Politics and (almost) Three Year Olds

We all know that it's never too early to instill in our children the values of what it means to be American how to be good citizens. Of course we do it in a way that they will be able to understand and keep it in terms that they will be able to conceptualize. I thought that I had done a pretty good job with Siobhan. We've made it a point to expose her (slightly) to the debates and we've openly discussed the candidates and the current situation of our country. Well, today her and I were doing a puzzle on the floor and an Obama commercial came on the TV. Jokingly I said, 'Siobhan, do you like that guy or do you like McCain?' She responded, 'I like Elmo.' ( I was totally thinking that she could say Obama because I could totally see her mind thinking that it sounded like a muppet....I'm not knocking his name but I also know how she thinks.) To her response I said, 'I know you like Elmo, but do you like Barack Obama or John McCain?' Again she said, 'No I don't like those guys, I like Elmo.' So there you have it folks, Siobhan's pick for the next president of the United States....that lovable furry little red guy with the biggest imagination of them all....ELMO! I think everything would run much more smoothly. Unless his vice president ended up being Zoe and she brought along her pet rock Rocco. If you watch Seseme Street, you know how he feels about Rocco. Talk about another civil war on our hands.