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Our guest columnist is Douglas Brinkley, speaking to Rolling Stone.

We arrived at the Oval Office for our 45-minute interview… on the morning of October 11th.…

As we left the Oval Office, executive editor Eric Bates told Obama that he had asked his six-year-old if there was anything she wanted him to say to the president.… [S]he said, “Tell him: You can do it.”

Obama grinned.… “You know, kids have good instincts,” Obama offered. “They look at the other guy and say, ‘Well, that’s a bullshitter, I can tell.'”

Politico, reporting the Rolling Stone excerpt, also offers a helpful link to “PHOTOS: 21 potty-mouthed politicians”.

Obama says kids know Romney is dishonest [Politico]

nojo
2:22 pm • Thursday • October 25, 2012
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blogenfreude

3:37 pm • Thursday • October 25, 2012

If Romney somehow manages to win, it’s food blogging, cars, and celebrities. You will never read another word from me about how stupid my country is ….

Dave H

3:40 pm • Thursday • October 25, 2012

As a nation we’d probably be a lot better off if the six-year-olds decided which candidate would become president. They haven’t yet been trained to accept the complete and utter crap we adults swallow without a whimper. Kudos to the President for stating a simple truth.

ManchuCandidate

3:50 pm • Thursday • October 25, 2012

@Dave H:
The problem is that mental six year olds are.

matador1015

4:02 pm • Thursday • October 25, 2012

Now thirteen-year-olds, OTOH, can shovel with the best of them, while pretending to be soooo innocent.

nojo

4:56 pm • Thursday • October 25, 2012

@Dave H: There’s a Nickelodeon (I think) kids poll that has recently been highly predictive of presidential elections. Probably because the Nick Kids parrot their parents.

This year’s choice? Obama.

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