This is why elections can be fun!

I have never been one to be crazy into politics. I thought it was important to pay attention, but I never understood it, never read too much into it, and never really cared. That might make me a bad American, but take a cold hard look in the mirror; chances are it makes you a bad one too. Yeah, I just called you out. So I’ve been careless when it comes to news and paying attention, or so I thought.

My mom has always been a journalist, so I grew up reading the newspaper and watching the 10 o’clock news. In fact, watching the news was the only way I was able to stay up until 10:30 as a kid. If I wasn’t watching the news, I pretty much had to go to bed, and God-forbid that happen (ironic, since that’s all I do now). When I dormed at college, I was in this little bubble, and the only way I knew about anything in the world was through Facebook, or the sad excuses of headliners on Yahoo News—which I still read. 

I’m not sure when it happened. It came out of nowhere. But one day I looked up from the kitchen table, and I was commenting about the GOP nominations. I, Marie Gonzalez, an actual young person, was reading the news paper. Not just the fashion sections either. I was reading the front page and reading articles about foreign lands and policies that don’t yet affect me. Also, awhile back, I downloaded a bunch of apps to my phone regarding the 2012 presidential election. And I use them! 

Now, I’m not trying to brag, or say I’m better than anyone else my age because I am apparently paying attention to politics and the news (snooze, as my dad calls it). But I am saying that I attribute my new found interest in the media to some weird sensation that this is the first presidential election I can vote in, and maybe that’s why I care. Before this gets too patriotic and too serious for everyone, this is the reason I’ve blogged about this: I have apps on my phone that give news about the election, and sometimes I can't see the full headline until I click it. So if you’re not into the election or news or anything, here’s a fun way to get into it. I take a headline and try to imagine what the rest of it says.

 

 So from 1-6 the top down (the bold are my add-ins):

1. Barack Obama hits Republicans over auto-correct fails

2. Obama Foreign Policy Crises May Become Dollar General Gain

3.Obama, Romney Should Tell the Truth About the Musical They Plan to Produce

4. Keystone XL: Obama's Critics May Be Muffled Once They Try the Beer

5. Rick Santorum slams JFK, emulates Pat Robertson in UFC Face-Off

6. Russia election: Putin shrugs off 'assassination in COD, Says Fight was Rigged

Happy news-ing!