Priest's last request
An old priest who for years had faithfully served the people of the nation's capital, lay dying in the hospital. He motioned for his nurse to come near.
'Yes, Father?' said the nurse.
'I would really like to see Barack Obama and Joe Biden before I die,' he whispered.
'I'll see what I can do, Father,' replied the nurse, and she respectfully forwarded the request to the DNC and waited for a response.
Surprisingly, soon the word arrived. Obama and Biden would be delighted to visit the priest. <
As they made their way to the hospital, Obama commented to Biden, 'I don't know why the old priest wants to see us, but the media coverage will certainly help our images.'
Biden couldn't help but agree.
When they arrived at the priest's room, the priest took Biden's hand in his right hand and Obama's hand in his left. There was silence and a look of serenity on the ancient cleric's face.
Finally Biden spoke, 'Father, of all the people you could have chosen, why did you choose us to be with you as you near the end?'
Taking a deep breath, the old priest painfully replied, 'I have always tried to pattern my life after our Lord and Savior.'
'Amen,' said Obama.
'Amen,' said Biden.
The old priest continued, 'He died between two lying thieves and I would like to do the same..'
Little Johnny Meets Barack Obama
Barack Obama was visiting a primary school and he
visited one of the classes. They were in the middle of a
discussion related to words and their meanings. The teacher asked the presidential candidate if
he would like to lead the discussion on the word 'tragedy.' So our
illustrious democrat presidential candidate asked the class for an example
of a 'tragedy.'
One little boy stood up and offered: 'If my best friend, who lives on a
farm, is playing in the field and a tractor runs over him and kills him,
that would be a tragedy.'
'No,' said Obama, 'that would be an accident.'
A little girl raised her hand: 'If a school bus carrying 50 children drove
over a cliff, killing everyone inside, that would be a tragedy.'
'I'm afraid not,' explained Obama. 'That's what we would call great loss.'
The room went silent. No other children volunteered. Obama searched the
room. 'Isn't there someone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?'
Finally at the back of the room, Little Johnny raised his hand. In a quiet
voice he said: 'If the plane carrying you and Mrs. Obama was struck by a
'friendly fire' missile and blown to smithereens that would be a tragedy.'
'Fantastic!' exclaimed Obama. 'That's right. And can you tell me why that
would be tragedy?'
'Well,' says the boy, 'It has to be a tragedy, because it certainly wouldn't
be a great loss...and it probably wouldn't be an accident either.'
hehehe!
I forwarded that on to a couple of folks, thanks! :)