A lone figure could be seen at the Arlington National Cemetery walking in the rain

[kpete]

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Over the weekend, a lone figure could be seen at the Arlington National Cemetery walking in the rain. He quietly surprised many families who had traveled to see the graves of their loved ones. He offered kind words of love and encouragement. He was the 44th President.

Link to tweet

UPDATE: I should have noted the lack of grey hair
From: Nov 11 2009
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/11/obama-honors-veterans-arlington-cemetery/

[think4yourself]

1. Pure class.

I miss him so.

[DemocracyMouse]

39. I love Obama, but why is this still not being attributed to a story/photo several years ago?

DU editors?

(See comments below about the source.)

[Haggis for Breakfast]

64. Your point ??

[DemocracyMouse]

68. The title is misleading. We can honor Obama without misrepresenting his actions

See this comment below, which points out the photo is from 2009, not the present which the title of this DU post suggests:

“6. I got a 2009 source for this picture
http://www.spokesman.com/

NATION/WORLD
Obama honors veterans at Arlington cemetery
Wed., Nov. 11, 2009, 9:10 a.m. “

[Initech]

2. From all class to jackass.

Tell me which party supports the troops again?

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

20. +1

What an American hero and icon. Glad I was alive to see him be president.

[CatMor]

3. What a great man he is .....

this country was lucky to have him for eight years.

[ananda]

4. Our last real president!

Thank you, Mr. Obama.

[bearsfootball516]

5. So much class.

[irisblue]

6. I got a 2009 source for this picture

http://www.spokesman.com/

NATION/WORLD
Obama honors veterans at Arlington cemetery
Wed., Nov. 11, 2009, 9:10 a.m.


Yeah I checked, that paper is center right. Date looks clear enough.

[Johnyawl]

15. I thought I'd seen that picture before

Glad you checked, and posted this.

[PeeJ52]

18. Hey...

Even Sarah Sanders knows what you read on Twitter isn't real news. This is just the same shit tRump does on Twitter to try to piss off everyone and rile up his base (what's left of them). We can have fun with alternative facts on Twitter too...

[Raven]

7. This is going to send Trump right over the edge. n/t

[malaise]

10. Holy shit

We both posted that at the same time.

[Raven]

27. It was the first thing I thought of. :-)

[malaise]

8. He's going to send the raving lunatic further over the edge

[lark]

9. How my heart bleeds for us.

WE once had an intelligent, well respected, brilliant, caring man as President. Now we have a totally immoral idiot, someone who stole the office, who cares nothing about America, it's constitution or people, who disdains the military men and women but loves the war machines because he and oligarchs personally profit from them,. He is a disgrace and menace to our country and I can't wait to see him taken all the way down. We got a start with the midterms, but need to bring it home. How that happens depends on their moves.

[MyOwnPeace]

25. Perfect.............

What a contrast between the two.
Bottom line: IQ45 MUST be gone!

[dalton99a]

11. Kick

[exboyfil]

12. Stanley Armour Dunham

Served as a Sergeant in World War II and is buried at the National Cemetery in Hawaii. Obama's grandfather.

[writes3000]

13. Are we sure this happened this past weekend versus 2009?

[PeeJ52]

19. Doesn't matter....

What matters is that Trump thinks that everyone believes it happened this weekend.... lol

[Botany]

14. Where is his grey hair?

n/t

[Tipperary]

29. Old pic.

Sadly, fake news is becoming routine on du.

[PatSeg]

16. That one choked me up

What a truly good man.

[riverbendviewgal]

17. Lucky Americans to have him for 8 years as POTUS

He always does the right thing. Always respectful, always emphatic. Always calm.

[LAS14]

21. Thanks! nt

[LiberalFighter]

22. I made sure to post that to my Facebook account.

[Tipperary]

30. I hope you pointed out that the pic is not recent.

2009.

[LiberalFighter]

37. Yep! Made sure to say 2009.

[BumRushDaShow]

23. Whole pile of tweets

with pics of Obama doing his duty in the rain here - https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/twitter-pelts-trump-with-photos-of-barack-obama-in-the-rain_us_5be76113e4b0769d24cdebb7

This I think sums it up nicely -

Link to tweet

TEXT
katgal @katgal2

pic.twitter.com/qI6o4Ljkab
3,785
7:02 PM - Nov 10, 2018

[calimary]

69. Ouch!

[GeorgeGist]

24. Wrong weekend Randy.

[karin_sj]

26. Even though this is a picture from the past...

This brought tears to my eyes: for all we've lost... in a president, as a country, and in a large portion of our fellow Americans

[calimary]

70. It's even more relevant now. A clear reminder of

what we had, and how it’s supposed to be.

