We have been working very hard these last 2 weeks on Gabe's first political campaign.
It all started with the loss of his pick for school PREZ... His candidate of choice, the not cool looking 5th grader was running against the "cool looking" 5th grader. The rest of the crowd voted for the cool looking guy (Does this ring any political bells or what?)who didn't have any good ideas. Gabe came home SUPER upset that the not-so-cool kid lost, " Mom, he seemed like he really cared for the school."
How can you deny this kids heart?
So, 1 day later he decided to run for class rep, to work under the cool-kid--with-no-good-ideas office.
Gabe's platform: that 3rd graders should be able to run for president and not just 5th graders!
Classic case of big dreams. So naturally, mom and dad swung into action. Like all good campaigners, we started strategyzing.
We all have our roles:
Mom-- she is the PR rep, also community organizer neighborhood canvasser!
Dad-- number cruncher, poll analysis
Gabe-- the face behind the campaign
My first step was to come up with a catchy slogan. We ruled out Babes vote for Gabes, not school appropriate. We also ruled out all of Gabe's ideas, such as " vote for me and you might get a pizza party" When we asked him where he was going to get the pizza from, he said, "Mom, I said 'might'" We than had to remind him of our current political status in the US and said, that he was not allowed to be like a real politician, he has to run this race with integrity an politcial savvy not political scurvy.
Which is when it hit me, BABY CLARA. Everyone loves babies, and if they don't it's totally uncool to say so. Hence our campaign slogan. The "Hope: Change we can believe In" people can suck it, cuz they don't have anything on Baby.
She isn't an empty promise, she isn't even saying anything! She's just merely suggesting that if she's smart enough to vote for Gabe, you should too. The power of baby and voter influence wrapped up in one dramatic poster.
The love for babies are gender neutral, appealing to boys and girls alike. The silly face she is making appeals to the boys cuz it's funny and the sheer cuteness appeals to girls cuz it's Clara. The poster had to include reasons why Gabe was interested in running and once again Joe and My community Organizer brain went into full swing. Appealing to the male voters: Transformers & blowing heads off with pure awe of a great idea... Appealing to the female vote: grandma's and signing...
We think the poster covered all voter demographics. The speech writing is next so we have to sum up our big ideas in 1-2 minutes to really pull in those swing voters. Bribes of candy and pizza have already been ruled out by the boring teachers. But no one said anything about hiring ACORN to help us conjure up some mystery voters or find some ballots in a teacher's trunk. We'll let you know as of Friday who the winners are...
