# NYT: Fascinating, heartbreaking article on the mail that President Obama got every day

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 19, 2017, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-fascinating-heartbreaking-article-on-the-mail-that-president-obama-got-every-day/777543 "2017-01-19T15:56:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-fascinating-heartbreaking-article-on-the-mail-that-president-obama-got-every-day/777543/21 "2017-01-20T16:28:27Z")

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The comment about HELP always looming large in the word cloud was really affecting. It’s no wonder that job ages presidents so rapidly.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-fascinating-heartbreaking-article-on-the-mail-that-president-obama-got-every-day/777543/22 "2017-01-20T16:57:24Z")

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I had the same thought.

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**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-fascinating-heartbreaking-article-on-the-mail-that-president-obama-got-every-day/777543/23 "2017-01-20T16:59:40Z")

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I just think it’s adorable that a woman was so proud of her daughter’s report card that she wrote and told the president.

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**Author:** ![InsomniaMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ad7895/32.png) [@InsomniaMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InsomniaMama)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-fascinating-heartbreaking-article-on-the-mail-that-president-obama-got-every-day/777543/24 "2017-01-20T17:26:15Z")

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You seem like a group that might be interested in Letters of Note: [Letters of Note](http://www.lettersofnote.com/?m=0). There are also three books of that name. Great glimpses into the past.

Sorry my link looks crappy. On phone.

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