There are several ways to make the younger ones (the future voters) interested in politics.  Try to explain what politics is to them straight-up, and you’re definitely not speaking in their language.  Things should be light, informative and not dripped in rumor/speculation sauce.  For me, funny toys are the way to go.

Tv makes it harder to understand politics still; it starts from home.  What your family believes in, you’re most likely to believe in too.  So for the kids, here’s a little list of political toys — a little tongue-in-cheek approach to introducing them to the future leaders.

Plus, it might cultivate their sense of humor — they won’t aspire to be president!  They’ll want to be the next Jon Stewart!

The Obama Action Figure – “Like countless others out there, we’ve been inspired by the meteoric rise of Barack Obama and his campaign. In a time when America so desperately needed a hero, along came a man to show us a brand new vision of what America and the world could be in the 21st century. In many ways, Obama is the closest thing we’ve ever seen to a superhero… someone who has literally inspired millions of people simultaneously to step past fear, to be brave enough to hope and to go past cynicism and imagine what we could be if we were at our best.”

The Hillary Nutcracker – Is it still applicable?  Of course it is!  Even though she and Bill are now best-buds with Obama, she was still tough enough to take on the elections herself.  It takes a lot of courage and inner strength to be able to crack those nuts open.  (Plus, I’m pretty sure the Clintons have a good sense of humor.)  So why not crack some nuts open with Hillary?

The McCain Action Figure – Touted as an action figure with principles, (I mean, he’s wearing a suit!)  this one’s from the makers of the Obama toy — which means he’s done in the same scale as Obama, or to tower over those pesky COBRA terrorists.

BONUS!  If figures aren’t your thing, then maybe the McCain mask is cool for the kids — I mean, Halloween’s just around the corner — what’s scarier than a republican going door-to-door to take your candy?

The Sarah Palin Action Figure – Merely weeks from the VP announcement, Hero Builders made this action figure that depicts the lovely governor in a trenchcoat.  Take that off and you have a superhero in a schoolgirl outfit.  The people can’t seem to get enough of her, so I’m imagining these are flying off the shelves, or, well, the virtual shelves where she can be obtained from, online.

Captain Obama Bobblehead – Obama can nail a speech any day of the week;  His speeches are so compelling, that even non-Americans are convinced he’d make a great president.  What’s the next best thing to having a superhero president?  Having a funny, talking bobblehead version of him, of course!  Plus, if you need that little push in trying something new, press the talk feature and the toy shouts, “YES, WE CAN!”

This made me laugh — McCain attacked 18 year old Chelsea Clinton in 1998 now says Palin’s family & kids are off limits.

That was horribly mean back then, and now, what’s he known for?  Attack ads!  When someone attacks him, he can’t even take it.  Know what can beat him?  Maybe if he faces off with himself.

Wait, he’s done that already:

The media has been going crazy over Sarah Palin since McCain’s announcement — but has anyone been paying attention to what Obama is doing?

For the Labor Day rally at the Hart Plaza, Obama opted to skip on giving one of those powerful speeches in place of a prayer for Gustav victims.

I also think that this isn’t a time to question pregnancies, photoshop candidate heads into other pictures, or make funny videos about McCain.  It’s time to look beyond what everyone else is saying, and see the truth for themselves.

Sensationalism, at its finest.

Okay, so over the weekend, Obama announced that his running mate would be Sen. Joe Biden.  It would appear that Biden is the perfect mate, because he makes up for the deficiencies that Obama has — but who knows?  Who can actually tell?

In a previous interview, Biden once mentioned that, should the VP position be offered to him, he would flat-out refuse … what’s with the change?