If Kids Could Vote: Maybe I could have slept later

Up quite early this morning to vote. Took J.P. along with me, which, as with many things with a 3-year-old, wasn’t easy. First, had to convince him we were voting and not boating, an activity he is afraid of. Then a lengthy argument about wearing his coat. Then about his hat. Then about bringing his trains with him. Shockingly, I won all of these arguments.

Slightly off topic: boat snobbery rhymes with boobery, sort of.

Now, if kids could vote (which is actually a clothing site), J.P. could have laid one down for the Socialist candidate, Dan Fein (couldn’t vote Bloomberg—he likes Cheez-its and I’m a Cheetos man from way back; couldn’t vote Thompson—he’s a hack; almost voted Green—but I hate the environment, which is also a clothing site.)

As it was, I let him pull the lever. So at least I saved a little energy.

Improving democracy is really all about me.

Published by Theodore

Theodore Ross is an editor of Harper’s Magazine. His writing has appeared in Harper’s, Saveur, Tin House, the Mississippi Review, and (of course), the Vietnam News. He grew up in New York City by way of Gulfport, MS, and as a teen played the evil Nazi, Toht, in Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation. He lives with his son, J.P. in Brooklyn, and is currently working on a book about Crypto-Jews.

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