From CNN: "Ann Nixon Cooper, 106 years old, has seen presidents come and go in her lifetime and has outlived most of them. On a sunny fall morning, she left her weathered but well-kept home in Atlanta, Georgia, to vote early — this time for Senator Barack Obama. Ann Nixon Cooper, 106 years old, lived during a time when blacks and women did not have the right to vote. The centenarian remembers a time not long ago when she was barred from voting because of her race. Now she hopes to see the day that Obama is elected as the nation's first Black president. 'I ain't got time to die,' Cooper said with a smile. 'Even if he didn't win, I was happy for him just to be nominated,' said the former socialite. 'The first Black president — isn't that something, at 106 years old?'"
I really hope Senator Obama wins just so people like Ann Nixon Cooper can see what was once thought impossible.
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