We inteerupt your baseball meltdown for this: Dan Hampton of the '85 Bears is a classless FReeper

[KamaAina]

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Bears-Hall-of-Famer-Hampton-refuses-White-House-?urn=nfl-wp8216

Former Chicago Bears defensive tackle Dan Hampton won't be attending the team's visit to the White House next month. The Hall of Famer told WLS-890 in Chicago that his decision is based on a "personal choice."

President Obama invited the 1985 Super Bowl championship team to visit Washington, D.C., earlier this month. The Bears had been scheduled to meet with President Reagan in January of 1986, but the Challenger disaster forced the White House to cancel the planned meeting.

Hampton gave three reasons for not attending:...

2. He says he's "not a fan of the guy in the White House."

A frequent reason given by those who decline White House invites, whether it be for Obama or any president who came before him. This sounds lame and takes a tremendous lack of perspective. Declining an opportunity to go to the White House and shake hands with the President of the United States because you don't like the guy's opinion on health care seems petty. Does Hampton not have any friends who are Democrats?

:eyes:

We now return you to your regularly scheduled expansion team-filled Hell. :grr:

[ProfessorGAC]

1. This Was Here Yesterday. And I'll Say The Same Thing

Hampton was an overrated tool. And, this is coming from a life long Bears fan.
GAC

[joeybee12]

2. Wish it had the full quote...that said, Pedro martinez did not go to the WH in 2004...

some sort of 'scheduling conflict" but a lot of people read more into that...i did...and I liked that he didn't go.