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BigBearJohn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 08:54 PM
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The BABIES know. They really do.
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 08:57 PM
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1. After watching Bush* drop Barney, I can't believe a parent would
let him hold their baby.... Good heavens...
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 09:00 PM
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2. Oh, they sure do!
Great pics...


K&R

:patriot:
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Richard D Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 09:02 PM
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3. To the Greatest Page
nice.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 09:04 PM
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4. Isn't that the truth
Lovely post
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mopinko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 09:08 PM
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5. i remember gloria steinem commenting about politicians and children
she said that you shouldn't trust a man who is not comfortable with children. jesse jackson was running for pres at the time. she had seen him at some photo op with a bunch of kids, and they were crawling all over him. it bothered him not one whit.
so, i put some store in all these pics of obama and kids. but i gotta say, it looks to me like the man needs a boy.
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yourout Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 09:25 PM
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11. Has there ever been a First Lady that gave birth while being First Lady?
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Muttocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 09:27 PM
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12. There must have been - did the Kennedys have a miscarriage? nt
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 09:30 PM
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13. yes. . . . .n/t
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 12:15 AM
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26. No, they had a baby boy who lived for only a few days
and died of hyeline membrane disease. As I recall, his name was Patrick.
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yourout Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 09:30 PM
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14. I'll take First Ladys for a thousand Alex.
That or I want to use a lifeline.
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mopinko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 10:09 PM
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18. jackie kennedy
i believe that patrick kennedy, a premie who lived only a few days, was born during kennedy's term.
can't think of any other, tho.

doesn't have to be that kind of kid, tho. it would set a great example if they adopted a little boy.
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 11:26 PM
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22. Patrick Bouvier Kennedy was born in August 1963 and he lived 3 days.
I believe Theodore Roosevelt may have had a child born while he was president, and perhaps Grover Cleveland?
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pipi_k Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 10:19 PM
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19. Much as I'd like to agree with Ms Steinem...
I'm afraid I can't.

I've seen plenty of men who were good with children but not particularly trustworthy.

And vice versa...trustworthy men who weren't good with children, mainly because they were anxious, and that anxiety was felt by the babies/children.


:shrug:
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PatSeg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 09:14 PM
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6. The photos of Obama with babies and small children
are incredible. He really connects with them and they are mesmerized by him.
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Veritas_et_Aequitas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 09:14 PM
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7. They can sense evil. nt
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Alameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 09:14 PM
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8. Look at how McCain is holding that baby! Hasn't he ever held a
baby before? No support for the head.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 03:43 PM
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30. He's holding it like you'd hold a bouquet of flowers. lol
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 09:17 PM
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9. Babies can tell evil.


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bonito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 09:25 PM
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10. K&R n/t
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midnight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 10:06 PM
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15. Babies love President Obama.
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rebecca_herman Donating Member (494 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 10:06 PM
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17. Yep
He seems like a great dad, I'm sure he held his girls a lot when they were babies. He seems comfortable around little kids.
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mopinko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 11:41 PM
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24. he dragged his girls around a lot when he was a state senator.
i rode the bus with some members of the black nurses association who knew him from back then. said that he would often bring them along to meetings.
they were making fun of him because their hair was always wild. saying you could tell it was dad who tried to tame their nappy hair. they said it with a great deal of affection and respect, tho. i'm sure they are loving telling their stories of back in the day.
the black nurses association were quite a group to travel with, i can tell you...
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 10:06 PM
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16. Babies know when someone is really into them.
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pnorman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 10:50 PM
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20. There's one more of Obama holding a young black child.
The kid is hugging him in return, and his face is registering pure happiness. I had meant to save that photo for my image collection, but forgot. Anyone here have it?

pnorman
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ebdarcy Donating Member (654 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 11:27 PM
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23. Is it this one?
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pnorman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 12:13 AM
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25. Yes, that's the one!
Google is my friend, but this DU community is my BEST FRIEND!

I was a LATE supporter of Obama, having gone over to him around late May of last year. But that kid recognized in a flash, what had taken me so many months of hand-wringing!

pnorman
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BlancheSplanchnik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 03:40 PM
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29. I love this pic
It fills my heart! Beautiful!
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On the Road Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 11:21 PM
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21. The Babies Know
that the best way to buy stocks is on E*Trade?
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Withywindle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 12:32 AM
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27. This was commented on during the Kerry campaign too.
Kerry is also at ease with children, and them with him.

In fact, you could take almost any Dem candidate of the last decade - Edwards, Kucinich, Dean, Hillary, Gore, Biden, etcetera -- and find lots of pics with them holding happy tykes.

Republican men, not so much. They seem like they're all used to having Stepford wives or nannies doing all the interaction. Might have something to do with why Jenna and Barbara seem like such trainwrecks, whereas Chelsea, and Gore's daughters, and the Kerry girls are such accomplished, together young women, and I have no doubt Malia and Sasha will be too.
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Hatchling Donating Member (968 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 06:25 AM
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28. It's not just a photo op for Barack.
Edited on Mon Feb-02-09 06:43 AM by Hatchling
He's actually interacting with those children, not just holding them til the shutter snaps. The first pic in the second row just breaks my heart with goodness. He is cherishing that child, not posing for the camera.



edit:for speeling ;)
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driver8 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 06:53 PM
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31. The top middle photo of the baby looking up at Obama is priceless...
and right below that one is the dipshit himself making another stupid face.

It is nice to have a President that we can be proud of, again.
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