Think he was closing his eyes to 'find it' - to make and stir it. . .do think they must manufacture these emotions - or at least 'translate' them; his suffering is simply his loss of himself; it is not reflective of those he has harmed.
These people can never empathize; but they can try and they can pretend; but they can never get out out of themselves; or beyond to 'feel' another's pain. The suffering they bring to the surface is the pain of their defeat; they are not feeling 'your' pain nor suffering guilt because of it. But they can make a good act of it.
Obama while never fooling some people; has certainly deceived many.
Exactly...Bundy had to dig deep to find the mask of remorse.
And as you said, it is only because he was about to lose his own life that he was able to find it.
O is a con man but he can’t keep conning an entire country.
He isn’t that adept at keeping his mask on....and because he is a narcissist, he doesn’t learn from his ‘mistakes’; he never makes any in his world!