If you lost a Presidential election, you had to leave the country. This came from me mishearing the words "lead the country" from a TV ad talking about the election that was going on back then.
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
- Until about age 9, I thought there was a country called "Operaland" where everyone sang instead of talking.Anon
- I used to think wars started when a sergeant from one country socked a sergeant from another country.— recovering
- i used to believe that 'overseas' was a countryAnon
- I used to think each country was it's own planet.— erin clements
- i used to believe that every country was a different planet!— bianca