Children’s Letters to President Obama
- Posted by: Patrick James
- on January 21, 2009 at 6:26 pm
McSweeney’s has published a collection of letters to the incoming president, all of which were written by children at 826’s after school centers. They are amazing. Here’s a taste:
Dear Pres. Obama,
Good job on winning. I heard about Area 51. I wanted to ask you if there are any U.F.O.’s there. I think that you should tell people in public the truth about Area 51. You would just maybe say, “That we will take care of it.” And do it.
— Edwin Jara, age 9, New York
Dear President Obama,
I want to tell you hi. Do you work with Santa Claus? Can I meet you in your house? Can I say bye to you after I meet you? And then can I meet you again? And then again after that?
Sergio Magana, age 5, San Francisco
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Dear President Obama,
I am 10 years old. I am a nice girl and I like to write. I wish you could be the first president of all the world. Obama, when I went trick-or-treating on
Halloween, people were giving me candy and telling me to vote for you. Obama, I think it will be better if you tell the people that sell TVs, and all those things, to sell them for a lower price, because my mom and my dad are not working and not getting a lot of money. I want people that are not in a house and don’t work to get something for Christmas. Obama, if I were president, I would change a lot of things in this world.
Paulina Rojas, age 10
Los Angeles
That one made me tear up. I hope things get better.
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