[anymouse]

[Southack]

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

Wonderful post!!!! Thank you so much for it.

[Michael Smith]

Okay, I have tears in my eyes.

[Ronin]

I still can't look at that pic without a lump in my throat.

[RandallFlagg]

OW!

**Crackle**

There went my heart again.

[bray]

Thank God for GW Bush! No parent would let Sick Willy or Crazy Al near their child like they will with a real Father.

Pray for W and Our Shining City

[Hostile]

"Perhaps they were wrong in the nineties--- maybe character does matter."

They were wrong. Character mattered then, it matters now. Character always matters.

[dc-zoo]

That has to be one of the best campaign photos I've ever seen. I hope the girl and her father are invited to the convention. I saw them on Fox news a couple of weeks ago.

[woofie]

I bet somewhere there is a picture of Bill Clinton and a 15 year old girl

[martin_fierro]

Here's the FR version:

[luvbach1]

The protective encirclement of her head by President Bush's arm and hand is the essence of fatherly compassion.

[LiteKeeper]

SPOTREP - HUmanity Alert

[vetvetdoug]

My resolve to support this President becomes stronger every waking hour. There is a God and a Satan and we see their servants every day.

[Moonmad27]

I hadn't seen that picture before. It reminds me how I can't understand why so many people refuse to see his innate goodness and honesty, and hate him so passionately.

[NordP]

I've read this before, and loved it.

Now, I think that some Republican group should pay for this to be an ad for the re-election of GWB.

In print, at first, with narration, then...at the end...the photo and that last great line about the 90s and character counting.

Let America see what their choice should be in this next election.

Real... or botox.

NordP

[Lancey Howard]

Perhaps they were wrong in the nineties--- maybe character does matter.

In the end, yes, character does matter. And all the athiests, welfare parasites, abortion enthusiasts, condom throwers, screeching feminists, Hollywood drunks, college professors, losers, weirdos, and malcontents who make up the Democrat base will not be enough to overcome the will of America's working, taxpaying, traditional families to make sure that character counts in a President.

Bush, in a landslide.

[Angry Republican]

Beautiful. Need I say more? I guess a picture does say a thousand words.

[Fun Bob]

John Kerry doesn't have that in him. He'd tell her "that's a touching, touching story" wipe away an imagined tear, and go on to shake hands with somebody more important--somebody who he deigns means something.

miserable failure miserable failure miserable failure miserable failure waffles

[BigSkyFreeper]

Wonderful heartwarming, gutwrenching article...

~PING!~

[Khurkris]

Good post and good story.

However, Lebanon is NOT a 'Cincinnati suburb.'

It is a charming town and the food at the Golden Lamb is excellent; and some of the rooms have a great history with them.