Reality Check: Mother Forced to Sell Handwritten Obama Letter to Prevent Eviction
- Posted on June 15, 2011 at 10:46am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Destiny Mathis is a 26-year-old mother of three from Indiana. She‘s been a fan of Barack Obama’s, even campaigning for him in 2008. But now, times are hard, and she’s being forced to sell one of her most treasured Obama mementos, a handwritten letter from the president, so she can make her rent payments.
“I campaigned for him hard,” Mathis told the Huffington Post. “I got the shirts made, the Barack the Vote shirts made. We’ve done a lot.”
But reality soon set in. After having a third child, born with health problems, and her partner leaving her, she was struggling to make ends meet. So, she decided to write the president.
“I wrote him just expressing my concern about what’s going to happen in the next two years,” she told HuffPo. “I know he’s under a lot of stress, but I need to see more results.”
Surprisingly, he responded, telling her it would get better:
Destiny,
Thanks for the moving letter, and the support. You have such a positive spirit – please know that things will get better for you and your family. You inspire me and I’m rooting for you!
God Bless,
Barack Obama
But it didn’t get better. And now, Destiny is having to sell the letter:
From HuffPo:
Out of desperation, Mathis contacted Gary Zimet, president of Moments in Time. Zimet has sold eight handwritten letters from President Obama, along with the actual Schindler’s List and other pieces of American history.
Zimet said that handwritten letters from Obama on White House stationary are “extremely rare” and he hopes to sell Mathis’ letter for $11,000.
“I am just a little bit weary of the promises that he’s made,” Mathis said. “I really haven’t been seeing any kind of changes that affect me directly. … We need the money so we can move into something that’s compatible with the kids and to help us out. We are really, really struggling. It’s hard for us right now.”
You can watch her interview with HuffPo below:
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Comments (231)
Mrtoohappy
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:10amIt‘s not worth the paper it’s written on. Plus why in the hell is she having kids? I guess so she can get more welfare and food stamps.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 12:33pmExactly!
Report Post »michaelR
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:10amThings would probably be better for her if she stopped having illegitiamte children,
Report Post »jado1981
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:09amMaybe she needs to hear the song, “Promises promises” by the naked eyes. That song just jumped into my head when I was reading this article.
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And on another note, I don’t think this hopey, changey letter will bring that much. I think it has more value because it was written by the first president who happened to have a “black” skin color. It’s not like it was worth anything to him.
redhead conservative
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:08amlet me get this straight. You aren’t married, have three kids, have no job, and have to start selling things to get by? Isn’t that a self-fulfilling prophecy?
Report Post »HOOFHEARTED
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 12:31pmIf you don’t work, you don’t eat! ….To quote the scriptures.
Report Post »supertas
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:08amMy man PT Barnum said it best.
Report Post »michaelR
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:07amThings will probably get better for her when she stops having illegitimate children !
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:20amYes, it’s tough to feel sypathy for her if you take the time to read the whole story like you did. She did everything wrong from becoming an unmarried mother of three to supporting, campaigning for and voting for Obama and then expecting him to take care of her. What do you want to bet she has a 65“ flat sceen and a full satellite TV package in her ”crib”?
Report Post »Vickie Dhaene
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:07amWhen will these people learn that this EVIL man in the White House would walk over their dead bodies to get across the street with that smirk on his face. This man needs to be Impeached and Imprisoned.
Report Post »islandlady
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:07amI would of sold it right off and bought gold or food with the money.
Report Post »LARR
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:06amThat’s the way folks used to do it all the time…you need money – sell something!
Report Post »capitalismrocks
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:05amMore proof of Obama’s Keynesian Economic failure…
Capitalism is the ONLY solution!!! Jimmy Carter 2.0 aka – Obama is a FAILURE !!!
Report Post »Drum Man
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:04amObama has plenty of our money to hand out. What is the issue here?
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:03am“After having a third child, born with health problems, and her partner leaving her, she was struggling to make ends meet.”
