George W. Bush versus President Obama at Dallas memorial speech

In a time of national racial strife, the memorial for the slain Dallas officers was a master class on how to be, and not to be, presidential.

Former President Bush honored the five fallen officers and spoke of them as if they were his family. He spoke of their courage and the inspiration they are to us all.

“Most of us imagine we’d risk lives to protect love ones: Those in uniform assume that risk for the safety of strangers,” Bush said.

He also uttered the most profound words of the entire service, when he said:

“At times, it seems like the forces pulling us apart are stronger than the forces binding us together. Argument turns too easily into animosity. Disagreement escalates into dehumanization. Too often, we judge other groups by their worst examples while judging ourselves by our best intentions.”

Bush inspired when he said:

“We are bound by things of the spirit, by shared commitments to common ideals. At our best, we practice empathy, imagining ourselves in the lives and circumstances of others. This is the bridge across our nation’s deepest divisions. And it’s not merely a matter of tolerance, but of learning from the struggles and stories of fellow citizens and finding our better selves in the process.”

On the other hand, there was Obama, groveling to the Black Lives Matter crowd, saying things like:

“It’s as if the deepest fault lines of our democracy have suddenly been exposed, perhaps even widened. And although we know that such divisions are not new — though they have surely been worse in even the recent past — that offers us little comfort.”

“We also know that centuries of racial discrimination — of slavery, and subjugation, and Jim Crow — they didn’t simply vanish with the end of lawful segregation. They didn’t just stop when Dr. King made a speech, or the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act were signed. Race relations have improved dramatically in my lifetime. Those who deny it are dishonoring the struggles that helped us achieve that progress.”

“But we know — but, America, we know that bias remains. We know it.”

YoungCons.com put together a video highlighting this dichotomy. Watch it below: