Let Me Guide You

Jailbait has been on vacation since Friday, so nothing to report there. Unless you count that starting next week, he's a permanent fixture on my Sunday crew. That shall be interesting.

This weekend, I realized something disturbing. The youth these days don't know jack shit about politics. I was speaking to Little D, my otherwise smart, healthy, and attractive male co-worker, about our mutual desire to leave the United States as soon as humanly possible.

We eventually got onto the subject of good 'ol Bush 43, when I said, "I can't believe we re-elected that douche-bag."

You would think I'd just told him that Santa wasn't real.

"We did what?"

"We re-elected him... you know... this is his second term..."

"So we're stuck with him for another four years??"

"No... we re-elected him in 2004. You know, Bush vs. Kerry?"

"Yeah, I know Bush and Kerry. Right after 9/11. But wasn't that his dad before him?"

"No. Here, let's go through this..."

I then proceeded to go through the line of presidents from Reagan to Bush 43. I sent Little D's sixteen-year-old brain reeling so fast that he practically stumbled away when our homely female co-worker asked him to do a walk through of the men's locker room.

When Little D was out of earshot, I turned to Home-co and said, "I can't believe that Little D didn't know we re-elected Bush..."

"What??" relief cascaded through my body as a look of utter disgust took hold of her face. Home-co appreciated the absurdity of the whole thing... or so I thought.

"But why the hell would we do that??"

The Political Scientist in me was quivering with rage. Ok there is the possibility that they were confused by my statement in light of all the hype about primaries, but still, high schoolers should at least know that elections are held on even years (these days), and that presidents are only allowed two terms (these days), and therefore be able to deduct that I am referring to a past election.

Little D has an excuse, since he was twelve during the 2004 election, but Home-co is just a few weeks away from University. Seem weird to anyone else?

Yes.
Home-Co has no excuse, and Little D should at least have a clue...we're the same age, and unless I'm equally ignorant I don't really see what's so difficult to figure out about re-electing Bush -_-. I think kids my age (including me) won't REALLY start paying attention until we can actually vote.
» The-Muffin-Man on 2007-08-27 08:51:48

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