I used to believe that heads of state had diferent kinds of heads on their shoulders

stupid elado

when I was small I used to believe that the name of the president of a country applied to every other country in the world.For instance I would think of a thing like: America's Bill Clinton,France's bill Clinton,Italy's Bill Clinton.

etoile

I used to think the liberal democrats were giant crabs that would wander round town and turn everybody into slaves/clones that did nothing but walk all day.

Trust me to have a politician as a dad.

Anon

For some strange reason, I always get Al Gore and Ross Perot mixed up! I seriously dont know why!

Elizabeth

i thought president Bush was an actuall bush.

oops

When I was young, president Bush was president. For some reason, I thought Abraham Lincoln was the president that came right before bush, instead of Clinton. I recall bragging that I was alive when Abraham Lincoln was around. No one believed be, though.

Anon

I thought that James E. Carter, Jr. and Jimmy Carter were different people...until my mom pointed out that they were the same.

Anon

I live in Illinois, and I was 8 years old and in 3rd grade in 1998, when we had a gubernatorial election. We had a little mock election at school, and the night before, my dad sat me down to talk about the candidates for governor. Although our family is Democratic, my dad advised me not to "vote" for Glenn Poshard just because he was a Democrat, since he was in favor of legalizing assault weapons.

However, I didn't hear the "a" in "assault," so I thought he said "salt weapons." I literally spent the next four-or-so years of my life wondering what on earth a "salt weapon" was—I envisioned a machine gun that spewed out salt shakers, and somehow the salt was caustic enough to kill people.

Cat

I used to believe that politicians were honest; I was so naive...

T.J. Gaffney

For ages I used to believe that Tony Blair was the government because evertime I heard Tony Blair, I heard government and everytime I heard government I'd hear Tony Blair

A Nony Mouse

I used to believe the way they counted up votes was by counting the signs people used to put on their yards

Jaci Marshall

When I was little and used to watch the world news, I thought that Peter Jennings was the President.

Kelly Grace

I am 52 now (2007) so I grew up in the cold war. For many years, I believed that the nuclear holocaust was at hand, so much so that I would hear thunder and think it was a nuclear attack. I suppose the constant news on the subject was a contributor. I finally outgrew it.

John Price

My parents told me when I was little that we were going voting, I miss heard and thought they said boating. I was gravely disappointed when I figured out I miss heard.

K

I had a belief that if you dialed 1234567890 on your home telephone, that you would call the President of the United States.

Scottie

i used to think huge sattelite poles that were as tall as bulidlings was were the president wold sit and have his meetings.

Erin