Sunday, June 3, 2012

Read the Most Adorable Presidential Pardon Ever - National - The Atlantic Wire

Read the Most Adorable Presidential Pardon Ever - National - The Atlantic Wire:


Read the Most Adorable Presidential Pardon Ever

While President Obama was attending a series of fundraisers in Minnesota on Friday, he made the unexpected decision to pardon an (adorable) criminal he met at one of the functions. Tyler Sullivan is in the fifth grade,according to HyperVocal, and he skipped school on Friday to attend go to work with his dad, Ryan Sullivan. The President was scheduled to make an appearance at the Honeywell factory where the elder Sullivan works. The Sullivan two would up meeting the President, and Obama didn't hesitate to whip out the Presidential parchment and write a note to Tyler's fifth grade teacher Mrs. Ackerman explaining his absence. A "he was with me!" note from the President should do the trick.
Maybe the President was feeling some pressure to do something adorably nice after former chief of staffRahm Emmanuel's recent surprise job reference phone call.
Here's the whole note in all its glory: