You wil Need your tissue's for this

[outsideworld]

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Standing at the back of a packed high school gym as Vice President Biden finished speaking in Ft. Myers, Florida, on Saturday was 15-year-old Kobe Groce. He cradled a "Forward" sign, hoping to get the Vice President to sign it for his brother, Kaelin. After unsuccessfully trying to make it to the front of the event, a staff member asked if he could help. Kobe told his story, and the staffer left for a moment and came back, saying simply: "The Vice President would like to meet you."

"I turned around and looked back at my mother as I was walking with the staffer in disbelief—I didn't know how to react. I was about to meet the man that helped make my life so much better.

"My mother, Jessica, raised us as a single mother. She's a teacher and has worked so hard to support her four children. I wanted the Vice President to know that yes, we are definitely better off than we were four years ago. My family has received the tax cuts for the middle class that the President and Vice President passed, and it has helped us tremendously.

"The President and Vice President have gone above and beyond for people like me and my family, and they stand for things like keeping school affordable. My older brother uses Pell Grants and college loans to be able to afford school, and I'm thankful for that. I want to be able to go to Florida State University one day, and now I know I don't have to worry about being able to afford it. Life would not be the way it is today if they hadn't taken office four years ago.

"The Vice President approached me and I was introduced to him as a ‘special guest.’ I was overwhelmed with different emotions. I had this impulse to hug him, so I did. And I cried. I think I even got tears on the Vice President's suit jacket! I met someone who has done so much for my family without even knowing us, and that was an incredible, overwhelming feeling. I felt like he really heard me, like he knew who I was. I am hugging the man who will help me and help our President move forward."

cont http://www.barackobama.com/news/entry/keep-the-faith?source=ssn_FB_2012-10-05_MN_biden_hug_SHARE&utm_source=SSN_MN&utm_medium=FB&utm_campaign=ssn_FB_2012-10-05_MN_biden_hug_SHARE

whos says change hasnt come ?

[Laffy Kat]

1. The photo alone speaks volumes.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Welcome to DU, Laffy Kat!

I'm glad you found us.

[Laffy Kat]

11. Me too! Thanks, CaliforniaPeggy.

I've actually been lurking for a long time.

[GentryDixon]

2. What a wonderful memory for this young man. nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Wonderful story.......thank you!

[josh3693]

5. That. Is. Amazing.

[Laurian]

6. Oh, wow...

This so makes up for all the hateful garbage we see thrown around by the other side.

[life long demo]

7. Thank you for posting this, it's so emotional

So beautiful. The picture says a thousand words.

[Curmudgeoness]

8. OMG, that is so touching.

This young man is the face of the Democratic party. This is what we stand for. And his appreciation is apparent.

My eyes are leaking.

[Lex]

9. I can't look at this picture without my eyes filling with tears.

[Honeycombe8]

10. Moving. The young man is the real deal. Biden is the real deal. We NEED people like him in office.nt

[montana_hazeleyes]

19. You said it best Honeycombe8,

we really do NEED them. In order for the regular , every day people to make it , we can't survive another horrid dictatorship by the super wealthy , heartless, pod- people who are trying to take over again.

[Honeycombe8]

21. I am going to steal your "pod people" phrase. As a Body Snatcher film fan...

I can't believe I didn't connect the pod people with the REAL pod people before. (assuming you don't mind!)

[montana_hazeleyes]

27. Oh yes Honeycombe8,

use the " pod people" phrase. I've always thought of heartless, selfish, non compassionate people as just like the "pod people" from the old 1950's " The Invasion of the Body Snatchers" film. They look human,
but have no real human emotions for others. Complete Psychopaths!

[spanone]

12. k&r...

[mountain grammy]

13. Thanks, I needed that! nice story. The Pres and Vice Pres are us.

[vaberella]

14. Greenwald...here is an example of a very notable difference between the President and Romney.

K*R

[guappo1]

15. What a guy!

I would bet that the VP had tears as well. I am so proud of him.

