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Author Message   Yvettep AALBC .com Platinum Poster Username: Yvettep Post Number: 3139 Registered: 01-2005 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Sunday, August 24, 2008 - 01:21 pm:        She has been through a lot. Note that at one time she paid a poll tax in order to vote--bet she has a lot more stories to tell than were highlighted in this brief piece. (...and ole girl challenges BO to a putt-off! LOL) At 88, Bertha Means is a rookie. The Texas Democrat is a first-time delegate to the Democratic National Convention. She runs a taxi cab company in Austin, Texas. And she likes to call herself a "great-grandmama-for-Obama." http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93922121&ft=1&f=1015   Cynique "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Cynique Post Number: 12778 Registered: 01-2004 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Sunday, August 24, 2008 - 11:57 pm:        My kinda gal!   Yvettep AALBC .com Platinum Poster Username: Yvettep Post Number: 3144 Registered: 01-2005 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Monday, August 25, 2008 - 10:04 am:        Mine, too.