[drt1]

Maybe it was staged - So what? If it was they didn't count on the Dog Tags getting tangled up in the Iraqi Woman's dress. Better rehearsals needed.

[kinsman redeemer]

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[uncitizen]

Of course it wasn't staged. Who's gonna go up to that soldiers mother and tell her "ok, now, when the camera is on you i want you to reach down and hug the Iraqi lady, kay?"?

Liberals, like Chris Mathews, just can't understand people that really care about their country. That's what those two ladies were emotional about.

[MEG33]

The mother of a Marine who died liberating Iraq and who provided the emotional high point of Wednesday night's State of the Union Address when she hugged a grateful Iraqi voter sitting in the gallery, denied Thursday morning that the unforgettable episode had been staged, as several left-leaning commentators have alleged.