Damon Weaver, Florida’s boy journalist, finally gets long-sought Obama interview
By APFriday, August 14, 2009
Young Fla. journalist interviews President Obama
WASHINGTON — A South Florida boy who became an Internet sensation during the 2008 presidential campaign has finally landed a coveted interview with President Barack Obama.
In an interview posted on YouTube late Thursday, 11-year-old Damon Weaver asks Obama about education funding, how parents can improve their children’s education, and if the president could make school lunches better. He also asks how Obama handles “getting bullied.”
Weaver, who already has a full scholarship to Albany State University in Georgia, created a buzz last year when he interviewed Vice President Joe Biden. Closing the bit, Weaver quipped: “Senator Biden is now my homeboy.” At the end of his latest interview, Weaver asked Obama if he would also like to be his “homeboy.”
“Absolutely,” Obama said.
