Obama Replies To A Little Boy's Request With A 3 Page LetterTeacher Joyce Ben-KiKi had Aron and his classmates each send letters to a famous person as part of a language arts lesson. Ben-KiKi wrapped the exercise around well-known children's book character "Flat Stanley," so along with the letters, the children each tucked a Flat Stanley figure they had made into each envelope.
"I told them not to expect a letter back," Ben-KiKi said. "I told them these people are very busy and most likely will not write back."
The list of recipients was impressive: Yankee third basemen Alex Rodriguez; Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Olympic gold medalist Mark Spitz; Republican presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. John McCain.
Obama was the only one to write back.
Because he is carved from a solid block of
CONCENTRATED FUCKING AWESOME. With everything he's been doing on a daily basis for months on end now, he still managed to get this done - because it mattered. Don't shit on my happy by telling me his staffers did it, just let me have this one - aiight, betches?
HAt tip to
folk &
synecdochic!
No matter who wrote that letter, the kids are going to remember that experience for a long time.
I so want to be able to say once again that I'm proud to be an American and I respect the president.
I didn't see more than a few snippets of Obama's infomercial, but every line I heard resonated.
I loved the part about acknowledging that he is not perfect and won't be a perfect president, but saying he WILL keep a pledge to open up government to all and to say what people can expect of him.
He is awesome!
It's nice to see he somehow managed to show this kid that his letter was important.
Now get in the kitchen and bake me that hazelnut cake!