Kissing. Can I remind you of something from a scene from 2001? After the swearing in Bush was

[peacetalksforall]

circling and shaking hands. He shook hands with his daughters. Seemed strange. Laura went up to him and whispered in his ear. He returned to them and kissed them. Perhaps that was his very first gaffe of his Presidency. Cold or unthinking?

[Virginia Dare]

1. When I see Obama hugging and kissing his daughters..

it occurs to me that we never saw bush show that kind of warmth or affection to his kids. I always remember the story about how Jenna was rushed to emergency surgery on her appendix, and her dad went fishing in Florida. I guess he learned from his mother the dragon lady who went golfing after her daughter's funeral.

[kath]

5. Some people say that wasn't an appendectomy

but somethin' else. Just sayin'...

[xxqqqzme]

2. That was probably the only way

he was ever greeted spontaneously by his father.

[bliss_eternal]

7. definitely.

george sr. does NOT seem like he showed 'w' much affection or caring.
jeb was the favorite.

[jus_the_facts]

3. I didn't get to see it....I'd been locked up against my will.....

.....in a *mental* ward. :evilfrown:

[peacetalksforall]

4. Because he won? Seriously, sorry to hear that you went through that. Best of physical,

spiritual, mental health to you.

[jus_the_facts]

6. Well he didn't win...that was only a part of it though....

....a HUGE part...I'd had a lot of emotional family issues at the same time and it all ended up with me cursing my sister in her church parking lot...they had me taken to the metal ward instead of jail.

Thanks for the well wishes....that experience helped me to be much stronger a person than I would be if it hadn't happened...the drugs they gave me made me a lot worse for a while...I eventually realized I was just emotionally exhausted not mentally unstable and didn't need any drugs. :hi:

[charlie]

8. Republican affliction

Reagan didn't recognize his own son Michael in a receiving line once, shook his hand and said some sort of damn-glad-to-meetcha inanity before moving on.