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(168,747 posts)and would remember to plug it in and charge it at least once a month. She never used it but would ask me to check to see if anything popped up on the screen that needed attention.
She actually followed 45 over the years (she passed before he was elected for the first term) - mainly because she would listen to NYC talk radio that we could pick up here in Philly, and he was often a topic of discussion... plus she had a sub to the print edition of the NYT. His crap against the Central Park Five (with that full page ad in the NYT) was something that she was disgusted and railed about.
Add to that his involvement in NJ Casinos and I know most here in Philly and Jersey were well aware of him for decades.
I always try to imagine what her reaction would have been now (and even back when he was first elected) - although I would probably guess correctly since she was the "original" CSPAN junky of our family.