Too awesome not to blog

[drwex]

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/06/11/obama_writes_fourth_grader_a_m.html?hpid=news-col-blog

Obama writes an absence note for a 4th grader.

(hat-tip to rdhdsnippet for the pointer)

Comments

[inahandbasket]

classy bastard. ^_^

[taura-g.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's just great.

Thanks, that put a smile on my face.

(But, then again, you do too...;-)

Thank you dear

[drwex]

All part of the service.

[gentlescholar.livejournal.com]

Thank you for this.

[catya.livejournal.com]

i love it!!

I think it's a parent thing

[drwex]

I really can't see a parent of a grade-school kid who wouldn't love this story.

[badlittlemonkey.livejournal.com]

That is utterly awesome. Wow.

[tisana.livejournal.com]

Yeah.

[ceo]

That's excellent. It helps that, as the article notes, he has a distinctive signature.

"Um, Ms. Smith? I have a note for my absence yesterday... but I'm going to need it back."

[unseelie.livejournal.com]

after the Steve Colbert hair cut thing
i swear that man is just trying to charm the whole damn planet.

[halleyscomet.livejournal.com]

Well, it'll be a more effective political strategy than trying to scare it like his predecessor.