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Tragiskt nog gick Obama's mormor Madelyn Payne Dunham bort sent på söndagen. Som jag skrivit tidigare, Obama växte upp hos sina morföräldrar efter att hans mamma flyttade till Indonesien. Tyvärr fick hon inte uppleva sin dotterson bli USA's första svarta president. Bilden ovan är från ett valmöte i Charlotte, North Carolina igårkväll, där Obama hade följande att säga om sin mormor:

"She was somebody who was a very humble person, a very plainspoken person. She is one of those quiet heroes we have all across America, who are not famous, their names are not in the newspapers, but each and every day they work hard. They look after their families. They sacrifice for their children, and their grandchildren. They aren't seeking the limelight. All they try to do is do the right thing. And in this crowd, there are a lot of quiet heroes like that, people like that, mothers and fathers and grandparents who have worked hard and sacrificed all their lives and the satisfaction that they get is in seeing their children or maybe their grandchildren or their great-grandchildren live a better life than they did. That is what America is about. That is what we are fighting for."