You may have seen this taking off across the web Wednesday. 4-year-old Abigael Evans and her mom were listening in Fort Collins to NPR election coverage when this happened...
http://youtu.be/OjrthOPLAKM
Update 1:46 p.m.: Via Grace Hood on Twitter
Abbie Evans is happy now after crying thanks to@npr buttonhttp://youtu.be/OjrthOPLAKM
— Grace Hood (@gracehood)
Here's a a bigger version of the picture of post-election blues happiness:
Grace also let us know that an ice cream cone may have had a hand in that smile. After this election, I think all of us could use an ice cream cone. Rocky Road anyone? Our original post follows bellow.
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This election is the longest we can remember. It almost seems like there is no end in sight. There are days where anyone can relate to Abigael's feelings on the ; the length, the , the , and the .
The video was taken in a King Soopers parking lot, that the solution was to change the channel and listen to Neil Young.
reached out to Elizabeth Evans, Abigael's mom (and KUNC member) about it. For Elizabeth, she thinks that the reaction from her daughter is more of a statement on the media, on how deafening all the can be.
"We're being drowned in political muck that's neither here nor there," says Elizabeth.
That's certainly something all of swing-state Colorado is experiencing. on political advertising in the state. In this battleground state, the election has been omnipresent.
Listening to election coverage on NPR makes Fort Collins 4 yr-old cry. What does have to say about this?
— The Public's Radio 89.3FM (@ThePublicsRadio)
So chin up, we're almost there. Election Day is just round the corner. And to be honest, we're Neil Young fans too.
http://youtu.be/PdiCJUysIT0
