Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Decency and kindness
Only a very few sites have published this photo (for the obvious reason, I suppose, that GWB's horns and cloven hooves aren't visible). But it so deserves publicity, along with the Anchoress's and Don Surber's posts on the occasion and the photo. There are still many of us who recognize that GWB is a kind and decent man, president to all of us not only his supporters and not only those with whom he agrees. The occasion was the honoring of Tuskegee airmen who served in WWII and, just as those young men defended justice and freedom with grace despite whatever injustices they had personally experienced, Bush uses his own strength to support Byrd without a hint of noblesse oblige or big-shot-ism, in order to assist the older man to walk to the ceremony, no matter that they disagreed and still do, simply out of respect for someone who served the country for many many years. I hope that, in time, he and his steadfast devotion to what we supposedly hold most dear (life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness) will be recognized and properly honored.

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Anonymous Anonymous — at 8:51 PM, April 04, 2007:
I wonder if in 25 years people will look back on GWB the way they do now on Reagan.
 

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Blogger jau — at 12:18 AM, April 05, 2007:
I sure hope so! And wouldn't it be nice if he lives long enough to hear it.
 

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Blogger Suzan Abrams, email: suzanabrams@live.co.uk — at 5:08 AM, April 05, 2007:
That's very thoughtful of you, Jau, to notice your President's humble nobility as a human being for that moment. :-)
I can see your posts today but differently. When I press on Blogs, I'm still faced with a blank page like yesterday. I then need to scroll to the far right. Yesterday, I scrolled downwards. I recognise you had a new post from your comments.
 

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