Tue Dec 25, 2012, 11:11 AM

Playinghardball (5,635 posts)

President Obama makes a brand new friend in Hawaii….

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President Obama makes a brand new friend in Hawaii…. (Original post)	Playinghardball	Dec 2012	OP
I'm such a sour puss when it comes to small children, but this photo is cute!	BigDemVoter	Dec 2012	#1
Same here, but	kurtzapril4	Dec 2012	#10
Sooooorrrrrry, I can't resist.	jerseyjack	Dec 2012	#14
:D	lexw	Dec 2012	#19
I don't usually think kids are cute and this one doesn't do a thing for me	BlancheSplanchnik	Dec 2012	#16
I was thinking the same thing.	lexw	Dec 2012	#20
kick	louis c	Dec 2012	#2
She's adorable. Dont know what it is but babies seem to	underthematrix	Dec 2012	#3
I think they sense that he geniunely loves kids	Kookaburra	Dec 2012	#4
He holds them like a daddy...	ReRe	Dec 2012	#7
You nailed it, ReRe.	TinkerTot55	Dec 2012	#17
I think so too...	Phentex	Dec 2012	#49
The President is the real deal	madokie	Dec 2012	#5
Babies know.	Brigid	Dec 2012	#9
It'll trump the nekked photograph on a bearskin rug that parents always take! nt	Buns_of_Fire	Dec 2012	#29
Aaaahhh! Thank you!	Chorophyll	Dec 2012	#6
So sweet!! Thank you for posting this. I think the little ones know	japple	Dec 2012	#8
A super hero...	littlemissmartypants	Dec 2012	#11
Absolutely adorable.	Vinca	Dec 2012	#12
Too Cute	cantbeserious	Dec 2012	#13
ObamaDiary?	cilla4progress	Dec 2012	#15
.	bigtree	Dec 2012	#18
Thanks!	cilla4progress	Dec 2012	#23
What's that thing clipped on the President's hat?	Berlum	Dec 2012	#21
It looks like a StarTrek transporter..	HipChick	Dec 2012	#22
ah yes, now I see...Beam me far far away from the degenerate Republican Homeland	Berlum	Dec 2012	#28
LOL!	OneGrassRoot	Dec 2012	#37
It's a golf thingy	Brother Buzz	Dec 2012	#24
The green thing is a ball marker	Kingofalldems	Dec 2012	#25
Ha! I just updated my post then read yours	Brother Buzz	Dec 2012	#27
It's for repairing a ball mark on the green.	11 Bravo	Dec 2012	#30
Well played....lol	Lochloosa	Dec 2012	#36
It's a divot repair tool (the fork) with a magnet ball marker (the round green thing).	SunSeeker	Dec 2012	#44
You'd think someone would give him one with the Presidential Seal!	TahitiNut	Dec 2012	#50
Divot tool	dxdem	Dec 2012	#46
Babies are magical! Merry Christmas, you little cutie pie! & to the bigy guy too!	patrice	Dec 2012	#26
Absolutley, Babies are magical, patrice! They're nature's little works	Cha	Dec 2012	#33
Love that pic, Cha! Thanks for posting.	ailsagirl	Dec 2012	#40
Hey, ailsagirl~	Cha	Dec 2012	#41
babies are much easier to deal with	bama_blue_dot	Dec 2012	#31
OMG read the hilarious phone call between Michelle and the 11-year-old kid	mainer	Dec 2012	#32
This is funny.. pushy little	Cha	Dec 2012	#34
That is too much cute in one picture.	Tarheel_Dem	Dec 2012	#35
Why do parents insist on putting those things on baby girls' heads?	justiceischeap	Dec 2012	#38
Some of us just think it's cute	laundry_queen	Dec 2012	#52
Kids just adore him	ailsagirl	Dec 2012	#39
Threads like this always make me happy	Politicub	Dec 2012	#42
They should make a book "The President & me the baby edition"	Historic NY	Dec 2012	#43
In spite of	Iwillnevergiveup	Dec 2012	#45
How lovely	malaise	Dec 2012	#47
Obama is great with kids. He also offered to cut social security. I have not forgotten.	Demo_Chris	Dec 2012	#48
And SS has something to do with this thread how?	CheapShotArtist	Dec 2012	#51
...	SidDithers	Dec 2012	#53

Response to Playinghardball (Original post)

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 11:15 AM

BigDemVoter (732 posts)

1. I'm such a sour puss when it comes to small children, but this photo is cute!

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Tue Dec 25, 2012, 12:03 PM

kurtzapril4 (1,262 posts)

10. Same here, but

it's a great picture....and that baby is adorable.

