that altogether infuriatin' palm pounding

Why can't we have a president who is also a human being? What has happened along the gulf coast is horrifying, so why isn't the president horrified? I sit there and wonder, why can't he show some genuine emotion or empathy, something that makes him more like the rest of us? Could he maybe admit that he is licked? Instead, he repeatedly pounds his right palm on the podium in his token way and tells us everything will be back to normal soon enough. What is so wrong, or so hard, about admitting that you are overwhelmed by this tragedy? Make the rest of us feel like you really get it! Empathy is not a failure of leadership, it is leadership.