Thursday, May 27, 2010

"Did You Plug the Hole Yet, Daddy?"

"Did You Plug the Hole Yet, Daddy?"

One of the many things that cooked Jimmy Carter’s chances for re-election in 1980 was his confession that he consulted with his 13 year old daughter on nuclear weapons policy. We never learned of Amy’s strategic suggestions to the president.

Barack Obama, he says, has been asked repeatedly by one of his daughters as the poor guy was trying to shave every morning, “Did you plug the hole yet, Daddy?” (http://tiny.cc/bbmel)

He didn’t specify if the daughter was 11 year old Malia rather than Natasha but we have to assume it was the elder child who interrupted Obama’s daily routine since what 8 year old wonders about such things?

The following is an unauthenticated account of the first morning’s exchange with Malia:

Malia: Did you plug the hole yet, Daddy? . . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1705)

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