I Know Who You're Voting For

While we sat and ate dinner last night, Half Dead Guy's son who is 7 (and 3/4) came up with a doosey. "Dad", he said "I know who you're voting for."

Half Dead Guy pays attention to politics. So much so, that he consciously does not talk politics in front of his children - this could result in oppositional defiance during those soon-to-come rebellious years - and we don't want that. (aside: I also pretend to love rap and hip hop music in the hopes that this will drive them to rock and roll with Bon Jovi during the teenage years.)

"Who do you think I'm voting for?" I asked.

"You're voting for not Barack Obama." [sic] He replied.

"What makes you think I wouldn't vote for Barack?" I asked.

"Because he's a smoker." He quickly replied.

Obviously, he isn't a big fan of smokers either. I never revealed who will get my vote, but I thought about that comment for a while after he said it. Can you think of anything more unpresidential-looking than having a butt hang out of our president's mouth? Since Washington D.C is a smoke-free work place and the Oval Office is located there, a smoking president will actually have to leave the oval office to grab a puffer outside.  Maybe Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy will bring him a Smokeless Ashtray as a White House warming gift.

Being impartial I sent out to find pictures of both candidates smoking. With Big Al's Internet it wasn't hard to find a picture or two. Here's what I found on the two candidates:

 

Yikes! That is not a pretty sight. Let's compare that with John McCain's smoking picture:

Wow, he's not too happy looking. I bet that was taken just after his grilling interview with Barack-loving David Letterman. He looks like an angry 70-year old who just lost his golf ball.  I intentionally skipped the now famous picture of McCain smoking while he was in a prison hospital bed. We all know it's not safe to smoke in bed.

The United States hasn't had a cigarette smoking president since Dwight Eisenhower took office in 1953. But now, since it is apparent that both candidates smoke, I'll have to explain to my son that it's okay to do so, but only if you're going to be president.

 

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