Frank Vaughn

I was nine years old, and my fourth grade class was invited on a school field trip to the governor's office in Little Rock.

I was nine years old, and my fourth grade class was invited on a school field trip to the governor's office in Little Rock.

I was nine years old, and my fourth grade class was invited on a school field trip to the governor's office in Little Rock.

They arranged us all in a semi-circle in cross-legged style, and we waited for the man to show up. And typical of politicians, he was around 15 minutes late. He walks out, he sits down, and he immediately turns and he snaps his fingers and points at one of his female staffers and said, you, go get my Pepsi. And she took off on a dead run for his inner office to go grab that Pepsi.

They arranged us all in a semi-circle in cross-legged style, and we waited for the man to show up. And typical of politicians, he was around 15 minutes late. He walks out, he sits down, and he immediately turns and he snaps his fingers and points at one of his female staffers and said, you, go get my Pepsi. And she took off on a dead run for his inner office to go grab that Pepsi.

They arranged us all in a semi-circle in cross-legged style, and we waited for the man to show up. And typical of politicians, he was around 15 minutes late. He walks out, he sits down, and he immediately turns and he snaps his fingers and points at one of his female staffers and said, you, go get my Pepsi. And she took off on a dead run for his inner office to go grab that Pepsi.

There was this almost throne-like velvet chair sitting in the middle of the room. And he sits down in it and he crosses his legs and he, you know, just sort of gets himself arranged.

There was this almost throne-like velvet chair sitting in the middle of the room. And he sits down in it and he crosses his legs and he, you know, just sort of gets himself arranged.

There was this almost throne-like velvet chair sitting in the middle of the room. And he sits down in it and he crosses his legs and he, you know, just sort of gets himself arranged.

I don't know if I just have one of those faces or what, but for some reason he settled on me and he pointed at me and he said, you, what do you want to be when you grow up? And after witnessing everything I had just seen, the only answer I could come up with was, I want to be you.

I don't know if I just have one of those faces or what, but for some reason he settled on me and he pointed at me and he said, you, what do you want to be when you grow up? And after witnessing everything I had just seen, the only answer I could come up with was, I want to be you.

I don't know if I just have one of those faces or what, but for some reason he settled on me and he pointed at me and he said, you, what do you want to be when you grow up? And after witnessing everything I had just seen, the only answer I could come up with was, I want to be you.

And then the governor started laughing. And of course, when he starts laughing, his staff joins in and we all joined in. And it sort of released all the tension in the room.

And then the governor started laughing. And of course, when he starts laughing, his staff joins in and we all joined in. And it sort of released all the tension in the room.

And then the governor started laughing. And of course, when he starts laughing, his staff joins in and we all joined in. And it sort of released all the tension in the room.

It's obvious that you all have done a lot of work here in just a couple of days.

It's obvious that you all have done a lot of work here in just a couple of days.

It's obvious that you all have done a lot of work here in just a couple of days.

And honestly, when I saw the entourage coming up the street with the Secret Service agents and the governor was with him, I thought, well, he's going to walk down the middle of the street because there's no way they're going to let him have, you know, physical contact with people. He's the president. And I was wrong.

And honestly, when I saw the entourage coming up the street with the Secret Service agents and the governor was with him, I thought, well, he's going to walk down the middle of the street because there's no way they're going to let him have, you know, physical contact with people. He's the president. And I was wrong.