I think I am accidentally raising a Republican. It's probably no secret that I lean left of center, though not at a dramatic angle. And it's also no secret that I live in one of the most Republican states in America, where the crazy Christian Exodus people want to build their utopia.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised that my child loves Mike Huckabee.
Or at least his signs. See, we are blessed to live in an early primary state. So our roads are blessed with lots and lots of signs. Interestingly, though, only Republican signs. We've got Mike, Fred, Mitt, Rudy and McCain (he doesn't have hist first name on, strangely). As for Democrats, there are a few Hillary signs at her campaign headquarters, but that's it. Now, I do live in a rather WASPy part of an already WASPy town, so maybe there are some Democratic signs in other areas, but I haven't even seen any near the shopping centers. Proof of how Republican my county is, I guess -- and it is, by the largest margin in the state, I believe.
Anyway, there's a very prominent Mike Huckabee sign on the way to Abigail's school, and it was one of the first signs up more than a month ago. She was fascinated: What was the American flag sign about? What does running for president mean? What does vote mean? Her first civics lesson, from her car seat in my Civic no less. Ever since she first saw it, Abigail has made a point of shouting delightedly "Mike Huckabee!" And she was thrilled to actually see his face last week on the evening news, when the announcer's voice pulled her attention from a very intense game of Uno.
She's noticed the other signs, too, but they're only in blue, and of course her favorite color is red. RED. I should have seen it coming.
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I'm feeling a wicked wee little jolt of terrible glee. It would be truly fun to watch you and B-- raise a republican.
Ah, the water cups you'll toss at the poor girl.
If only we could get her to want to be a little miss beauty pageant princess as well- then the evil glee would be complete!!! Mawhawhawhaw!
Actually, I really like Huckabee as well. It's just so fun to say! And you can pun the living daylights out of it, too: Chucklebee (he tells jokes), Puckabee (if he shows up at a hockey game), Truckerbee (he wears one of those awful hats), Chuckerbee (if he screws up the first pitch), the list goes on and on. Of course I'm sure he couldn't win a general election, either, which makes him less threatening.
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