I was about three years old, and Roosevelt and Dewey were running for
president. All of the adults in my life were voting for Roosevelt. A
slogan of his campaign was, "Keep Roosevelt in; keep Dewey out." I had
visions of this poor man, going from door to door, maybe in the rain,
trying to get inside somewhere. I thought that if he came to our house
I would let him in. I used to say, "I'll let Dewey in." My adults
laughed and thought that was funny.
A childhood belief about politics
others believed things like this
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- That adults came into the world as adults and were never childrenAnon
- My sibs and I thought that the screen door was called the "scream door" so Mom could yell at us through it. — Kyle
- That boys turned into women when they became adults and girls turned into men when they became adults. Anon
- I used to think that I was smarter than adults. Now I know kids are smarter than adults in many ways— Marshall M
- My dad used to tell me that Hostess Snowballs were only for adults. I believed him for many years— Jamie