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Ten Letters, Letter Czar,

The Letter O



In his upcoming book "Ten Letters," Eli Saslow, a reporter for the Washington Post, informs readers that President Obama has staffers select ten out of the hundreds of letters he gets each day to provide a representative sampling of American public opinion.
Saslow states that sometimes Obama feels "powerless" to help ordinary Americans, and on occasion has been known to respond in person and enclose a check to the correspondent, or make a phone call to fix a problem. Many cynical critics of the president doubt this, as Obama himself is the only source for this story. None of the many recipients of Obama checks has yet come forward. But this story does not sound far-fetched to me. Examples of Obama’s largesse are many and verified. There is no reason to doubt this account. In fact, I can well imagine the conversation between Obama and his letter czar.

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Letter Czar: "Mr. President, here is a heartbreaking letter from a major Democratic contributor and Solyndra investor." Obama: "Send him half a billion." LC: "This one is from a member of the New Black Panthers accused of voter intimidation in Philadelphia." O: "I’ll call Eric tomorrow." LC: "This one seems to be about a hybrid car company that’s struggling to save the planet. But it’s all in Finnish." O: "Send half a billion. Dollars–not euros." LC: "This one is from a Tea Party member who was beaten and run over by union reps at a right-to-work rally." O: "That’s enough for today. We have to draw the line somewhere."


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Lance Thompson is a freelance journalist.


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