Alex sharpens her rhetorical skills.

[rivka]

Alex: (apropos of nothing, but very authoritatively) Most people believe that Santa Claus comes in the door, even if there's a chimney.
Me: They do?
Alex: *Some* people believe that.
Me: (to Michael) Alex is going to be a blogger someday.
Alex: Why do some people believe that Santa Claus comes in the door, even if there's a chimney?
Me: That's better, but you're still begging the question. *Do* people believe that?
Alex: (again with authority): Yes.
Me: Who believes that?
Alex: Some people. People we don't know.
Michael: Yep, she's definitely ready for a blog.
[Michael and I trade snide comments about appropriate outlets for this level of rhetoric.]
Alex: Some people believe that Santa Claus has a key to every door in the world, and he uses that key to get in, even when there's a chimney.
Me: Are you making this argument only to demolish it?
Alex: What's demolish?
Me: Tear it apart.
Alex: What's tear it apart?
Me: Are you only saying this because you don't believe it and you want to say that those people are wrong?
Alex: (happy to be understood): Uh huh.

I tell you, she's going to fit right in with certain segments of the political blogosphere.

Comments

[ex-serenejo.livejournal.com]

*dies laughing*

[saoba.livejournal.com]

Well, *some* people think she's pretty darned smart. And cute.

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Take *that* Ann Coulter!

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

Oooh! THERE'S a debate I'd like to see!

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Right now Alex would only have a slight advantage. By the time she's eight, I think it would be hopeless for Ann.

[johnpalmer.livejournal.com]

I think the troublesome thing is actually the reverse - that a great many bloggers haven't developed past the point of your (admittedly highly intelligent and seems-to-me-quite-precocious) very young daughter.

I'm just glad that she's being raised by parents who will teach her to use her powers for good, not evil.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

"I tell you, she's going to fit right in with certain segments of the political blogosphere."

Some people might point out that by the time she's ready to blog, she'll be savvy enough to realize that only old people blog anymore.

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[ailbhe]

Dear Alex's Parent, I would like to sign up to Alex's Twitter feed please. Thank you. Love from Ailbhe.

[simplykimberly.livejournal.com]

yes, this. Me too.