my son wore obama tshirt today. kids make fun, he talked about bauck bauck bauckman

[seabeyond]

and the video of her saying the founding fathers took care of slavery and the video of matthews discussing it with sal. i had boys watch the video last night after the sotu address. they were literally flabergasted. when she was saying founding fathers, boys were amazed saying, no no, that isnt what happened.

anyway

i thought it cool because he was so down the first time he wore it to school, with all the racial jokes. hurt his feelers. and still, today, boldly put it on again. i was surprised. picking him up, he was in a much better mood this time and not feeling bad. he was able to handle it. stand proud.

[gateley]

1. Wonderful boy! And wonderful mom! nt

[seabeyond]

3. it always feels good when a child stands up to peer pressure. nt

[peace13]

2. A+ for that!

Kids are wonderful creatures. These lessons that he learns at such a young age are so sweet!

[seabeyond]

4. that womans smile

bittersweet. tugs at my heart when i see it.

[Lint Head]

5. Sounds like a hero in the making.

[seabeyond]

7. character, anyway. nt

[jwirr]

6. Strong moms (and dads) make strong sons (and daughters). I take

it that you live in bachman's district.

[seabeyond]

8. very red panhandle of texas. lots of teabaggers and sarah fans. nt

[jwirr]

13. THAT makes this young man even braver.

[maxsolomon]

9. i had to look up where you live to understand why kids would make fun of an Obama shirt

now i get it.

my congressional district voted 80% for Obama.

[seabeyond]

11. oh, lol lol lol. nope. not like that here. one county 18%, one 30% for obama

we have two counties in our city.

[virgogal]

19. MY grandaughter wears her Obama T shirt all the time w/o problems.

Eastern MA.

[seabeyond]

20. cool tshirt. i bough it for xmas. white, with black print, obama standing and arm raised in fist..

head bowed. it is cool. then, president obama 44.

[malaise]

10. That is so cool

Give him a hug for me. :grouphug:

[seabeyond]

12. will do

thanks.

[patrice]

14. AAaaawwwwweesome!!! nt

[blogslut]

15. That's damned brave

I'm glad he chose to stand strong and wear it again. :hi:

[seabeyond]

17. ah ha. you understand. lol. nt

[Pryderi]

16. k&r! I wish I had that kind of courage when I was young...

[seabeyond]

18. i dont think i would, and we dont have the division then, we have today. nt

[proud patriot]

21. woo hoo way to go kid and mom

:-)

[seabeyond]

23. kid

i dont take the blame when they do something stupid, so i dont get the credit when they do something cool. all on their shoulders, lol

[Kurovski]

22. K&R.(nt)

[Statistical]

24. Brave kid. +1

[Very_Boring_Name]

25. I wore a John Kerry pin to school during the 2004 election (11'th grade)

Had a teacher ask me incredulously if I was aware that Kerry was pro-abortion. I asked him whether all the iraqi children killed by bush's invasion would consider bush to be pro life.

[seabeyond]

26. hey... that is good. i like.

i put a kerry sticker on my car with lots of trepidation. first time ever to put a sticker on car. for this area, that was incredible, lol. but it was really positive.

went to 11 positive stickers on car cause was so much fun. 2006 election, i immediate had negative experiences with young male drivers and pulled them off.