\u00e2\u20ac\u0153MA!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153WHAT!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Did you hear??<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153What? McCain?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153YES! Aw, Man! It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s only 8 or so in California…I thought I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d<\/em> get to tell you.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153No. I am listening to the NPR<\/a>. Family Radio<\/a> has become annoying. That man<\/a> thinks the world will end in three years.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153SO???\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153So what?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153What do YOU think? You were so curious<\/em> about whom he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d pick…\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I was really disappointed when I heard it…my heart just went down to the floor. What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s wrong with this old man, has he lost his brain or something? She is a young girl. No experience.<\/a> She is Governor of state with 8000 population for only two years. What’s she know?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I think…Alaska has more people than\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u0153<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Who cares! Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t interrupt! Point is, I can manage things better than she can. This is guaranteed losing ticket.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You wanted Joe Lieberman, didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I did!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153And why is that, Mummy?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Because he is a Democrat. Was. I mean, he is independent. Also, he was so nice to you, when you met with him and his wife.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Awesome reasoning, Ma. Anyway, if not Sarah, then whom?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I would rather he gone for that…kid…the Indian…the governor…\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bobby Jindal?<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Yes. Him. He is better than this Sarah. Or the other one.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153WHICH one, Ma?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Oh, start naming the names, I will tell you.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Um…Pawlenty…Romney…\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153THAT ONE! The Romney.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153(facetiously) Eeeew. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d vote for a Mormon?”<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153What is wrong with the Mormon?<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Well, what is wrong with a Muslim?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You are a smart Alex. Mormons are people, too.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153So are Muslims. By the way, I think Mormons secretly convert<\/a> people, who are in no position to object to such tomfoolery, since, oh, I don’t know…they’re DEAD.”<\/p>\n\n “Nooooo. That can’t be true.”<\/p>\n\n “Mom. We’re Orthodox. Officially, they’re heretics<\/a>.”<\/p>\n\n “We are Orthodox, and we are religious. They didn’t secretly do anything to you. That’s why we have nothing to fear from a Mormon.”<\/p>\n\n “Are you implying Muslims are full of harm and that we should fear them, then?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I DID NOT SAY THAT. Are you putting this on your website? DON\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T PUT LIES ON THAT WEBSITE ABOUT YOUR MOTHER.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s totally off the record, Ma.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You are a terrible liar, Latha.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n “Yes, yes I am.”<\/p>\n\n “Who is the Muslim??”<\/p>\n\n “No one. I was just being obnoxious.”<\/p>\n\n “I thought Obama was a Christian? Now I am confused.”<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153He is Christian<\/a>, not that it should matter. Whatever, I just wanted to know what my own PUMA<\/a> thought of it all?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n “PUMA? What insult are you shamelessly calling your mother now?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Oh, you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know? PUMA.<\/a> It stands for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Party Unity My…ah…I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m at work, so let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s go with Kundi. Party Unity My Kundi.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153HAHAHAHA. So I am a PUMA, then?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re in good company, so is Abhi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mom<\/a>.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Who is Abhi?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The boy who started the website I write for–<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Is he single?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mom, seriously, that would be like marrying my brother. Besides, hello, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m neither single nor looking? Have you no shame?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Vatewer. It’s a reflex, now. I just don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know what I am going to do in this election.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Awww. You sound upset. You really wanted Hillary, didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you, Ma?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I did. She seems…she knows what she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s doing. She knows how the office would work. She has pull. She is tough. I wish I could vote for her.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You could always vote for Obama. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a democrat.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not democrat.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Are you finally coming out of the closet, and admitting you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a republican? I CALLED IT. I so called it, when I was in high school.<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I am not democrat OR republican.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Then? You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re an independent?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153If some other candidate could come and be independent, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d be happy. Now I feel like I have no choices.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You can do one of three things. You can vote for Obama, vote for McCain, or not vote at all, in which case, I will love you a little bit less.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Are we running a fashion parade here? Miss congeniality?<\/a> What the hell? I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t vote for McCain now…I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want that<\/em> woman in the white house. Maybe he likes having the young girls around, who knows.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Ha. Well, I think her gender is definitely why she was chosen.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I know! Does he think I am stupid or something? I was not for Hillary because of that. He can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t expect me to jump up and down just because he picked a woman. What an idiot.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153So…you do realize that Hillary and even Slick Willy are supporting Obama, right? And that they want you to vote for him, too?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you at work? What have I told you about behaving in a professional Manner? GET OFF THE PHONE. If I were your Manager, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d fire you for personal phone calls.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153All right, all right. I love you too, Ma.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153See you later crocodile.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153After a while, alligator.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00e2\u20ac\u0153MA!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153WHAT!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Did you hear??\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153What? McCain?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153YES! Aw, Man! It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s only 8 or so in California…I thought I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d get to tell you.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153No. I am listening to the NPR. Family Radio has become annoying. That man thinks the world … Continue reading