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The 2 Million Man

by: hannah

Mon Aug 18, 2008 at 17:51:42 PM EDT


From: The Boston Globe

N.H. man is 2 millionth donor to Barack Obama

August 18, 2008 02:14 PM

By Globe Staff

It turns out that the 2 millionth donor to Barack Obama was a heating and air conditioning contractor from New Hampshire.

Ed Prouty of Atkinson got a surprise phone call from Obama himself


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hannah :: The 2 Million Man
"It's a wonderful symbolic moment for us," the presumptive Democratic nominee said of the 2 million milestone reached late last week.

Then, the conversation evolved into a discussion of the sour economy.

"How's business going?" Obama asked.

"Terrible," Prouty replied.

"It's still very slow. We're just hanging on," he said, adding that "this is the worst we've ever seen" in 25 years in business.

"We've got to put people back to work," Obama said, pledging to deal with the home foreclosure crisis, push alternative energy, and turn the economy around. "Small businesses like yours are the bedrock of the economy."

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The 2 Million Man | 2 comments
Oh goodness gracious. (0.00 / 0)
I did it again and blogged something on the front page that already was mentioned in the user diaries.

My apologies.

Wonder if Sununu's fired now.


LOL-- (0.00 / 0)
You got a picture!

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