Truly, a man of the people

[manicgiraffe]

Browsing through CNN this morning - in my usual vain attempt to make heads or tails out of politics and the economy - I came across this photo. Pay special attention to the caption (no, I did not photoshop it):

Comments

[jrsonday]

Obama did win his second Grammy today!! It was for his book, The Audacity of Hope, I think. There's a spoken word one. He got his first Grammy for the first book he wrote.

[manicgiraffe]

You're right...I noticed it in a Grammy rundown this morning. I didn't notice because they stuck it in a political article, rather than the Grammy article, and so thought it was a mistake.

I wasn't aware they gave Grammys out for spoken-word reading of your own book, but good for him. He should quietly try to work it into his speeches. "Senator Clinton wants to give everyone a health care plan, but remember: I won a Grammy! Twice!" Could work.

[jrsonday]

Yeah, but she has one. And Billy has two. So the Clintons > Obama. Dammit!!

I think most of the other people in the category were political types. I know Billy was up for another one, but Barack took home the Grammy instead. Oh, the hilarity.