3rd Grader Bests XM Radio

From LATimes:

The new subscription channel is an ultimate fix for political junkies, all-politics all-the-time. Producer Joanna Welch was opening the mail this morning and came upon a unique letter that had some spiling errers but made a very valid point.

It was from Sophia McCrimmen, who turns out to be 8 years old and an avid politics and POTUS fan who lives in Mechanicsville, VA. “I love lisning to your shows!” she wrote. “I love politics so much! I just have one problem, you are underestimating the number of days until the election! You are forgeting that 2008 is a leap year!…Plese add one day too your total to acount for leap day. Keep up the good work.

“P.S. Can you mabie read this on the radio? That would be super cool!!!!

“P.P.S. If you have time. I don’t want to mess you up.”

You can imagine how little time it took for Welch to check the calendar. Guess what? Sophia was right. The pros had been counting the days to the ’08 election incorrectly. It didn’t take long to get Sophia on the phone. You can hear her three-minute on-air interview with POTUS’s host of “1600″ Rebecca Roberts by clicking here.

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