Big Fat Elephants and Cute little Donkeys

In case you've been living in a hole or trapped in the vortex that is centrally located in your nearest Target or Wal-Mart stores . There's this big whole hoop-la election thingy that actually determines the fate of our country. Now give it, its already an confusing electoral process of who wants what, who expects this and that. Then there are the conventions for these promising candidates, ads, talk shows and the like. But that's only covering country on a much more macro sized scale.

Locally, well..we have the nutballs holding banners on the corner of your neighborhood street, the ones you pass wicked early in the morning, its raining, its cold, its freezing and yup, they're there. Screaming, jumping, hooting and a hollerin'n. Proclaiming their chosen candidates and hopes that there are other nutjobs out there crazy in love with their same choice to honk their cars in agreeableness manner. It was this event that caused me to have a political lesson with my 7 year old snickerdoodle.

As we drove by these hyped up(as previously mentioned) fevered republicans (obvious by the ways of their McCain/Palin and Dino signs jumped up and down with them). Snickerdoodle heard people honk their horns and wha-hoo'd with them. She asked me "Mama will you be honking too?" I told her "No because I don't want to vote for them, I'm going to vote for other people" From there I proceeded to tell her how our country runs on political systems and parties that are elected from the people, chosen to run our country. Before I went AP Political Science on her and losing her attention. I told her that we have several parties in our country...well here let me just show your our conversation...

"So snickerdoodle, we have several parties in our country that have people who want to help make our country better with their ideas, hopes and dreams and its .."

"Parties? like cupcakes and presents? like how I want a camp rock party"

"well not really, and they only celebrate when they win"

"what do they win"

"the privilage to run our country"

"Oh, how many parties are there?"

"well, there are several but two main ones. Republicans and Democrats"

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"hmm..let me think..ok Republicans are big fat elephants, and Democrats are cute little donkeys"

"OH!!!!!! then I want to vote for the cute little donkeys. Will you vote for the cute little donkeys mama since you don't like the big fat elephants?"

"yes baby, I'm thinking cute little donkeys."

And there you go...once you involved cute little animals, the political system makes complete sense to a 7yr old. Come think about it, tis a shame that running our country isn't all fun and cuddly like it is at the Webkinz Website.