Report Post »Maybe you should have kids with a husband instead of a “partner”. As far as selling your letter to eat? You reap what you sow lady. Eat some of those “Barack the vote” t-shirts.
devilhasforktongue
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 12:28pmWell if I’m correct Kate Gosselin who had 8 kids by her husband is now filing for child support and alimony because she is not getting anything from him. So it does happen in white households as well and i guess soon she will be on welfare too!! All you great hypocrites called Christians act as if you all had kids in wedlock? Like some of you don’t have some bastards out there. Who are you to judge anyone and then claim the woman to be on welfare. Well she has 3 kids and maybe she needs to get some help so i guess child support and state medical it is. That white woman Kate gets help and donations and money from the show for her 8 kids and is trying to get child support but it‘s ok because she’s white so nobody will judge her!!! SCREW YOU!!!
Report Post »Obama_Sham
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 12:56pmYep, it’s all about race…
Dope…
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 2:15pmdevilhasforktongue
Report Post »I couldn’t care less what COLOR she is, I take issue with her choices. There are plenty of fat white women in trailer parks out there with a similar story but no letter to sell.
Gonzo
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 2:20pmdevilhasforktongue
Report Post »Furthermore, when you make bad choices, you get bad results. Screw Kate Gosselin and screw you too.
hannahh
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 8:21pmDidn’t obama tell her she would be “punished with a baby” LOL!
Report Post »last frontier
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:02amI dont think the messiah memorabilia is very collectable anymore.
Report Post »seemsew
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:02amI really hate to sound critical of Destiny’s situation, but she may want to consider looking for ways to improve her life by herself. Waiting for Obama to find money from his stash may take awhile. Sorry, folks, but the stash is as empty as his words.
Report Post »tweetybird
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:01amWhat???? Obama isn’t paying your rent and gas? What a shocker! Obama is not your savior. Hope you figure that out soon.
Report Post »frustratedwithgovt
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:01amI feel bad for her but if she was struggling before why have another child? Her letter to Obama telling him that she is still waiting to see help is indicative of the entitlement attitude. People need to understand that self reliance is what you should be striving for, not dependence.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:04amWhy feel bad for her? She got exactly what she asked for.
Report Post »Obama_Sham
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 12:53pmI don’t feel bad for her… I do feel bad for the children though…
Report Post »JoeNY
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:00amMoral of the story: Had she raised $50,000+ for the President she’d have a job. Campaigning = 0.
The note is worth something? I’ll give her $10.
The kicker- he said, “I’m rooting for you”…. just like he rooted for a few candiates in recent elections. That didn’t go well either.
Report Post »trappedinwv
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 10:59amI heard acorn is hiring, or whatever the hell the new name is in her area.
Report Post »zorro
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 10:57amSo apparently, it did get better. BO gave her something worth a cool $11,000! :-)
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:13amSo $11,000 is the going price for toilet paper these days ? Inflation really is kicking in.
Report Post »The_Plumber_Says
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 10:56amLetters from one term Presidents typically don’t bring much………..
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 10:59amThat’s why she needs to sell it NOW!! There is still a little bloom on the rose for some people, apparently!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:06amNo kidding, it will be like a McGwire home run ball soon enough.
Report Post »krenshau
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 10:54amHere’s an idea. Quit expecting government to save you. Get involved with charities that can actually help. Start your own business; it doesn’t always have to cost a lot, especially if you have a skill.
Things will never get better if you think the government will save you. That mentality is plantation mentality. Stop waiting for the master to tell you what to do. Live free and pursue your own happiness.
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:25amExactly. Plantation mentality. When someone else provides for your every need they become your master. I was in the military so I know that is right. By accepting all of the government aid she will become in effect, a slave. Unfortunately for her children, the way of the mother is generally the way of the child.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:45amWhat is remarkable is that how this woman operates is what I would have expected out of most Americans in the old, old days. But, back then, the only reason to have more kids was to help out on the farms.
I think it’s safe to assume most people understand this, or at least understand that it‘s not smart to have kids until you’re financially prepared. So, you look at all these bottom-feeders with all these kids and then reasonably conclude that it is intentional. How can these people expect anything from anybody when they intentionally do stupid things???
It’s absolutely mind-boggling.
Report Post »Afungi
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 10:54amAngry because she did not get all that free Obama money from his personal stash, O bo-ho. He did not help his own illegal alien Aunty.
