Democrats and Republicans Are Like Mommies & Daddies
On election night 2008, when a newscaster said "Republicans are the Daddy Party and Democrats are the Mommy Party," I'd never heard that theory before but it made sense. I smiled when I thought about all those mommies and daddies fussing at one another on Capitol Hill. What that political reporter said was true. Like many senior Americans, I'd spent decades voting based on party affiliation and gut reaction. I finally understood why I'd been doing that all along. I was voting for my Mommy. Democrats are Like Mommies Forget about politics for a minute and consider what it means to be a Mommy. Whether married, divorced or single, career track or mommy track, a mommy makes certain everyone is warm, happy, healthy, and fed... one way or another. Mommies get kids to school and to bed on time. They nurse them back to health when they're sick. Mommies chauffeur children to soccer practice and Saturday games. (Have you ever heard of a soccer Dad?) Mommi
