The Obama family made a surprise visit to a Chicago church food bank earlier today to help distribute meals, according to a pool report filed today by Tom DeFrank of the New York Daily News. After 40 minutes or so, the soon-to-be first family visited with students at the parochial school attached to the church, where they answered questions and got in a little teasing at the expense of the Secret Service.
One of the most powerful simple statements from the pool report came from Obama: Asked why he'd brought his daughters along, he replied: "I want them to learn the importance of how fortunate they are and to make sure they're giving back."
DeFrank's pool report is so full of life and color on this Thanksgiving Eve, I'm going to reproduce it in full. It begins after Obama's press conference this morning when he announced his Economic Recovery Advisory Board:
rest http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/26/161241/77/358/666796
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