Obama Drama
home | Related | June 15, 2014
(It is around the time the 2008 Presidential campaign is beginning to pick up steam, and since my family’s African American, everyone is buzzing about Barack Obama, although some of the older relatives are rather skeptical.)
Cousin: “Can you believe this? It looks like he may have a shot.”
Uncle: “Huh. He won’t win.”
Me: “What makes you think that?”
Uncle: “With the way this country works, he’ll never make it past the primaries. Mark my words.”
Me: “Actually, the primaries are over. He did make it.”
Uncle: “Oh… uh… he still won’t make it.”
(I really wish I could’ve been there to see his reaction when Obama won the national election… for both terms.)
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