Well, it wasn’t the real Obama, but a Palmerton High student named Andrew wearing an Obama mask and riding in a classic Thunderbird owned and driven by Richard Beers. The fake Obama was guarded by Kyle, Robert, Ron, and me pretending to be Secret Service operatives. We all wore dark suits and ties, had sun glasses, and had ear buds in our ears.
We got a very good response. Little kids thought Andrew was really Obama, and adults waved and laughed. In the whole parade route we received only two or three negative comments, outweighed by the cheers, the smiles, and the thumbs up.
Tomorrow it is back in uniform for the Palmerton Halloween Parade.
I'm sure those with negative comments were multimillionaires who didn't have anything better to do that day. Maybe they could have found some people who were being evicted to help out. Dang it, I just woke up and said nah that will never happen.
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