OUR President Breaks Down In Tears At Funeral Of Dorothy Height

Obama breaks down in tears at funeral of 'Godmother' of American civil rights movement Dorothy Height

By Mail Foreign Service
Last updated at 6:16 PM on 29th April 2010

Tears streaming down his cheeks, grief overcame Barack Obama today as he attended the funeral of the woman he called the 'Godmother' of the American civil rights movement.

The U.S. president was weeping openly as he watched the service for Dorothy Height in Washington today.

He delivered the eulogy for Dr Height, whose activisim stretched from the New Deal right up until Mr Obama's election as the first African American president of the United States.

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Anyone who doesn't see that this is a true moment of grief for this man is blind.

I am so glad and feel so fortunate to have a man of his qualities, talents, intelligence and compassion as our president. We should all feel extremely fortunate to have him as our leader. Barack Obama is uniquely qualified to lead us through one of the most difficult times in American history.

That is a very moving photograph of a man who has genuine love and compassion for others.

being under serious stress. I really like your comment, and thank you for your service.:)

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. . . good to see the emotion expressed by our president in reflecting on this loss.

:fistbump:

:fistbump: :pals:

done by Nancy Pelosi's daughter during the 2008...She interviewed a guy who cried because it was, in his view, it was no longer okay to "go to a titty bar anymore".....Hillarious.:evilgrin:

And I'm a young Italian-American guy!

I posted notices on two DU forums the day she died but there wasn't much of a response. I could only assume that people were unaware of the greatness that was Dorothy Height. I just hope people the same folks who are lauding the Prez for his tears at her funeral remember that it was Mrs. Height whose remarkable life we should be celebrating and her passing we should mourn. I had been waiting for the Virginia Governor to say something or to order the state flags to be flown at half-staff (Height was a native of Richmond) but he was probably too busy celebrating some Confederate holiday.

Many great people like Dorothy were left out of the history books. Our children are missing so much of history because of the politicization of history.

I had always seen her pictures in many of the MLK pictures but I never really understood her importance.

I wonder just how many here were aware of Dorothy Height before the public funeral service. I actually find it rather sad to see a thread getting so many comments and 95 recommendations because the President was crying at her funeral service, but notices of Mrs. Height's actual death passed off these discussion forums with barely a comment. I guess if Obama hadn't cried virtually no one would have mentioned her passing.

I love this man

..... He's a racist !!!!"

Unbelievable. Wasn't his Mother white? Fucking A.

Obama. :)

It is ambiguous as written but I doubt that she meant it in the negative way toward the President.

:)

There are some posters who tend to only post comments critical of the President and you can safely assume all slams are intentional but I don't think that's the case here. :)

she's talking about rush, not the president.

Oh, I feel the his lose. He loves so deeply.

The President really had no time to grieve her death.

!!

You know it!

During one of his last General Election rallies. :(

Ugh.

talking point of the day. :puke:

She must have been pretty special to him.

and a very decent one at that.

President Obama really has a common touch. Did you see the memorial for the Massey miners? That was one of the most moving memorials I've seen since the one honoring the Challenger astronauts. After the service, our president escorted from the church a woman who lost a son and two grandsons in the blast. He held her close, their foreheads touching as he comforted her. I cried.

About Ms. Height: This weekend we watched a 2003 (I think?) C-SPAN interview w/Ms. Height. Age hadn't dimmed her memories; she was sharp as a tack. I especially liked the part during which she talked about her friendship with Eleanor Roosevelt. Ms. Height didn't just tell the story; she put you in the room with them.

She was quite a woman. We were lucky to have had her as long as we did. Rest in peace, Ms. Height. And thank you.

"The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die." ~ Edward M. Kennedy

I'm sure he will miss her ~

K&R

if I were to hazard a guess, our dear President Obama has lost a couple of very important women in his life and beyond respect and love for Dorothy Height, the occasion stirs memories of and for other strong women he has loved...

seeing a tear falling down his cheek the night his grandmother died.

Think how proud and how gratified Dorothy must have been to seem him inaugerated.

something of a mother figure to him. Bless their hearts.

she died. I met her several times and my wife worked closely with her the past few years. You just don't know the kind of class and gravity this woman had.

that you got to meet and your wife work with her.

How beautiful!

and actually, fyi, if it's not on a ship, it's half staff, not half mast. Though most people use them interchangeably.

