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A co-worker of mine related today that shortly after she got her 82 year old grandmother up on the internet and set up with email, she called her frantically saying "Barack Obama EMAILED ME!" My co-worker tried to calm her down, explaining that he didn't actually email her personally. Her grandmother pointed out that it even said "Dear Maxine..." So she had to explain that, too. Her grandmother still maintains Obama personally emailed her, how could it have happened any other way?
So we had a little chuckle over that. Oh those oldies and the net, right?
But a big envelope came for me today from Joe Biden. It said 2008 Commemorative Photo Enclosed and I thought now what is this? I'm pretty jaded by campaign stuff, I get deluged by it.
Inside, sure enough, an 8 x 10 color glossy awesome photo of Obama and Biden and it said "_______, Thank you for your remarkable commitment to the Democratic Party."
I'll admit it, I grinned. I thought it was cool. My daughter read it over my shoulder and I said, "I agree. I DO have a remarkable commitment to the Democratic Party. And it's cool that Biden and Obama know it!"
Daughter (teenager) rolled her eyes and said "Mom, they send those out to everyone on the list."
I said "And the list is called 'People Who Have a Remarkable Commitment to the Democratic Party.'"
Just for a moment, in spite of what I know, I understood my co-worker's grandmother and how special she felt.
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