I was about seven or eight when Jimmy Carter won the Presidency of the USA. All the media coverage leading up to the election referred to, "The run for the White House." Well the bit that confused me was - why didn't a younger fitter man win?
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
- The Whit house down the street was the real "White House". — SG
- When me and my brother were kids we used to think that Jim'll Fix it's Jimmy Saville was called Jim'llAnon
- Throughout my childhood I believed that Jimmy Saville's name was actually "Jimll Fixit".— Galina Shinra
- I used to believe, driving in front of all the other cars on the highway, Knight Rider was leading the pack.— Michael Kolassa
- When I was younger I belived that Kansas was in black and white because of the movie The Wizard of OZ!!!!— Becky