[Jemian]

Ping to the Auburn list! War Eagle!

I don’t know how they could stand it. They’re better men than I am (since I am not a man!).

[Momto2]

Thanks for the ping! I had not seen this - I guess it was still an honor, in spite of who is in the White House - almost like when my Dad died and the officer presenting the flag said, “On behalf of President Obama....” But my mom still took the flag and cherishes it :)

[HighlyOpinionated]

Auburn is in the Conservative South and I imagine that these kids were either not that 'into' politics OR their parents had trained them well enough to be polite and accept the accolades without showing deference to the person giving them.

I doubt that its an experience they'll recall with more than passing amusement as they grow older. If any of them look back on his White House adventure as a turning point in his life it will be because at that moment he decided he didn't want to become a narcissistic megalomaniac sociopath who had a 'teleprompter' handicap and played sports like a sissy! Auburn Football players are better than ....