As you can possibly see, I have an injury myself — not here at the hospital, but in combat with a cedar. I eventually won. The cedar gave me a little scratch.” — After visiting with wounded veterans from the Amputee Care Center of Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 1, 2006

Yes, Bush was just making a little joke and trying to connect with wounded veterans, but it reveals a casual blindness to the lived experience of others that is the opposite of compassion.

Video here; Bush’s cedar comments come 47 seconds in. (From Slate’s Bushism of the Day, by Jacob Weisberg. ) [Tags: GeorgeBush slate]

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