The girl later told the Globe that picking the president’s brain was “incredible.”
“It was like a once in a lifetime experience,” she said.
Julia’s mother was an early Obama supporter in Massachusetts during the presidential election, so she had previously met First Lady Michelle Obama, the Obama daughters Sasha and Malia, and Vice President Joe Biden.
“This was my first time meeting Barack Obama, and he’s a very nice man,” Julia said. “I’m glad I voted for him.”
She said Obama won a mock presidential election at the Cheverus School in 2008. And on Tuesday, he approached her after the town meeting.
“He said ‘great question,’” Julia said. “I shook his hand and got his picture.”
Kathleen Manning Hall, Julia’s mother, was shocked when her daughter said she wanted to ask a question. They wrote it down beforehand, and Julia didn’t miss a beat when Obama called on her.
“It was surreal,” said Manning Hall, a coordinator of Massachusetts Women for Obama during the election.
She said Julia was moved by a woman’s testimonial on Tuesday before the president spoke. The woman described her ordeal battling liver disease without health insurance.
“Julia talked about it the whole way home,” said Manning Hall, adding that they often discuss politics. “We talk a lot about human rights and having compassion for people.”
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Sickening!
Anthropomorphizing government. Individuals can be compassionate, the government can't.
““This was my first time meeting Barack Obama...”
Am I missing something? If this was the mother’s first time meeting him, how can there be a photo of her standing with him in different clothes?
God, what a noodle-spined sycophant.
How embarrassing.
Hurl alert.
Whew, that's a relief! This girl desperately needs someone to teach her how fragile are civil rights and the importance of having enough compassion for your neighbors that you don't put them in the hands of a tyrannical, totalitarian government! I'm glad her mom took advantage of this teachable moment. [ Need I really put "/sarcasm" ]
Beforehand? I don't have the transcript handy, my memory from Rush playing has her saying, "On the way in here, I saw all these mean signs ..." -- how were they able to do it before?? Hmmmm ...