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 12:14pmI wonder where’s that lady that said “I don’t have to pay for my home or gas or food anymore”
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 10:51amStill waiting on the check huh? Who in the world would pay 11K for that anyway?
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 10:50amOh man, the reality of of the poser. What a disgrace this man has been. Everybody got the “OBAMA BLUES.” Hey Blaze readers; go to http://www.1530kcmn and hear a little tune called the “Obama Blues”. I will play it in 10 minutes.
Report Post »Faith_Grace
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 2:18pmI sat next to a man at lunch who voted for Obama and wears his Obama shirt to work every chance he can get. We got into a discussion about obamacare…..he didn’t even know what it was about. He thought it was free healthcare. When I explained it all to him, he jumped up and yelled”that’s against my constitutional rights”…….wow really?
Report Post »Brooke Lorren
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 6:01pmSounds like a good idea for a shirt… being the capitalist that I am…
Like this lady, I’m struggling in this economy… unlike this lady, I didn’t even vote for Obama, and I do the best that I can to pay for the things that my kids need.
Report Post »Ironeagle
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 10:50amWhen are these people going to wake up that they’ve been had by a schyster.
Report Post »Ebbertron
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 10:56amWhat kills it, is the fact that she will probably vote for him again…..
Report Post »NOKOOLAIDDRINKER
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 10:56amMaybe she should just write Obama again and ask for some that “Obama money” all his useful minions were expecting when they helped get him elected. Yea, but she shouldn’t hold her breath waiting on it! But I‘m sure he’d just write her back asking for her vote again!!!
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 10:56amNever look for an earthly “Savior” there aren’t any. How sad that the poor and needy are always the ones most exploited by liberals, progressives, or what ever they call themselves this week!! We haven’t even gotten to utility price increases, or severe food price increases yet!
Report Post »DTOM_Jericho (escaped PA)
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 10:56amWow, he even writes like a girl.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 10:56am@ Ironeagle…When they are starving in the streets maybe? What are the poor going to do when the Government runs out of money? Stupid ones will die from hunger or being shot during looting and smart ones con the Churches.. They have been out of the loop of knowing how to work in society, they cannot survive long. Welfare kills…
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 10:59am@Ironeagle:
I understand; the ability of human beings to indulge in self delusion is incredible at times, we have a tendency to grasp at any and all straws until the end…and in the case of her own, I hope and pray that there will be a change in her financial situation, along with the rest of America hit by these hard times and the admin, for the better and soon.
Maybe she will finally understand, that, as you mentioned, she was used.
Report Post »William
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:01am3 kids and single mom………..where is the family unit?????
Report Post »She reminds me of the lady from Miami. “I don’t have to worry about my mortage or paying for gas in my car!” How is that hope and change working for ya? Where is the father of the three kids? I am kind of tired of the hand outs. Government cheese eatters need to work for their handouts and fathers need to support their children. Girls need to keep their knees closed until they know the man has a job and is willing to support a baby.
hauschild
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:03amGod, these people are pathetic.
She should wise-up and sell the note now because in the not-to-distant-future, it will be worthless. Obama is a blithering idiot and at some point, the lemmings will have to face this fact.
Report Post »PER100
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:04amat least she can make upwards of 11k on the letter. to bad its not one of resignation. that would be worth good money.
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:05amI hope the Lady can get lots of money to her and her family. But I can’t imagine anyone wanting anything of his. I would give a dime to own “This piece of History”. I want to forget he was ever a part of our History.
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:07amApparently she is not one of the 500 mentioned in the other story that received “special” considerations from The White House.
Report Post »siebegorman
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:07amI love all this hope and change. You got what you wanted lady.
Report Post »ibme
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:08amthis i the problem when people are wired to turn to the government when they have problems. why does a family who cannot support itself have three kids.. this is again a representation of what happens when you reward bad behavior with more welfare. reminds me of my favorite saying. .:“The answer to each and everyones problems stares back at them in the mirror every morning”
Report Post »William
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:10amThree kids and a single mom? Where is the Father? These girls need to keep their knees together until they know their men have jobs and are willing to support their children. Government Cheese eatters need to work hard for their handouts.
