Thursday, September 4, 2008

Obama Mama

My grandpa suffers from Alzeihmer's disease, and my dear mother, in light of this fact and the upcoming elections, decided to take advantage of this. As a bit of a background I should probably mention that my grandma is extremely conservative and as such is not a fan of Obama...at all. If she were to have her way with things there would be less black people on t.v. in general, much less a black president. My mother on the other hand, is a democrat and is behind Mr. Barack 100%. As you can imagine, the two often butt heads politically. My grandfather in his ailing mental state probably doesn't give a damn about politics either way. This does not however mean, that he is impervious to influence with a little bribery.
So my mother, in her fervor and excitement for Obama, took my grandfather on a drive to the local eatery in Parowan and bought him a shake. She then proceeded to drive him around the block and question him,"So who are you voting for Dad?" she began.
"Well, I don't know." he replied.
"What do think about Obama, Dad?"
"Who's that?"
"Well Dad..." and thus through repetition and a few loops around the block my grandfather was educated on Obama. At the end of this my mother questioned again, "Who are you voting for Dad?"
"Well, Obama I guess." Mission complete.
My grandfather was lovingly brainwashed by my mother and my grandma was in for a rather nasty surprise.

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