Presidential Pardon for 10-year-old Girl

The note reads: “To Kennedy’s teacher: Please excuse Kennedy’s absence. She’s with me. Barack Obama.”

Kennedy is a 10-year-old girl who skipped her last day of school to go with her dad to see President Obama at a town hall meeting in Green Bay.

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I get it, President Obama has important things to do. But here’s why I posted this video… It would have been very easy for him to just answer the dad’s question and pay zero attention to the 10-year-old girl. But he didn’t ignore her… he paid attention to her. And in a world where many tween girls feel forgotten or lost, I think this is great. Maybe it’s a political play. Maybe it’s because he’s the dad of tween girls and knows how important it is to pay attention to our youth. Being the forever optimist that I am, I’m going for Door #2. I know I may be disappointed, but I’ll deal with it if and when that time comes.