The Next President

On a sunny walk this beautiful September morning, our preschool class passed several posters promoting Barack Obama for president. One of the little boys pointed and said excitedly, “Look! There’s Barack Obama, the next president!”

My first reaction was to chuckle and be impressed that he was articulate and intelligent enough to communicate that thought. My next reaction was to think, I guess his parents are Democrats.

Then he said, “And after him will be John McCain!”

Later that day, on another walk, he repeated the same thought, and I asked, “So you want Barack Obama to be the president, not John McCain?”

He said, “Yes, Barack Obama will be the president, and then John McCain after him.”

Hmm. Sounds like a great plan, right? Let’s just give up on this electing nonsense and rotate every four years – Democrat, Republican, Democrat, Republican… oh, what a new can of worms that would open up.