Me: I'm not really sure who the best person to win the Republican primary is. There's no way I can vote for Mitt Romney because he's a Mormon and he only believes a certain number of people get into heaven. Wouldn't he be more concerned with getting himself into heaven than the well-being of the American people?
Captain: Yeah, I wouldn't vote for him either. This whole thing is about money and power anyway.
Me: Yeah, I really like the ideas the Ron Paul has, for example only taking $39,000 salary.
Captain: Wait, who?
Me: Ron Paul, that old guy who is running for President. I like his ideas and the fact that he's trying to get rid of debt.
Captain: Wait, WHO are you talking about? Who is this Ron Paul? You mean the transvestite???
Me: (silent pause for a long time) Wait, what?? What transvestite???
(It took me a minute to figure out who he's referring to.)
Me: You mean RUPAUL!!!???????? The transvestite from the 90's!!???
So, in case you're not sure who either of us was talking about, I made a meme so that YOU too can tell the difference:
In the end, I think the Husband decided he didn't know enough about the platforms of the Republican nominees to pick one and just left it undecided. Have I mentioned we don't watch TV in our house? (Side note: I really need to do a post about that whole not watching TV thing to refer to when things like this come up.)
Anyhow, it is no wonder the Captain had no idea about any of the candidates since we don't watch TV and he thinks all politicians are a bunch of crooks. He spends his time getting inspiration for his artwork, and that suits ME just fine. Also, the Republican field is completely muddled, but this sure gives an important lesson in why anything but the 2 party system would be chaos.
The only reason why I have any understanding of all this is because I soak up information like a SPONGE. Nay, I CRAVE information. So, when I scan facebook, twitter, and the news everyday, it all just goes in whether I want it to or not.
The Husband and I were more interested in who would take the local elections anyhow, so that's the main reason we headed to vote. But, this whole thing got me thinking....
What will life be like for The Baby since he will be particularly void of "pop culture" since we don't watch TV??? (And we will certainly be monitoring Internet usage closely.)
Then, I pictured him sitting with his friends who were complaining that their mom shut off the TV because someone had a "wardrobe malfunction" and they were upset because they had been enjoying the show. Then The Baby (who's clearly NOT a baby by then) says, "What's a 'wardrobe malfunction'??" When they explain it, he'll say, "Oh okay, well dad and I were out on this awesome hiking trip last night, and we spotted something way cooler.. a beautiful barn owl."
Thank you to Wikipedia for the pics of RuPaul and Ron Paul.
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