My wife, though right about just about everything, has a weakness– on drives longer than half an hour she tends to get drowsy at the wheel. We had a little, um, discussion about this prior to heading back from Buffalo after Thanksgiving, and my 7-year-old daughter felt the need to interceed. Check it:

WIFE: Yeah, I’m driving back.

ME: Um, no. You’ll fall asleep.

WIFE: No, I won’t!

ME: Dude, come on! You pretty much ALWAYS fall asleep, and then you still refuse to pull over and let me drive. Then I have to figure out creative ways to bug you enough to keep you awake, and you get annoyed with me!

DAUGHTER: Daddy, stop being mean to mommy!

ME: Oh my God! She’s like Bill O’Reilly! “Left-wing, psycho Democrats should stop complaining about the Republicans ‘ruining’ America…”

WIFE and ME: (Laughter, then pause)

DAUGHTER (quietly): Who’s O’Reilly?

Maybe Brooks’ spokesman John Durso should take her on as an apprentice. I can just see it now:

DAUGHTER: Whiny Democrat County Legistlators who don’t like Maggie’s driving should just get off the sidewalk!

Yes, she’s a budding right-winger. When she was younger, she would do things like come up to us and say “Can I have a box of tissues?” We’d say “What do you need it for?” And she’d walk away. “Never mind…” Remind you of warrantless wiretapping?

Maybe she could intern at WHAM 1180 radio. Â

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