Am I Stunningly Out of Touch?

You probably know that I'm not particularly interested in either politics or talk show television. Today, however, a story about Michelle Obama on the The View caught my eye. Since I am under heavy obligation to produce regular posts, here's my two cents on the item.

Jennifer Parker, blogging at abcnews.com, writes that during a commercial break, Elisabeth Hasselbeck teared up while explaining to the audience she is about to leave her baby son for the first overnight trip since his birth. Then, in "a stunning demonstration of concern between two women of very different political views," Obama leaned over and appeared to whisper, "Everything OK?"

I am myself stunned that a simple of act of polite human kindness, inquiring after someone in visible distress, is worthy of the description "stunning demonstration." Two people with contradictory opinions can't act like decent humans without stunning us? I think they can, and I hope they will.