prog: (The Rev. Sir Dr. George King)
prog ([personal profile] prog) wrote2008-09-11 12:11 pm

Parents

"So whaddaya think of your buddy Obama now?" asks dad.

He's clearly implying that Obama has recently done something horrible, but since I don't hate myself enough to keep up on myrightwingdad.net, I don't have any guesses what the new hotness is in that arena. So I say, "I don't know, what do I think of my buddy Obama now?"

"Heh heh heh", says dad, but mom says, "Hey, let's not talk about politics on vacation." And this is interesting because usually I'm the one to make that suggestion.

They're visiting on Sunday for a time period somewhat longer than the three-hour maximum exposure that [livejournal.com profile] classicaljunkie has identified, through repeated observation, as my personal limit. Whee. We'll see how it goes.

[identity profile] popecrunch.livejournal.com 2008-09-11 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe it's the whole lipstick on a pig comment that everyone's freaking out over? Who knows.

[identity profile] mmcirvin.livejournal.com 2008-09-11 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm guessing he was mostly referring to Obama being a little down in the polls after the Republican convention bounce. You're supposed to be depressed and panicking about that; all the cool kids are doing it.