Never Talk Politics...

At the risk of turning this into a parenting stories blog, here's another parenting story:

So our neighbors had an open house party for their daughter who graduates college this week. Me, Amy, and JJ went over had some chicken and burgers and hung out with everyone. John has been an extra handfull lately and this night was no different. Everyone was going about their business and having their own conversations or watching the Celtics beat Cleveland when JJ paused and said "Backbama". Now I knew what he was saying and reading this, you may know what he was saying. I think everyone else had an idea what he said because they all focused their attention to John. Without prompting he said it again, this time much clearer: "Brack Bama". Tony, our neighbor and a DJ for a Jazz station on satellite radio said "Did he just say Barack Obama?" Yea, he did. I have no idea why or what prompted that. We were visibly embarrased. It almost made me feel like it looks like we have some political agenda we're so passionate about we're raising our son to think like us. That's just not the case (although we will emphasize the importance of our right to vote and to never talk politcs). Amy even said "It's not like we talk politics with him." After all we're ferociously non-committal, er, independent. Someone in the room said "What about McCain?" Well, he just hasn't been in the media as much lately. Besides Barack Obama is more fun to say.