Raging Dad

Connie supports Obama.

As Connie was getting ready for bed tonight, she turned her nightlight off. As this seemed an unusual move, Raging Mom asked her what she was doing, and Connie responded (with attitude), “Mom! I’m turning it off because I don’t need it yet!” Good for her, conserving energy. Next she’ll be spending her piggy bank on carbon offsets. Raging Mom told her that she was proud of her and that maybe she’d grow up to be president some day–maybe even the first woman president.

Connie was baffled, “What do you mean?” Raging Mom explained that our country has never had a woman in the White House. “But why?”

That’s a good question, Connie. Unfortunately, this is not the election that is going to break down doors for women in the oval office.

We are all excited for the election in the Raging Household. Between the debates, the interviews, the SNL spoofs and all the circus attention on Sarah Palin, it feels like all-politics all the time. We’re pretty hopeful that Obama will prevail, but we are also horrified by the possibility that the McCain/Palin clown brigade could manage to win the White House. Our feminist sensibilities begin raging every time we even think about the situation. I picture Hillary in front of her television with a glass of scotch, saying, “How the fuck did this twit end up in this position?” I thought Biden was great last week in the VP debate, but I still think about a ticket with Hillary as the veep. She coulda been a contender.

Michael supports Obama.

We got one of those giant fingers that promotes Obama from this Web site, which the kids have been having fun with. Let me tell you, this thing makes a hell of a cat toy, in addition to rallying the little Dems in the Raging Household. We’ve not taken the kids to a baseball game before, so they haven’t come across the whole foam finger phenomenon before.

I know I already mentioned this, but it was buried in a previous post and it bears mentioning again. One recent weekend morning, I was sitting in the living room and checking out what the DVR had on its agenda for the upcoming week, and an Obama ad came on the screen. Sonny saw it and said, “It’s Bach Bama!”

Connie corrected him, “No, it’s BaROCK Obama, Sonny.”

I was impressed. It seemed that Raging Mom was working on some civics lessons while I was away at work. I asked Connie if she knew who Barack Obama was, and she practically floored me with her response.

“Yes Daddy. Barack Obama believes in doctors for everyone, and John McCain believes in guns.”

Brilliant.

Sonny turned the foam finger into a gun, but he still supports Obama.

Song of the day: “Gun Street Girl,” Tom Waits.