Kindergarten Political Acumen

Actual conversation between me, my six-year-old daughter, and her four-year-old sister as we watched the early coverage of the Iowa Caucuses.

N: (looking at Republican contenders) Is that George Bush?

ME: No.

N: Is that?

ME: No.

N: Is that?

ME: No. None of them are. George Bush can't run in this election.

N: Why not?

ME: It's a rule. You can only be President for eight years. He's been President for seven years. It's going to be somebody else's turn soon.

N: So he won't be President anymore?

ME: No next year we will have a new President.

BOTH GIRLS: YAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!