Thursday, May 06, 2004
 
Slightly Heralded Bush

Unlike this story, at least the media --the Cincinatti Enquirer anyway--caught a story of Bush's common empathy:
    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."
Do you think John Kerry would have given her an awkward pat on the stomach?

(Link seen originally on Wizbang!, but it's everywhere by now.)

- posted by Brian J. @ 6:43 PM
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