Scene: Interior '89 blue Camry, interior a bit worn, but kept up, floor slightly cluttered with 'kid debris', talk radio plays in the background. 5 year-old in the back seat. Father driving.
Radio is barely heard, though it is clear that the news break at the top of the hour said, "George Bush".
5YO: Dad, is George Bush evil?
Father: (Internal monologue voice over) How do I answer that one? Nearly 3900 killed, no WMDs, internal memos showing domestic spying before Iraq ... big corporations turning over phone records, Federal Attorneys being fired ... (Out loud): Is there any reason why you would say he's evil?
5YO: You remember those guys on that mountain? That he killed?
Father: What mountain?
5YO: The one we saw with the water slides. You remember ...
Father (Internal monologue voice over) water slides? Dead guys on a mountain? Not Ruby Ridge, he's too young for that ... crap. Searching searching ... oh yeah ... Mount Rushmore?
5YO: Yeah, those guys.
Father: (Internal monologue voice over) Dude, I guess you're right, he did kill them, well the ideals enshrined in the Constitution at least that each of them stood for ... a government of, by and for We the People ... Well, technically, they died long before he was born, remember?
5YO: Oh, yeah.
Father: Grocery store?
5YO: Sure.
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