Report Post »I thought once Obama was in office we did not have to worry evictions or putting gas in our cars?
How’s that hope and change working for ya?
drattastic
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:10amI have an idea .Get married ,get employed ,stop having babies when you can’t afford them and stop waiting around for someone else to bail you out . Your an adult act like one. Anyone want to lay odds who she votes for in 2012.
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:12amSomeone needs to send this woman to Dave Ramsey’s school for the economically inept.
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:13amJust noticed that she can’t afford her rent, but she can afford to have her hair weaved. Go figure.
Report Post »beekeeper
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:13amThe untold story is more interesting -who would pay $11,000 for a handwritten note from a living president? Especially this President, and in this economy?
And will the buyer see the irony of a wealthy person bailing out a poorer person by spending some of their remaining un-taxed income in a private transaction, without government intervention and oversight?
Report Post »fastfacts
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:18amWho would pay a bent nickel for that letter. Yes it may be rare to get that but it is a letter from the worst President in history.
Did you see Jim Demint call Obama and his agenda out: http://tiny.cc/of2jl
Report Post »NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:19amShe was hoping for that change in the form of free money from his stash. Maybe she should write him again and just tell him so.
Report Post »oldasdirt
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:20amIroneagle
Report Post »Posted on June 15, 2011 at 10:50am
When are these people going to wake up that they’ve been had by a schyster
Ebbertron
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 10:56am
What kills it, is the fact that she will probably vote for him again…..
That pretty much sums it up.
Bachmann / West—-West / Bachmann 2012
Sweet sweet tea.
sWampy
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:22amMy 8 year old has better penmanship.
Report Post »machiavelli
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:26amI am sure the any proceeds from the sale will be reported as income the appropriate assistance agencies. =0
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:28amHope and change, baby! Hope and change…..
Report Post »fastfacts
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:29amRemember the lady that said this: ‘I Won’t Have to Worry About Put Gas in the Car‘ or ’Pay my Mortgage’ – http://tiny.cc/21fq8
WHAT WERE THEY THINKING
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:42amI hope she paid her fare share on that income because I just reported her to the IRS
Report Post »Eraldo NY Tea Party
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:44amblind guides blind people.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:45amThese people were warned a year and a half in advance, they just didn’t listen. I feel bad for her, but she didn’t listen. I yelled and yelled on the internet to everyone I knew, but nobody listened. Everyone just went about their business and he got voted in. It’s like a bad dream ever since. I cannot believe anyone who would STILL support this lying, lazy, muslim, POS.
Report Post »Dustoff
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:57amHOPE & No-change.
Will except for O-dumbers friends. I guess she wasn’t one of them. (-:
Report Post »Of the Free
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:57amI hope it goes on auction and sells for a $Million, what a timeless keepsake of the audacity of hopelessness. Perhaps through this, the aptly-named Destiny will have an awakening within herself and her community that their hopes have been mis-cast, and that those who truly respect her are those who believe that she can make her way in this world on the talents given by God and still permitted in this country!
Report Post »BuckOfama
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 12:03pmLook at his signature straight up and down and add one line to it……. What does it look like??? LMAO
Report Post »jdvo31
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 12:04pmAnd then days later they discover that the note wasn’t written in his handwriting.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 12:14pmI’ll give her 2 cents just so I can burn the letter!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 12:22pm“people are giving Obama a hard time”
Yes she will vote for him again .. maybe he can send her more letters to sell … this will need to be reported to her welfare worker as income …. hopefully it does. Sounds like she needs a lesson in how the “real world” outside of the welfare state .. many babies by many daddies — works.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 12:24pm.
Ironeagle
As soon as we can get their heads out of their behinds, and into some fresh air. Until then there is little hope….
Report Post »Obama_Sham
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 12:45pm@sissykatz
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 11:05am
“I hope the Lady can get lots of money to her and her family. But I can’t imagine anyone wanting anything of his. I would give a dime to own “This piece of History”. I want to forget he was ever a part of our History.”
I understand your point about wanting to forget this part of history… That is why this part of history has to remain in the minds of all Americans… Forgetting will allow history to repeat itself…
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 1:16pm“he hopes to sell Mathis’ letter for $11,000.”
