Candy bars and political propaganda
My daughter, Taidyn, went trick-or-treating for the first time last night.
Dressed as a ladybug (my wife, Cass, and a friend made the cute costume from scratch!), Taidyn collected a variety of chocolate bars, suckers and other candy from the 25 or so homes we visited.
Her friends from daycare made out like bandits, too. They got Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and Snickers, Whoppers and Tootsie Rolls, John Martineau business cards and LaVar Christensen bumper stickers.
Sadly, I'm not kidding. These children, ages 1 to 11, received political propaganda from some folks.
When one of the boys emptied his bag on the floor, I was stunned to see a business card with Martineau's face on it. He is the Libertarian candidate for Iron County Sheriff.
"Somebody gave this to you?" I asked him.
The boy, who is seven years away from voting age, said, "He gave it to me and told me to tell my parents to vote for him."
He also pulled a Christensen bumper sticker out of his bag. It was not given to him by Christensen himself but by a supporter of the Republican candidate for Utah's 2nd Congressional District.
Other children had the same "treats" in their bags.
Shame on you, Mr. Martineau. And shame on the Christensen supporter, whoever he or she is, for resorting to such tactics.
They're children. Hand them a piece of candy and send them on their way.
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That's it...next year I'm going back to giving out the traditional beer and fried eggs again.
Damien (from France)
Posted by: Damien | November 1, 2006 03:02 PM
It is pretty sad for a kid to get a meaningless piece of paper (that is what political publicity is for them) instead of a piece of candy.
They probably just throw it away ... and Mr. Politicians, so do I.
come on! Just buy a stupid bag of candy the next time ... Here is a strategy for you: put a sticker with your name on each candy and you can claim it as campaign expenses (you already show us how cheap you are)... At least my kids will still get their candy.
Posted by: Gloria Bertram | November 3, 2006 01:18 PM