Maya is at least half Bowen

Maya and I watched President Obama’s first State of the Union last Wednesday. On my advice, she brought a cheese-based snack to watch her first political speech (I brought a Diet Pepsi, but she is too young to enjoy that deliciousness).

I am not kidding when I say that she actually seemed interested for at least 10 minutes, and then turned back every so often for the next 45 minutes or so. Was it Obama’s defiant yet folksy Jed Bartlet tone? His accurate reminder that he inherited massive debt and 2 wars from his criminal predecessor? His soothing use of the pregnant pause? Justice Alito’s constitutionally inappropriate comments? The JFK-MLK ending? We’ll never know.

But Mustafa is clearly losing the battle to make Maya a sort-of-Republican, and despite Obama’s failings, I’ll never step to that dark side. Nor will I ever abandon my love for cheese.