Repelicans vs. Democraps

Maddie's third grade class watched the inauguration of our new president a few weeks ago. Over the past few months they have discussed both political parties and even voted in November as a class. According to Maddie's class it was Obama-2 McCain-19. To my surprise Maddie was one of the two in her class to vote Obama. From the beginning of our marriage Dan and I decided to not bias our children with our political views. We are very careful when we discuss politics, and hope that when our children decide to pick a party it will be of their own choosing. (Of course Dan is hoping they swing right, and I am hoping they swing just a bit more left)

Maddie and I had a funny discussion last night, here is the condensed version:

Maddie: "Mom, why does Dad like Ronald Regan so much?"

Me: "Because Dad likes the way Regan ran our country."

Maddie: "Is Regan a Democrap or a Re-pelican?"

Me: "You mean a Democrat or a Republican?"

Maddie: "No, I mean a Demorcrap or a Re-pelican."

Me: "Well, I guess that would make Regan a Re-pelican just like Dad."

Maddie: "So are you a Democrap then?"

Me: "Yes, I am a Democrat."

Maddie: "You mean a Democrap?"

Me: "Yes, can we read Junie B. now?"

Maddie: "Mom, what is the difference?"

Me: "Are we talking Junie B?"

Maddie: "NO MOM! We are taking DEMOCRAPS and RE-PELICANS!!!"

Me: "Well, it would take all night, but to give you a simple example, right now Obama wants to use a lot of money to help people all over the United States, most Republicans think he is spending way too much money and would like to not spend so much."

Maddie: "Oh, well that makes sense because Dad is always telling me to save my money for Disneyland, so he must be a Repelican. And there is always a man standing by Walmart asking for money and you never give him any. . .does that make you a Re-pelican too?"

Me: "No, that makes me cheap."

Maddie: "Well, you must be a democrap because you always spend money at Walmart on groceries. . . I don't know which party I am because Democrap has a bad word in it, and I didn't vote for John McCain, so maybe I am not a Re-pelican either."

So, there you have it. I have the cutest daughter in the entire universe.