{"id":7063,"date":"2004-11-04T06:56:07","date_gmt":"2004-11-04T13:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/11\/04\/political-progress.html"},"modified":"2004-11-04T06:56:07","modified_gmt":"2004-11-04T13:56:07","slug":"political_progr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/11\/04\/political_progr.html","title":{"rendered":"Political progress"},"content":{"rendered":"

In conjunction with Our Voting Adventure<\/a> the other day, Kitten and I had a long discussion of political signs, and I trained her to keep an eye out for them. “I see one all blue and red and white!” The ones that were the most visible to her — large lettering, simple and clean design, actually probably the most attractive ones out there, were for Pete Coors. I appreciate a good design. The Salazar signs were pretty ugly, by contrast, single color and blocky and messy. <\/p>\n

Of course, Salazar won and Coors lost. My aesthetic sense continues to bat a thousand.<\/p>\n

As part of the discussion, I noted that one of the presidential candidate signs had a “K.” <\/p>\n

“Like Katherine?” she asked, catching on. <\/p>\n

“Yup. Only it’s ‘K’ for ‘Kerry.'” <\/p>\n

“That’s a boy’s name.” She must know one. In my day, it was (phonetically, at least) a unisex name. One of my first girlfriends was named Kari. Hmmm. Wonder if that hurt the Dems. <\/p>\n

Anyway, driving home yesterday, she brought up the “what was that word, ”lection?'” <\/p>\n

“Uh-huh.”<\/p>\n

“Pres’dent Bush won the ‘lection.”<\/p>\n

I have no idea who taught her the name. Though she may have picked it up as I was listening to the radio and NPR’s sonorous post mortem. Like a sponge, that girl. “Yup.”<\/p>\n

“Does that mean we get to keep him?”<\/p>\n

Until you’re 8 years old, kid. Which is, upon reflection, mildly appalling. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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