Report Post »I’m writing letters to the prez every week from now on!
QC Ghost
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 1:26pmDon’t talk unless you can improve the silence!
http://qcghost.blogspot.com/2011/06/dont-talk-unless-you-can-improve.html
Report Post »handsmcml
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 2:19pmAccording to several grapholigist, he is very much an egotist. It’s all about the big Me, Myselft and I. Read some of his speeches, they are loaded with these three words. He is his own greatest subject!
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 2:55pmFirst thing that jumps out is SHE’S SINGLE but has ANOTHER baby??? What did she expect things to get BETTER.. why not marry ANY of the kids fathers.. at least she has something she can sell.. quit whining and sell it.. other people have had to sell everything … QUIT WHINING.. She is no worse off then a lot of others..But she got FACE time so she expects the president to send money and others to donate to her to..
Report Post »MastrSSG
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 3:08pmI’m still waiting for my Obama money?
Report Post »Sound The Trumpet In Zion
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 3:15pm@Ebbertron
Report Post »You’ve got that right. She will probably campaign for him again as well.
drphil69
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 3:15pmHmmm, lets see… I’m broke, got 2 kids… think I’ll have another, that will make things better!
Ever heard of adoption? Or birth control? Or keeping your pants on?
Report Post »Morris
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 3:26pmGreat Interview Huffington Post,Here is another Dictator Barack Hussein Obama Voter,she is what is wrong
with the Welfare System!!!
Destiny, The next time you lay down with some guy atleast make sure he has a JOB !!!
I know a little girl just like you,She has 3- Babies just as you have,and she don,t know who or were the fathers of the children are!! ( AND SHE IS NOT 18 Years old yet)!!!!!
You are also one of the reasons that all people on Welfare should be made to take a drug test every month,before you get your check, On drugs no check!! (Find the Father of your children,and make him pay support!!!
Find the fathers of these children,Have him support these children,and get off of the Welfare Bus!!!
America, You the Working tax payer is out working you A$$ off to take care of people like this,if they lay down and make a baby,it should not be up to you to take care of their children!!!!
Obama,“POLITICAL CORRECTNESS”,You will find NO CORRECTNESS FROM THIS OLD MAN!!!!!!
Find the fathers of these children,have him support your mistakes,Don,t be leaching off of the American
Report Post »Working tax Payers!!!!
Huguenot Descendant
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 3:30pmLoL, I couldn‘t believe that she actually still wants to keep the letter and doesn’t criticize him on anything. Take a look around lady, food prices are going up, gas prices are going up, unemployment is going up. How brainwashed are these people?
Report Post »American Soldier (Separated)
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 4:07pmGas prices are surprisingly going down in my area.
I wonder if she’ll vote for him still in 2012.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 5:46pm.
Report Post »I came back and all I can say is Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Hhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Stupid idiot you got just what you voted for NOTHING. And now you along with the rest of us are SCREWED HOLDING NOTHING………………
Professional Infidel
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 6:42pminstead of a hundred dollar bill, I’d use that letter to light my next joint. $11,000.00 LOL for *******.
Report Post »obama-mecca-me-sick
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 10:05pmHey life is tough lady. You cant wait around for a hand out. Thats the reason she campaigned for him. She wanted some of those Obama “bucks”. Well change the b to an f , and thats what we all got.
Report Post »Conkuur
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 10:14pmWhat!!?? No Obama stash?!!! lol
Report Post »boxofpens
Posted on June 15, 2011 at 10:15pmShe doesn’t have any money but she can afford to get her hair done. And look at all of those professional photos hanging on her kitchen cabinets in the back ground. I have cut my own hair the past two years, just started cutting my husbands hair, and have TWO 8×10 professional photos in my house. And I darn sure haven’t received MY Obama money. Boo hoo… somebody puhleez feel sorry for me. :-D
I couldn’t even finish watching it the interview because I was already disgusted after the first 20 seconds. And she’s definitely voting for him in 2012. Idiot.
Report Post »cactusjoe
Posted on June 16, 2011 at 7:53pmHer partner left.Hummmm??
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