Thursday, October 09, 2008
GEORGETOWN, Ohio —
Domestic issues _ policy and bliss _ were on Barack Obama's mind Thursday as he campaigned in Ohio.The Democratic presidential nominee delivered speeches on the economy in Dayton, Cincinnati and Portsmouth. In between, he visited the Fireside Restaurant in Georgetown, where Don and Pat McElroy were dining out because Pat had requested it.
"Let me tell you, I do the same thing with my wife," Obama said. "Whatever she tells me to do, that's what I do. That's why we've been married 15 years."
Actually, Obama and his wife, Michelle, celebrated their 16th wedding anniversary on Oct. 3.
Obama congratulated the McElroys on reaching their 48th anniversary, saying "nothing is better than a good marriage."
"That's exactly right," Pat McElroy said. Pointing to her husband, she added, "and a good man."
Obama, looking impressed, told Don McElroy: "When your wife tells you that in front of a bunch of cameras, you've got to make sure you get a copy of that. So when you screw up, you can hold up that paper."
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By Charles Babington.
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