Meet Ann Nixon Cooper, 106, whom Obama referred to last night in his VICTORY speech:

[Kerrytravelers]

(I had to scream VICTORY because it feels so damn good!!!!) :bounce:




http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article5088360.ece">Profile: Ann Nixon Cooper, 106, singled out for praise by Barack Obama


(Doesn't she look great?!?!)

Ann Nixon Cooper, the 106-year-old black voter picked out by Barack Obama as embodying the spirit of his election victory, is an Atlanta housewife who has overcome personal hardship to raise a family and serve her community.

Mr Obama said that of all the millions of voters who had cast their ballot Mrs Nixon Cooper was on his mind, because of the enormous sweep of American history that her long life had witnessed.

"She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn’t vote for two reasons - because she was a woman and because of the colour of her skin," said the president-elect, before a rapturous crowd of more than 125,000 in Chicago's Grant Park.

"And tonight, I think about all that she’s seen throughout her century in America - the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can’t, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: 'Yes we can'."


(more at link...)

[ComtesseDeSpair]

1. Wow...

She looks DAMN GOOD for that age!

[Subdivisions]

2. What a pretty, pretty lady! Bless her heart! n/t

[dynasaw]

3. She was not the oldest voter

A 109 year old woman got to vote

Daughter of slave votes for Obama:109-year-old Bastrop woman casts her vote by mail

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/10/27/lkv-voter08.html

[ColbertWatcher]

4. Proud rec #5! Thank you for posting.

And thank you, American press "Times Online" for publishing this!

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5. She's 106? My mom is in her 70s and looks older. What a beautiful lady and a

beautiful story. YES WE DID.