Using words like "wow" and "cool" and "really, really neat," several gay Atlantans who met President Barack Obama today during his fundraising stop in the city described the experience as unlike any other.
"The whole experience was like, 'wow,'" said Glen Paul Freedman, chair of the Atlanta Police LGBT Advisory Board who said he got a ticket to the event from someone who could not make it.
That ticket was a special one, too, because it meant Freedman, a politico who works with Lisa Borders at the Grady Health Foundation, got to shake hands with the president and have his photo made with him.
"Even though it took less than a minute he was so relaxed and shook my hand and said he was glad to meet me. All I could say is thank you and it was an honor to meet you," Freedman said.