14 Days To Go

4:17 am EST October 21st, 2008 | News | 13 Comments

We shall overcome.

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 Tudor home in Atlanta, Georgia, to vote early — this time for Barack Obama.

The African-American 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?”

Via reader S.M., Senior Adorable Black Grandmas Correspondent for OW.com

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13 Responses to “14 Days To Go”

  1. PTCruiser says:
    October 21, 2008 at 6:57 am

    Lord, I keep so busy workin’ fer de Kingdom,
    Keep so busy workin’ fer de Kingdom,
    Keep so busy workin’ fer de Kingdom,
    Ain’t got time to die.

    ‘Cause when I’m feedin’ the po’,
    I’m workin’ fer de Kingdom,
    When I’m feedin’ the po’,
    I’m workin’ fer de Kingdom,
    When I’m feedin’ the po’,
    I’m workin’ fer de Kingdom,
    Ain’t got time to die.    .

  2. Scott Ricketts says:
    October 21, 2008 at 7:11 am

    I just looked up the lyrics to that song, and I love it!

  3. anotherbozo says:
    October 21, 2008 at 7:26 am

    (not to jinx him, but) I’ll expect to SEE her on camera at Obama’s inauguration.

  4. I'm a Hick says:
    October 21, 2008 at 8:07 am

    But she’s a former socialite!

  5. ed says:
    October 21, 2008 at 8:43 am

    With this woman and the 106 year old nun , Obama seems to have a lock on the 104-108 year old female vote. Niche campaigning works! Huzzah!

  6. william says:
    October 21, 2008 at 10:09 am

    Maybe John Kerry will joke about her wearing Depends adult diapers. That would be a laugh riot eh?

  7. Oliver Willis says:
    October 21, 2008 at 10:11 am

    The difference is this woman is far more ready to serve than McCain.

  8. datadave says:
    October 21, 2008 at 10:12 am

    I love it when the Wall Street announces the Obama/Democratic agenda: Rebuilding America after decades of Republican/Conservative neglect (my title) Sounds Good. I think the WSJ thinks it’s dire or something.

    Salute to the Lady, and Obama’s grandma. Seeing President Obama is a balm for old age and many other ills too.

  9. PTCruiser says:
    October 21, 2008 at 11:00 am

    I just looked up the lyrics to that song, and I love it!

    My two favorite interpretations of this great spiritual were performed by the Howard University Spiritual Chamber Choir for the Smithsonian series Wade In the Water compiled by Berniece Reagon Johnson, the former leader of Sweet Honey in the Rock, and Kathleen Battle and the guitarist Christopher Parkening for their album <Pleasures of Their Company.

  10. C.S.Strowbridge says:
    October 21, 2008 at 11:06 am

    “With this woman and the 106 year old nun , Obama seems to have a lock on the 104-108 year old female vote. Niche campaigning works! Huzzah!”

    That’s not true according to the latest poll I saw. According to it, only 38% planned to vote for Obama, while 18% were going for McCain. The other 44% were planning on being dead before election day.

  11. canadian bacon says:
    October 21, 2008 at 11:09 am

    Makes me cry. Good on her.

  12. buma says:
    October 21, 2008 at 12:06 pm

    Not to sound crass, but I’d like it if she’d vote early.

  13. buma says:
    October 21, 2008 at 12:08 pm

    I should read the whole thing before commenting.