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JPPaverage

(512 posts)
Sat Aug 26, 2017, 08:22 PM Aug 2017

From the mouth of babes...

My daughter was in an excellent summer camp program and the day before school started they took a trip to Chicago as a reward for being potential future leaders and mostly for being good kids.
She asked me earlier today if I knew that there was a Trump building up there and I told her that yes I did. She then told me that when they passed the Trump building all the kids booed. So as long as my daughter doesn't get deported and the little AA kids don't get thrown in concentration camps, er, jail, er... Anyway I think there is hope for the future if we can survive that long. Rock on youngsters.

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From the mouth of babes... (Original Post) JPPaverage Aug 2017 OP
Thanks for the encouragement, elleng Aug 2017 #1
Lots of kids know the truth... Stuart G Aug 2017 #2
Great story. Not sure if you're old enough (probably not if you have a young daughter).... George II Aug 2017 #3
Not To Hijack The Thread... JimGinPA Aug 2017 #5
Funny..ill pass it on to my father! RestoreAmerica2020 Aug 2017 #7
Now that's funny. JPPaverage Aug 2017 #9
I remember that program Delmette2.0 Aug 2017 #6
And of course, not a racist bone in his body... czarjak Aug 2017 #8
made me smile proud patriot Aug 2017 #4

Stuart G

(38,449 posts)
2. Lots of kids know the truth...
Sat Aug 26, 2017, 08:49 PM
Aug 2017

I was told by my parents, before I was 12 or 13, some of the crooked tricks Nixon pulled. I heard that he was a liar and evil. In 1960 he was up all night watching to see if Nixon lost...In 62, he said he was done running for office, but in 68 he did run and won. It is not unusual for kids to know the truth about these crooks..

Trump has lied about so many things, so many times. That conversation in the bus where he admits to abusing women, well that is on the internet. Parents have told their kids about what an abuser he is. Yes, I have hope for the future..and I do think we can survive that long...

George II

(67,782 posts)
3. Great story. Not sure if you're old enough (probably not if you have a young daughter)....
Sat Aug 26, 2017, 10:19 PM
Aug 2017

....to remember Art Linkletter, but he did a segment on his show called "Kids say the darndest things".

He was really likable and popular on his show, but of course that was before anyone thought about the politics of celebrities. Turns out he was a staunch Reaganite and very conservative. Politically he wasn't very likable at all.

JimGinPA

(14,811 posts)
5. Not To Hijack The Thread...
Sat Aug 26, 2017, 10:31 PM
Aug 2017

I remember one time he had kids on with pictures they drew from Sunday School. One little boy had a picture of a 2 seater airplane with an obvious Jesus (with a halo) in the rear seat. Art asked him "Who is that in the front?" Without missing a beat the kid said, "Pontius the pilot".


Delmette2.0

(4,171 posts)
6. I remember that program
Sat Aug 26, 2017, 10:32 PM
Aug 2017

I was the youngest of five siblings, home with Mom and watch with her. Wow, I haven't thought about that in a long time.



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