Good photo op for the President. Some days you just can't win even if you are the President though:
(The kids' sponsors say they were 10 minutes late. The White House says they were an hour late.)
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Sobbing Kindergarteners Snubbed for Steelers?
Kids locked out of White House; officials say they were too late
By ANNE REYNOLDS
Updated 11:19 AM EDT, Fri, May 22, 2009
Paty Stine said the White House staff should have made an exception. She feels the kindergarteners were snubbed for the Steelers.
. . . ."Here we have President Obama and his administration saying, 'Here we are for the common, middle class people,' and here he is not letting 150 5- and 6-year-olds into the White House because he’s throwing a lunch for a bunch of grown millionaires," Stine said. . . . http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Kindergarteners-Snubbed-for-Steelers.html