August 30, 2008, American Tune
And so as we ponder Sen. Obama's choice of Senator Joseph Biden, and Sen. McCain's choice of Governor Sarah Palin as their party's prospective Vice-President, consider, from our friend Stephen Truitt, what you hear in this NPR audio segment on the first man known as "The Veep," a term coined by then-eleven-year-old Steve in honor of his grandfather, Alben Barkley, thirty-fifth Vice President of the United States.
Listen through without crying: I dare you.