My daughter who’s gonna be 16 asked me completely out of the blue the other day…
“Do you know who Bernie Sanders is?”
Of course I do. I’m on his mailing list (not exclusively, I get emails from dozens of politicians… you fill out ONE petition…), but I SAVE his emails. In that, he’s exclusive.
“yeah, sweetie. What did you want to know?”
“Well, what do you know about him?” And she asked me some questions about a few issues and I stopped her right there. She’s a researcher like her old man.
“Use the google. Find out for yourself. Listen to him for yourself and get your own first impression and THEN we’ll talk. You’re old enough to have your own thoughts on these subjects.”
I could easily have just regurged all of MY thoughts and potentially swayed her, but… I didn’t want to do that. We’ve had some really awesome and deep conversations on a plethora of topics lately and I’m sure Bernie will be the topic of some lively discussion soon.
On a related note, I think I’m ready to be done with the “vote for the winner” line of thinking. At least in the primary. I’m voting for Bernie if he’s in the Democratic primary here in Florida. I’d put up a sign for him on my lawn, but until I can get a few things straightened out on my end, I don’t want to antagonize the conservatives who almost certainly are in charge of the HOA. I’d like to be as invisible to them as possible… I mean, there are causes and there are CAUSES, man! HOAs are no joke.
Sports is the crucible of human virtue. The distillate remains are human vice.
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