95-Year-Old N.H. Activist Hospitalized (Granny D)

CONCORD, N.H. -- Doris "Granny D" Haddock, who ran for the U.S. Senate last year and gained national attention by walking across the country to promote campaign finance reform, underwent surgery on her windpipe Thursday.

"She is strong and a full recovery is expected, but the long-term prospects of whether she would regain use of her well-known voice is uncertain," said family spokesman Dennis Burke.

The 95-year-old Democrat used her well-known New England-tinged voice last year to run against Republican Sen. Judd Gregg, who won 66 percent to 34 percent.

The great-grandmother of 16 also once walked 3,200 miles from California to Washington, D.C., in support of campaign finance reform.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-brf-granny-d,0,5230678.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

What a great American she is! She is my idol.

Get Well Soon, Granny D. We love, love, love you.

I hope she recovers. Too bad she didn't win a Senate seat. But I hope she stays with us awhile.

She's been on my mind. It was her birthday last week or so.

Here's an essay she recently published.

<http://democracyweek.org/velvetrevolution.html>

amplifier. Granny "D" is an inspiration to us all.:loveya:

God bless and be with you brave woman.

I love you Granny D!