Message #15036

[ekg]

It is one of the hardest things I've ever done... not influencing my daughter's vote. I know that all it would take is for me to say "Just go into the booth and mark (D) all the way down" and she'd do it. She's too young to pay attention to anything and would trust that I was giving her the right advice. But I would hate myself for it and I would actually deserve her wrath when as she grew older and if her opinions formed to where she was pissed that I had influenced her that way..

That doesn't mean she doesn't know exactly where I stand and who I'll vote for.. but she also knows that I'm not telling her she has to vote my way just because I do.. when she asks about certain issues, I put on my 'ekg v lil mike circa '99' hat and do my best to present both sides to her so she can make her own choices..

I don't get the point of your nieces voting against there interests either.. but that party does it all the time. 1/2 of it's entire electorate is voting against their own interests for reasons I'll never understand...