[pazzyanne]

28. A great big THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT!!!

...tears in my eyes and a grateful heart!

[octoberlib]

31. Talk about a picture saying a thousand

words . I miss him!

[dubyadiprecession]

32. I'm many ways Barack is still the caretaker of our nation.

[PatrickforO]

33. Well, the photo apparently was from 2009, but it was raining and he was in Arlington.

And he was my president - I always felt safe, like things were under control, when he was in office.

Barack Obama is a great man and was a great president.

[WePurrsevere]

34. It may be an older pic but the point is still the same. If Obama..

(plus so many other world leaders over the decades) could go to these events in the rain, Trumpass could too. Instead he CHOSE to stay at his (temporary) home in a big baby snit and disrespect those troops who serve and have served, even sacrificing their very lives for, our country.

[marble falls]

35. Four more years, for the sake of humanity - please, just four more years ...

Make Michele VP.

[Achilleaze]

36. Thank you, Mr. President

[Tommy_Carcetti]

38. The picture is misleading and the story, while nice, is apochraphal.

I don't think we need to be spreading dubious stories to emphasize the obvious truth and differences between the characters of these two men.

[LanternWaste]

55. How precisely did the picture mislead you?

I don't think we need to be spreading dubious responses to de-emphasize an obvious truth.

('dubious' is a fun word to use... it means so very little, yet allows us to color our agenda with the gradient of crayon most convenient to us)

[Tommy_Carcetti]

57. It didn't mislead me personally but I was immediately suspect....

....when the only source was a tweet about something that supposedly happened this weekend with President Obama as a private citizen as opposed something that actually happened in 2009 when he was in office. And no one else other than this one Twitter account reported this.

I guess my take away is don't trust random Twitter accounts.

[kpete]

60. I apologize for my original assumption in my title post

and tried to update this correction above,

and as i said, it was my mistake not to recognize the physically younger President Obama

still, i find it comforting


thanks,
kp

[Haggis for Breakfast]

65. No apologies necessary, kpete.

Some of us can still appreciate what the picture means and what it meant to have a man of such integrity as our president.

[MadDAsHell]

67. +1, agreed. nt

[MadDAsHell]

61. "Spreading dubious responses" is a fun insult to use...

Especially as a synonym for “wrote a single post on a single thread on a single website.”

But really, keep up the insults, you’re a quality poster adding a lot of value here.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

66. This

[hibbing]

40. Damn, literal chills and a tear, and I'm at work n/t

[Blue Owl]

41. This is a President

[4du]

42. I cry for what has happened to my beloved country

under Don the Con. As a former Republican, I will visit Free Republic and this is what I read today:
“When does the shooting start, and, if not, why not?”
"I hope everyone that cheats voters has a short life expectancy. I consider such people to be a threat to our nation."
"Voter fraud is treason and should be a capital offense."
"Yep. These people should be executed."
"Their tactic has become obvious. The mantra is 'count every vote' including illegal and manufactured ones. Now that we all know what’s going on the 64k dollar question is, what are we going to do about it?"

These people have guns!!

[pdsimdars]

43. He's our real president until we get an ACTUAL president

[HipChick]

56. 2nd that..

[ailsagirl]

44. That is so typical of that man!!

Love him

[BlueJac]

45. Awesome!

[Wawannabe]

46. That

Is my President.

[flibbitygiblets]

47. Yes this pic is from when BO was president. The point is he was THERE. In the RAIN.

Because he gives a damn about our fallen soldiers. He did then and he does now.

[ffr]

48. Leader. n/t

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

49. Darn you kpete...

You made me misty eyed.

[Gothmog]

50. I miss having a real POTUS

[USALiberal]

51. Incorect! Change title, remove "over the weekend" , misleading. Nt

[AJT]

52. No big announcement, no photo op, just true compassion.

[duforsure]

53. That's what a great President does,

And his legacy will be one of the greatest this country's ever had. Great man, great person, and a true love for our country. I miss him along with everyone else. We were truly blessed.

[libdem4life]

54. Who cares when it was taken..one thing is for sure. That will be the last president to stroll there,

with heavy heart and grief, while lending emotional empathy and support to the dead and their relatives, until the current resident closes the WH door behind him.

[Power 2 the People]

58. When decency didn't have to be coaxed or manufactured

[applegrove]

59. He is becoming more beloved each time someone sees a doctor

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or gets treated at a hospital because of Obama care. The opposite of Trump.

[Niagara]

62. This!

All class!

[Demovictory9]

63. k&r