We saw it on display yesterday at the Flight 93 Memorial ceremony.
We also saw on here during the 2004 campaign (H/T to HillBuzz), when President Bush reached out to comfort a 15-year-old girl who lost her mother on September 11, 2001 in the World Trade Center attacks.
In a moment largely unnoticed by the throngs of people in Lebanon waiting for autographs from the president of the United States, George W. Bush stopped to hold a teenager’s head close to his heart.
Lynn Faulkner, his daughter, Ashley, and their neighbor, Linda Prince, eagerly waited to shake the president’s hand Tuesday at the Golden Lamb Inn. He worked the line at a steady campaign pace, smiling, nodding and signing autographs until Prince spoke:
“This girl lost her mom in the World Trade Center on 9-11.”
Bush stopped and turned back.
“He changed from being the leader of the free world to being a father, a husband and a man,” Faulkner said. “He looked right at her and said, ‘How are you doing?’ He reached out with his hand and pulled her into his chest.”
Faulkner snapped one frame with his camera.
“I could hear her say, ‘I’m OK,’ ” he said. “That’s more emotion than she has shown in 21/2 years. Then he said, ‘I can see you have a father who loves you very much.’ “
“And I said, ‘I do, Mr. President, but I miss her mother every day.’ It was a special moment.”
Contrast that with the Narcissist-in-Chief. I just cannot visualize Barack Hussein Obama doing anything even remotely similar to what President Bush did. Unlike Bush, Our Lord and Savior cares only about Himself (and His job). He’d probably have told Ashley to eat her peas, or told her dad to trade in his vehicle for an electric car (or at least make sure his tires were properly inflated), all the while lecturing them about how spreading the wealth around would help their lives.
