A while back, I decided I was going to stop “blogging the politics” because we don’t really need any more celebrities speaking their mind about things, especially when they are going to be more correct than the general public like I suspect I would be. That’s not going to stop me from letting my mom get her two cents in.
Backstory: My mother:
- is slowly becoming more and more liberal, especially in the face of idiots like Bush.
- gets spitting mad (in the cutest way) when Bush, O’Reilly, McCain, Cindy McCain, Laura Bush, Sarah Palin, Todd Palin, that local weatherman who doesn’t ever get around to telling you the weather come on the TV.
- is the only family member of her parents and siblings (fortunately not her husband and children) who supports Barack Obama and other democratic candidates.
- gets enjoyment out of this fact. She has hosted a fundraiser for Dave “David” Loebsack and has asked on numerous occasions to have Harkin and his buddy Obama over to her farm for a campaign stop. I can’t figure out if this is more for her politics or so she can email her dad a picture of her with Obama.
Mom sent me an email on Monday entitled McCain/Palin. They are coming to the Eastern Iowa Airport and she wanted me to get her a ticket. Why?
“I am dying to go ‘laugh’ at them. Actually, I would like to go so I can say I have seen both sides when I have to argue with dumb people.”
She had clearly thought this out because she had plans in place in case they noticed that both she and Jayne and I have donated to Obama and are registered Democrats. I knew they would just be happy to have one more person there to inflate their turnout numbers.
In registering for the ticket that I would have to pickup for her at the Republican Headquarters in Coralville (Jayne will have to blog about this one), I pointed out that it was hilarious that they were calling it a “Victory Party” two months ahead of time. Mom’s perfect response:
“I thought the same thing………victory for what? Being the biggest assholes!”