I had no idea.

Fuckwads.

There's nothing unusual about it anymore.

maybe a mere technicality, but an irritating one to some of the military/naval folks among us....

It's the only way us land lubbers will learn.

n/t

While Bush was joking about not finding any WMDs our soldiers were dying in Iraq. But there was no outcry against Bush, except from those in the far left. That video of Bush making fun should have been on every newscast, but it wasn't. Compare Bush's total lack of concern for the soldiers he sent to be murdered to that picture of Obama displaying to the world that he has a heart. Bush doesn't. I firmly believe Bush is a sociopath.

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He has a big heart.

:loveya: Mr President. Dorothy Height was a wonderful woman and leader. She will be missed. May she rest in peace.

Wish I could :hug: him.

not think that he has to be macho all the time like the last prez.

that cartoon is hysterical!

caught on camera for a beautiful lady.

:patriot:

knr

He cries, then why isn't he crying for (insert favorite issue here).

He doesn't cry, he's a cold hearted calloused man driven by ambition instead of public service.

Ponderous.

The topic doesn't have to be related...all the person does is concoct a connecting statement to use it as a jump-off point to restate (for the bazillionth time) their anger at/disdain for/general mistrust and doubt of/intent not to vote for Obama.

:eyes:

obama hates little children and wants them to all fail school and grow up to be mindless drones who feed the coffers of his corporate buddies.

You're either with us or against us, right Rush?

oh the irony. gotta love it, lad.

how the hell can anyone know anything about this man and believe he's just wants to "destroy schools" is beyond me!

and he knew him personally. I guess he knew her too but you get my point.

of him crying doesn't mean he didn't cry.

Just because he (supposedly) didn't cry publicly for The Lion doesn't mean he didn't cry.

detatched than that. I mean that's his image.

the President wiping tears as they brought in Teddy's casket.

He cried on the eve of the election at a rally after his grandmother died.

Sorry you missed your "proof" that he does manage to emote.

:eyes:

She doesn't even comfort her husband who is obviously suffering from allergies. (just kidding)

Allergies are not funny.

This photo really hit me. She was a giant when our nation was filled with very small people.

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that are so special and shares them with the board. This is one of those moments. Thank you kpete.

Any Reich-Winger that says that it's "unmanly for a President to cry" is a gutless coward. Real Men Cry. Real men show compassion.

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I have no doubt the emotion displayed by the President is real and genuine. It's good that Obama feels secure enough to show emotion instead of always have to be the tough American president. I like that, and I like the example he sets for others.

The loss of Dorothy Height was undoubtedly a very hard thing for him, but I would consider that he's probably shedding tears not only because of her death, but because of the current movement by the Tea Baggers, etc. AWAY from the very ideals that Ms. Height revered and fought for all of us to have. Equality and justice.

This country is going backwards (you have only to look to Arizona!!!), and that is enough to sadden anyone.

Not once.

I love my President! He is a true human being. Nice to have one after the 8 years of *. I almost forgot what it was like to have a President.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/yourview/1539288/Do-you-think-less-of-George-W-Bush-for-crying-in-public.html

At a Medal of Honor ceremony for a soldier in Iraq who threw himself on a grenade. There's photos of it out there.

Just like *.

Like MLK, he is leading us out of the darkness.

He has not done everything I would have done in his shoes, but they are his shoes, and he is the one who takes the steps and I wish him nothing but success and a path to be shown to him furthermore to rectify the wrongs in this country. I continue to pray for his safety, and his heart to be noble and to ignore the hatred from the far right that is seeping out everywhere we turn.

He is a good man...

It was a touching reminder.

There's never been anyone who has taken on such an enormous fuck-up than this man. He's one amazing human being.

I may not always agree with his politics, but we're lucky as hell to have him at the top right now.

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he's a wonderful person, and I'm glad to be the kind of person who can see that.

and President Obama has a big list of people that he has lost in his life
his mother
his father
his grandmother
his grandfather
Teddy Kennedy
and all the soldiers that have died in Iraq and Afghanistan and Ft. Hood
and the 29 miners he gave the eulogy for the other day
I'm sure there are even more...

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Although, I must confess, I'm a closet "Michelle Obama" for President supporter. I know she would never run...and if she did probably would never win. To me, she just seems so....straight forward.

And it is interesting that this article is from the UK.

Sometimes things are seen more clearly at a distance.