Marcelene Cox: Christmas Children’s Gifts
on Thursday, December 16, 2010Marcelene Cox Money Quotation saying kids cast their votes for the favorite relative based on the Christmas gifts they receive, Politicians might be maternal or paternal party affiliations . Marcelene Cox said:
“Our children await Christmas presents like politicians getting in election returns: there’s the Uncle Fred precinct and the Aunt Ruth district still to come in” — Marcelene Cox
This quote compares how children anticipate Christmas gifts to how politicians await election results from different voting districts. The “Uncle Fred precinct” and “Aunt Ruth district” are references to different groups of people from whom a politician might receive election results. Specifically, they refer to hypothetical voting groups.
The quote is comparing how children eagerly await Christmas gifts from different relatives to how politicians anticipate election results from different districts and demographic groups as they come in on election night.
Birthday: August 17, 1925 – Death: February 17, 2015