[Control-Z]

16. Wow.

Every time I look at this wonderful picture I start to well up again. Wow. Joe Biden is a remarkable man. I love this administration.

[Smilo]

17. Beautiful!

Thanks for posting and you were right I had to go get some tissues But these were happy tears and proud tears and heartfelt tears - I love Joe

[Autumn]

18. Beautiful, and I needed 2 tissues.

Keep the faith.

[JNelson6563]

20. I never see the "Both parties are the same!1!"

crowd in these threads...why is that?

Julie

[Catlover827]

22. Wow - just wow

What wonderful gestures. I simply love our Prez and Veep.

[Harry_Scrote]

23. Dude...

Wow. That's just beautiful.

[uponit7771]

24. I've seen the expression before but that person didn't have a Joe Biden to hug them...

...this will stay with that young man for life

[outsideworld]

25. I tear up

anytime i look at it . 4more years

[Catherine Vincent]

26. What a photo that is. This is real!

And you're right about the tissues.

[montana_hazeleyes]

28. Thank you outsideworld for posting this.

A lovely photo and story.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

29. I hate shit like this ...

... because it makes me a bit tearful. Oh hell, I love stories like this.

[Kali]

30. thinking of the contrast

VP Biden hugging a young constituent vs sneering dick shooting a guy in the face

[defacto7]

31. Yeah, that's why we

vote for these guys. It's real humanity doing what it does.

Not like the R guy who has to have someone tell him how to be a real person... and he still can't do it.

[Beacool]

32. Lovely story.

Thank you for sharing it. Biden is a decent man.

[midnight]

33. K&R

[Faygo Kid]

34. Reminds me of my Mom.

Single mother who raised two sons, too, both of whom were the first in the extended family to go to college.

She didn't rise to the status of a teacher - "just" a laundress at a high school beloved by all. A couple generations before this young man and his family, but the story is the same.

Don't let Romney finish W's assault on this nation and what it stands for.

[sakabatou]

35. You would never see Romney nor Ryan do this

They have no souls.

[seabeyond]

36. man, i am such a sap. always crying at the beautiful. sigh. average family

just an average family for biden to meet to see how much it means to people to have someone on their side.

not asking too much.

and it means so much.

[BlueJazz]

37. Aw...that's so sweet... I'm such a sap..

[angstlessk]

38. That ain't no pat on the back VP Biden is giving ..that is a REAL HUG.

I even think his muscles are flexing he is hugging that young man so tight!..my eyes leaked too!

[BrainMann1]

39. Totally Awesome!!!!!!!

[Dystopian]

40. KandR

outsideworld
Thank you for posting this...
I love the beautiful and inspirational stories...
Great hug....Yes, I cried.


peace~

[OverBurn]

41. Very Proud to have Voted for these Guys and Very Happy to Do It Again!

[schmice]

42. Nice story. Thank you. Can't see Mitt getting that response.

[Historic NY]

43. E M P A T H Y , something Rmoney doesn't get.

[southern_belle]

44. kick n/t

[Bradical79]

45. Biden doesn't get it right 100% of the time, but...

unlike his counterparts in the Republican party he doesn't have to fake caring. It's a big reason my mother gives for voting for Obama & Biden. Though we aren't personally better off today than 4 years ago, we feel like Obama and Biden are going to make a real attempt at improving lives for the rest of us unlike Romney and Ryan.

[bigdarryl]

46. I havn't seen this photo on ANY media network but if it was Romney it would be front and center

[Liberal_in_LA]

47. it looks like Biden hugging a young Obama

[DiverDave]

48. You would never,NEVER see someone

hugging a republican for what they did.
Throw money at them, but never hug them.
Speaks loudly at the differences between us and THEM.

[cheezmaka]

49. Biden will probably mention this during his debate...

and we're gonna see things get even BETTER for the Obama campaign...