Weigh in on this, loungers.

[HEyHEY]

I was at a party and was talking to a woman whose Member of Parliament came to her front door (It's an election here too). The dude brought his kids with him. This is something not really done in Canadian politics. I remember a few years ago when Joe Clark was running for PM he had his hot adult daughters at a speech and he took flak from the media who accused him of using his children for political purposes.
Anyway, I started arguing with this woman because, I think it's unacceptable to bring your children into your political career. She disagreed and said it shows the person's more human side and let's people understand they have a family and hence know what families care about. FUCK THAT, Sez I. I don't give a fuck why they are there, you're flat out using children for political gain and that's wrong. Even then all it tells me is that you can reproduce, one of the most basic human functions. It's like, "Wow, can you also turn food into energy?"

Not to mention how much FUN the kids must have going door to door with their parent :eyes:
What do you think, is it acceptable?

[LeftyMom]

1. I'm too busy being floored at politicians going door to door.

Even our local-level folks don't do that.

[HEyHEY]

2. Really? That's the best way to get votes, man.

Surprises me they don't do it. My dad knocked on more than 2,000 doors personally one year.

[TZ]

3. Thats happened here in the past

Do you know that RW idiot Linda Chavez? When she was running for US Senate vs. Mikulski (I think). She came to the door at my mothers house. Needless to say my mom was NOT impressed (but maybe this had to do that some of Mikulski's relatives live down the street....

[JVS]

Evidently the RW moron on the doorstep of mothers tactic just doesn't work as well in the US

I guess we're too sophisticated for that.

[HEyHEY]

6. It actually probably explains your low voter turnout.

[JVS]

4. Senator Rick Santorum showed up at my mother's doorstep on election day 2004.

He was campaigning for Bush. He won no votes in that house.

[HEyHEY]

5. That's the fun part. Getting one of those fuckers at your house.

Then telling them off.

[JVS]

7. Mom was polite. Dad was dozing off in the den and asked mom who was there...

when she told him he went back to sleep.

[HEyHEY]

"Get the hose"

[ghostsofgiants]

17. Hell yeah. I am hoping and praying for a Conservative candidate to come by my house.

I'll grill the shit out of them.

[Critters2]

8. My state senator in Iowa came to my door. Once. I'm guessing he made a note

not to make that mistake again.

[leeroysphitz]

15. Did you eat his liver?

[Critters2]

21. No. That wouldn't have been nice. His liver fills the space where his heart should be. nt

[JVS]

9. Joe Biden visited Lynnesin's porch within the last year.

[HEyHEY]

10. but did he bring his kids?

[LeftyMom]

12. No. I heard he was concerned about their health because of the dust

and grass in the sidewalk cracks.

[leeroysphitz]

26. Joe Biden once bit my sister. n/t

[Shiver]

11. Three of the people running in the Dem primary for State Assembly

came to our door. I can't remember which ones, except the eventual winner. She was nice. I voted for her.

[sarge43]

13. I like the arrogant attitude that only people who reproduce

can understand and care about children and families. Ah MP, kids aren't the only people who make a family.

And yeah, why aren't those kids in school or out having some fun with other kids?

[stuntcat]

25. right..

far as I'm concerned the more kids people have the worse a person they are actually.. but that's another story, not to do with this thread :)

[DeepBlueC]

14. emotional blackmail

I'm not big on uninvited guests at the door, FedEx and UPS excepted. And speaking as a former child, I feel resentment bubbling up. :eyes:

[Turbineguy]

16. Oh, I don't know....

I was thinking of taking my 4 year old (at the time) Daughter door to door to beg for money to make my mortgage payment. She was a real cutie. Still is.

[ghostsofgiants]

18. I'd do stuff like offer the kids lots of sugar and caffeine.

Make the campaigning a little more interesting for the candidate.

But yeah, bringing your kids is bullshit.

[krispos42]

19. Seems to me it would limit the dialogue

"Why are he-, um, heck are you here stumping for that fu-, um, farcical idi-, um, individual in the White House? Have your brains liquified in your skull and drizzled out of your a-, um, bottom? Do I look like I took a fu-, er, a sharp blow to the head recently? Or is your head just so far up Bush's a-, er, back door that you get an eyewitness account when he's sucking Big Oil's co-, um, popsicle???"

[GCP]

20. A thousand times yes

I am so sick of politician's families being dragged into political campaigns.

You, Sir, Rock.

[applegrove]

22. I think if the kids are adult or almost adult it is okay. Didn't Joe Clark just have

one daughter?

[LostInAnomie]

23. I hate people that think that kind of shit actually matters.

I talked to a person the other day that was singing praises about Palin because she has so damn many kids. "Well, I can tell she can multi-task because she has so many kids. I also means that she knows what matters to families.", she said. I said, "No, all you can tell is that she's fertile."

It amazes me that some people have the mentality that if you don't have kids you could never fathom what matters in the day to day living of people. Like if we were put in charge suddenly the whole federal budget would be devoted to pornography and building alters to Satan.

I think, for the most part, matters of "character" should be inconsequential to voters. Media shouldn't cover it and people shouldn't care. All it does is give low information voters more reason to not actually develop informed opinions.

[Fire Walk With Me]

24. "Using" children, in general, not very good.

[rug]

27. Was it Bring Your Kids To Work Day?