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College students for Obama, right? And health care workers for Hillary? Not in the Taylor family.
Christine Taylor and her mom, Pauline, agree on their political party, but they prefer different candidates for president. Christine likes Hillary for her emphasis on health care, especially for children. But her mom will be caucusing for Obama.
Pauline Taylor has taken her daughter, Christine, to Democratic events in Johnson County since Christine was seventeen days old. Christine registered to vote on the day she turned 18 years old and thanks in part to her mom, she’s never missed a Johnson County BBQ.
Now it’s the young mother’s turn to raise a Democratic youngster, her three-month-old son.
In this video, they talk about their family, the lifetime of Democratic politics for Christine and the lifetime ahead for Christine’s first child, Michael Anthony Taylor.
Video available below the fold.
Watch a proud grandmother and mom show off the new addition to their family at the Johnson County Democratic BBQ in Iowa City.
And listen for Michael Anthony’s adorable squawk when his grandmother introduces him, about 5 seconds into the video.
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