Obama will be ‘one of the best'

Friday, Jan. 23, 2009

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On the day of the inauguration I and my brother Chance watched it on TV. Every time they would do the "Pledge of Allegiance" or the national anthem I would hold a salute position and hold my right hand over my heart. I also did it when Barack Hussein Obama took the oath of office.

I personally think that Barack Obama will be one of the best presidents since George Washington. Also I think Obama will be re-elected. When I'm 18 years old I will be looking back to when Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States of America and the 43rd man to be sworn into office, I'll be proud that a responsible leader and hard-working African-American became president.

I also think Barack will lead this nation as well and as hard as he can. Growing up, Barack was very intelligent and hard-working. I have a lot of faith in Barack Obama as he will lead our nation to a better economy and a better community.

Calvin Bikowski, Waldorf

The writer is a fourth-grader at William A. Diggs Elementary School.