Check out this sweet human interest story from Pres. Obama’s appearance at a town all in Wisconsin.
Xuan Thai
CNN White House Producer
President Barack Obama held a town hall meeting on Thursday in Green Bay, Wisconsin to discuss his health care agenda — but he also took a little time to write an all-important “get out of school” note.
A young girl named Kennedy attended the town hall with her father, who was called on to ask a question.
Her father, John Corpus, started his query saying he hoped his daughter wouldn’t get into trouble for missing the last day of school.
“Do you need me to write a note?” Obama asked.
Clearly assuming that Obama was just kidding, Corpus continued with his question — only to be interrupted by the president.
“No, no, I’m serious. What’s your daughter’s name?” Obama said, as he started to write a note. “I’m going to write to Kennedy’s teacher.”
He then walked over to the girl and handed her the note: “To Kennedy’s Teacher, Please excuse Kennedy’s absence…she’s with me. Barack Obama”
No word yet on whether the president’s get out of school free card did the trick.
Here’s the video…
http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/11/video-obama-note-pardons-4th-grader/
