106 year old Ann Cooper Nixon honored by Obama 'ain't got time to die'

[LynneSin]

What a breath of fresh air after that asshole Joe the 'plumber'

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/05/obama.centenarian.fan/index.html

TLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Ann Nixon Cooper sits back in her dining room chair, her eyes closed tight and her lips clenched, when asked if she will attend Barack Obama's inauguration in January.


"I could go and maybe would go, but I'm not looking forward to it," says the 106-year-old former socialite.

What if Obama came to her house and asked her in person to attend?

Cooper perks up and a big smile spreads across her face.

"Oh, yes, of course I'm ready to go!"

It's been a whirlwind ever since Obama mentioned the African-American centenarian in his victory speech Tuesday night. Throngs of media -- from the BBC to a Japanese station to national news outlets -- have descended on her Atlanta house. Strangers have stopped by too.

She's taking it all in stride. She stayed up later than usual, until about 3 a.m., after Obama's speech and the phone began ringing off the hook. She had been tipped off by the Obama campaign that he'd say something.

"Somebody told him what to say and what to do and he followed through," she says. Watch "I'd be proud to meet him as anybody else" »

Cooper -- who was born during a time when women and black people couldn't vote -- fully understands the significance of Obama's victory.

"Things are changing, changing, changing, and I look for more change now that it's the first black president in victory of faith over fear," she says. "Don't you know, that's quite something to be proud of."

What would she tell Obama if she ever meets him?

"I wouldn't have anything special to say about Obama. I enjoyed listening to him, but that's all," she says. "I would be proud to meet him as anyone else."