Man writes to Obama about smoking — and Obama writes back
It’s been 30 years since his dad died, and Michael Powers still misses him. That’s why he wrote to President Obama urging 
Powers, 54, whose family has Waukegan roots, couldn’t believe it when Obama replied. “When I first got it, I thought, ‘Hey, he wrote this.’ ”
His note to the White House was one of 10 letters from ordinary Americans to be selected for Obama’s daily reading, according to the New York Times.
Powers, who calls himself a staunch Democrat, decided to write when he watched election night TV and heard Obama’s 
“I think President Obama is the same way with his girls as my dad was with me,” Powers said. “Friends.”
Powers said Obama needs to be around for Malia and Sasha when they are dating: “Their dad’s gotta give some boys those dirty looks.”
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Keep on puffin’, Obama… I don’t want to have to pay for a long retirement.