lots of election talk in our homes. For my daily November post, I'd like to share some of our family discussions...

Zach: "Katie, You're for Obama?"
Katie: "I like some of the things he stands for but I really can't decide"
Hannah (yelling): "DON'T VOTE FOR OBAMA! HE SAYS WHITE PEOPLE DON'T WORK!"

Jim and Natalie: "WHAT?????" "Where did you hear that Hannah?"

Hannah: "From Aaron". (her friend).

Here we go again. Racialism in the Rogers' home once again rears its ugly head. (sigh).

A proud moment for Jim:

Zach: "In my psychology class today I was the only one who knew about the Bradley effect so I got extra credit."

Jim: (big smile. big proud smile. the boy was listening after all!)

THE MEDIA:

CNN HEADLINES: "BREAKING NEWS!" McCain and Obama urge their supporters to vote.".

What? What? Do they think we are idots? You mean this wasn't just a media circus? They want us to vote? I am so happy they made that clear with their "BREAKING NEWS" headline.

i am worried.

2 comments:

One Sassy Mama said...

I have two liberal children and one conservative...Jordyn is for McCain and Aus and Vanna are for Obama.

By the way..there were only 3 kids in Savannah's and Austin's class who wanted Obama to win--and so they caught a bunch of flak. One kid told Savannah that Obama was a "Muglim"-- I think he was confusing muggles and muslim--hehe.

sugarbritches said...

Well I for one am glad they had the "Breaking News" because otherwise how would I know to vote. I thought it was based on pure love vibes. If you sent happy thoughts, he would be elected. Boy was I wrong!

ps. racism not racialism