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Politics and Kids Cartoons

October 31, 2008 islamoyankee

Maybe I’m more aware of this now that I have kids, but do politicians always sound like kids’ cartoons?

In the movie Beauty and the Beast, the character Gaston says “you’re either with us or against us.”

Sarah Palin sounds like the squirrel from Higglytown Heroes, ya betcha.

And of course, Barack Obama channels Bob the Builder with “Yes we can.”

Election 2008, kids shows

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