When I was little, I used to *honestly* believe that whoever won the Presidential race became the President, and whoever came in second was the Vice President.
I think I got it from the Miss America pageant. You know how, when they get ready to announce the first runner up, they say, "She will take over the title if the winner cannot perform her duties" or something like that? Well, when I found out that if the President died or just couldn't be President anymore, then the VP took over, I figured that the VP must be the "first runner up" for President.
It seemed completely logical to me when I was little, and now, looking back on it, I wonder if it might even work.
A childhood belief about politics
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the loser of the Presidential election became the VICE President. — AirInSea
- My 18 year old brother thought the former vice president was named Al Gorbachov.— Jeff
- i used to believe that everytime we elected a president was because the old one died!!:)— angel
- I used to believe that President Ford invented the automobile.Anon
- I used to believe because I was born I Abe Lincoln's birthday I had a better shot at being President.— END
- I thought Santa was the President of the North Pole. It was stupid I know
lol— Lynn Wright