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Everyone gets asked to the prom - even Joe Biden! (but he had to decline)
http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics/joe-biden/2014/05/19/would-you-take-joe-biden-to-the-prom/9289941/
Would you take Joe Biden to the prom?
That's what happened when Talia Maselli invited Biden to her high school prom in Newington, Conn. The student reached out last fall knowing Biden's dance card would likely fill up.
"I am inviting you so far in advance because I'm sure many 17-year-old girls send you prom invitations, and I had to beat them to it," Maselli said in her letter, according to the Hartford Courant. "I could only tolerate a high school dance if I was to be escorted by the most delightful man in America."
Biden, an Archmere Academy graduate, couldn't make it, but he sent a handwritten card and a corsage — baby's breath, white roses, and red, white and blue ribbons. Biden's office says he was touched by the invitation and personally picked out the corsage so Maselli would feel special.
Biden says in the note that he's flattered but his schedule wouldn't let him attend. Biden's office also is arranging for Maselli to visit the White House to meet with Biden in July.
Would you take Joe Biden to the prom?
That's what happened when Talia Maselli invited Biden to her high school prom in Newington, Conn. The student reached out last fall knowing Biden's dance card would likely fill up.
"I am inviting you so far in advance because I'm sure many 17-year-old girls send you prom invitations, and I had to beat them to it," Maselli said in her letter, according to the Hartford Courant. "I could only tolerate a high school dance if I was to be escorted by the most delightful man in America."
Biden, an Archmere Academy graduate, couldn't make it, but he sent a handwritten card and a corsage — baby's breath, white roses, and red, white and blue ribbons. Biden's office says he was touched by the invitation and personally picked out the corsage so Maselli would feel special.
Biden says in the note that he's flattered but his schedule wouldn't let him attend. Biden's office also is arranging for Maselli to visit the White House to meet with Biden in July.
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I may have to invite Speaker John Boehner, and we can't have that now can we." 
