This hasn't been the best recruiting year for Penn State for a variety of reasons. That said, what says "Trust me with your son's education. I'll take care of him" better than being nominated for a Presidential Medal of Freedom?
↵↵↵↵↵↵U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson, RHoward Township, nominated Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom in a letter sent Thursday to President Barack Obama.
↵“There has never been an accusation of corrupt recruiting and, in what is depressingly rare, his players stay in school and graduate,” says the letter, which praises Pater-no’s generosity and support of the Pennsylvania Special Olympics.
↵Sixteen Pennsylvania representatives — most of the state’s delegation — endorsed the nomination along with Penn State almunus Rep. Frank Wolf, of Virginia.
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