children. shame. children.

over thanksgiving dinner the family casa, a generally well read and somewhat over-educated group, were dicussing politcs, hillary clinton's bid for presidency and the cyclical nature of the dem's recent rise to power to be precise*. there being children present, they piped up and asked- what's a democwat? republypub? to which i answered:

have you seen the movie star wars? *children nod* well the democRATS (yes i corrected them- disdainfully- i enjoy it- it makes me feel superior- and i AM) the democRATS are like luke skywalker and han solo- the good guys *children nod* and the RE-PUB-LI-CANS are like darth vader and the evil empire *ooooo* clearly, they get it

my family stared at me for a moment in awe. this was clearly manipulative and an oversimplification and not entirely fair to the RE-PUB-LI-CANS but as the silence drew out... *EVERONE nods* yes- everyone.

i KNOW i should not say such things to children. but i do. oh yes i do. and once again- i enjoy




*historically- in the handful of second term presendencies the pendulum of public favor almost always swings in the other direction- taking the house and senate with it. thems the breaks folks- the peeps just get fed up- yup- its TRU

**on a side note- as the oldest of 6 children- by quite a bit to tell the TROOT- i often tell my other sisters that the little ones say i am the best and prettiest of all the girls. while not definitively a statement of fact i do belive that if u say anything often enuff it becomes the TROOT. btw- i am the best and prettiest. awes.