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[kcobweb]

Elena has known since the primaries who Barack Obama is. She recognizes his face, and will call out his whole name in a sing-songy way. For a while, early on, she often confused him with Larry Kudlow (who has a show on CNBC; yes, I have a 3-year-old who knows her CNBC television personalities) - but Obama and Kudlow have very very little in common as far as I can tell, so we quickly corrected her on that point. So she knew Obama and she also knew she kept hearing his name in connection with Hillary Clinton, so she'd talk about them together. Now, she knows that it's Obama and John McCain. I was watching CNN last weekend (or the one before) and they were showing various VP speeches, so now she kind of knows the names Joe Biden and Sarah Palin (though I'm not sure she'd recongize them in a pinch).

Often, in conversation, I have asked her which one she likes better, and she will always say "John McCain." And then, often, laughs. Is she messing with me intentionally? It's bizarre. I really don't think I've expressed much of a preference in her hearing, unless she's picking up on conversations galagan and I might have about 538.com or the newspaper or something.

She brought it up today - Barack Obama and John McCain. I mentioned again that they are running for President, and that tomorrow everyone - ahem, all the adults - gets to pick which one they like better. So I'll take her with me to the school and I'll vote and we get stickers... etc. etc. And then I asked her again: Which one do you like better?

E: John McCain.
me: Why do you like him?
E: He's better than me. *** [something a little garbled] Hillary Clinton.
Me: Hillary Clinton?
E: Yeah, Hillary Clinton's friend. He's Hillary Clinton's friend.

(I'm realizing now that she may have thought that Hillary was running against Obama and now McCain is, so they are on the same side. Or something - she's probably not too clear on this point. Or - OMG, is she a Hillary supporter who has thrown her lot in with McCain, as they'd hoped would happen among female voters????? *grin*)

me: Well, yes, but I think Hillary Clinton is also Barack Obama's friend. She likes Obama better.
E: [makes dubious noises, and then....] How about you? Do you like Joe Biden?
me: yes, yes I do. I've always kind of liked Joe Biden.

So there you have it. Apparently for Elena it's still all about Hillary Clinton. I wonder if she could even pick Hillary out of a lineup?? :)

I also realized that 4 years from now, she will be 7 1/2 and old enough to have some idea of what's really going on. I was nearly 8 at the time of the 1980 election and I remember John Anderson (?) running as an Independent and having opinions about Reagan and everything. I can't wait.

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[ellinor.livejournal.com]

I could be snarky and unfair and say that all those Hillary supporters who are bitterly supporting McCain have the mentality of a three-year-old . . . but I won't.

;)

[ltlbird.livejournal.com]

What fun to see how the media attention trickles down to a young child.

We have some play people in the playroom here at work, and one happens to be an African-American male. Lately a number of kids, probably ages 4-8 or so, have pulled out that particular guy and said, "Hey, he looks like Barack Obama!" It goes to show that even though there are prominent African Americans in the media these days, Obama's bid for the presidency is different and remarkable enough that even young kids are picking up on it.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Oh my Gooooodddd, you have a three-year-old PUMA! *laughs hysterically*

Alex is very, very keyed-in to the election right now. There was a recent New Yorker cover that had the four national candidates locked in a ferocious fists-feet-and-teeth battle, and Alex loves it. She picks it up and narrates it for us: "Mrs. Palin is biting Mr. Obama's leg. And Mr. Biden says 'Stop biting him or I'll hit you with my paper!' They're fighting over who gets to be president. Mr. Obama is pushing Mr. McCain, and Mr. McCain is pushing Mr. Obama. They say, 'I should be the president!' '*I* should be the president!' "

[colorsarenice.livejournal.com]

Katherine got a chance to vote at her school this morning. Her teacher set up a little voting booth and checkin desk on the porch. I can't wait to find out what the results are from the 3-7 year old demographic.

[kcobweb.livejournal.com]

The Pre-K class (so, one above Elena's) is talking about the election this week, but they must have not wanted to explain it to the 3-year-olds, so her class misses out. ;)

And the results are in

[colorsarenice.livejournal.com]

Obama 17
McCain 8

[nyssa23.livejournal.com]

Hunter keeps confusing Obama with James Loney, who plays for the Dodgers. LOL