Setting: Thanksgiving Celebration at my dad and Ev's house, Sunday afternoon.
Players: Lund and Brandt families
Star: Christopher, Age 13
Chris enters kitchen, clearly bored and sick of adult convo.
Chris: Well, can I just go to the library?
Me: You know what, it's not open on Sundays. If you vote Democrat, though, we can maybe someday get more funding for libraries so they are open EVERY day.
Chris: I'm definitely a Democrat, then.
See? If Democrats had their way, libraries would be open every day and 13 year-old-boys would not have to sit around bored at family get-togethers.
On a side note, such conversation is totally fair game in our family. Right before this exchange, I had argued with Chris' dad about a) whether Obama is actually a U.S. citizen; and b) if Obama's grandmother's death was a political move. Huh? Seriously? Trust me, the more plugs I can get in for the DFL to these kids, the better.
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