I heard from my 4th grade daughter last night that they held a mock election for Minnesota governor in their class between the Democrat Mark Dayton, the Republican Tom Emmer and the Independent Tom Hoerner. She told me she voted for Mark Dayton, which warmed my heart a bit since we'd never really discussed politics much, though she knows my wife and I are both Democrats. Then she told me something that made my heart sink through the floor.
She said her best friend told her that Mark Dayton wanted to kill all the babies, and that was why she was voting for Tom Emmer.
I was shocked to say the least, after all where would a 9 year old even come up with such an idea. "You know that's not true, right?" I asked her. She immediately replied "Yes, I know, that's what I told her. But she said 'No, it's true, my Mom told me!'"
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