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Response to BigDemVoter (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 12:37 PM

jerseyjack (1,361 posts)

14. Sooooorrrrrry, I can't resist.

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I'm a sour puss on kid photos too. But George Carlin came to the rescue.

(paraphrase)

At your age, you become grandparents or you know grandparents as your peers. Thus, you've been shown photo after photo of your friends' grand kids. And, like me, you're tired of it. Ya can't just keep on saying you agree how cute the kid is because that just encourages 'em. You'll see 15 more next week and 20 more after the kid's 2nd birthday party. And forget about the Bar Mitzvah. Then, you've got two hours of video to look at.

What do ya do? The thing is to head it off at the pass. Stop it before it gets too far. So when grandma takes out the first photo, ya give it a quick astonished look and say,

"Will ya look at the fuckin' head on that kid. How're you ever gonna find a hat to fit that head?"

The problem will be solved

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Response to jerseyjack (Reply #14)

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 01:22 PM

lexw (804 posts)

19. :D

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Response to BigDemVoter (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 12:48 PM

BlancheSplanchnik (7,773 posts)

16. I don't usually think kids are cute and this one doesn't do a thing for me

but I love Prez Obama's heart of love.

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Response to BlancheSplanchnik (Reply #16)

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 01:23 PM

lexw (804 posts)

20. I was thinking the same thing.

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Response to Playinghardball (Original post)

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 11:21 AM

louis c (4,595 posts)

2. kick

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Tue Dec 25, 2012, 11:22 AM

underthematrix (577 posts)

3. She's adorable. Dont know what it is but babies seem to

be happy when they meet the Prez.

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Response to underthematrix (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 11:43 AM

Kookaburra (2,649 posts)

4. I think they sense that he geniunely loves kids

and respond to that.
That is one cute baby. I love the two "widdle toofers" showing when she smiles.

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Response to underthematrix (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 11:51 AM

ReRe (3,377 posts)

7. He holds them like a daddy...

...he lets them be themselves and gives them support, makes them comfortable. He's a baby-whisperer. And the smile helps too!

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Tue Dec 25, 2012, 01:08 PM

TinkerTot55 (91 posts)

17. You nailed it, ReRe.

And that tells you alot about the Man!

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Wed Dec 26, 2012, 07:10 AM

Phentex (8,025 posts)

49. I think so too...

He looks perfectly comfortable as well and they sense it.

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Response to Playinghardball (Original post)

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 11:44 AM

madokie (36,936 posts)

5. The President is the real deal

We love him and his family at our house

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Response to madokie (Reply #5)

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 11:57 AM

Brigid (10,730 posts)

9. Babies know.

Wait till she sees this photo when she's older!

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Response to Brigid (Reply #9)

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 02:31 PM

Buns_of_Fire (8,350 posts)

29. It'll trump the nekked photograph on a bearskin rug that parents always take! nt

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Tue Dec 25, 2012, 11:45 AM

Chorophyll (5,042 posts)

6. Aaaahhh! Thank you!

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Tue Dec 25, 2012, 11:52 AM

japple (4,117 posts)

8. So sweet!! Thank you for posting this. I think the little ones know

that President O is a truly good man.

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Tue Dec 25, 2012, 12:09 PM

littlemissmartypants (3,013 posts)

11. A super hero...

Baby-Whisperer.

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Tue Dec 25, 2012, 12:33 PM

Vinca (22,006 posts)

12. Absolutely adorable.

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Tue Dec 25, 2012, 12:35 PM

cantbeserious (2,165 posts)

13. Too Cute

eom

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Tue Dec 25, 2012, 12:40 PM

cilla4progress (2,996 posts)

15. ObamaDiary?

Can I find this on the google?

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Response to cilla4progress (Reply #15)

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 01:14 PM

bigtree (49,343 posts)

18. .

http://theobamadiary.com/

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Response to bigtree (Reply #18)

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 01:50 PM

cilla4progress (2,996 posts)

23. Thanks!

Found and bookmarked!

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Response to Playinghardball (Original post)

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 01:42 PM

Berlum (3,963 posts)

21. What's that thing clipped on the President's hat?

Huh?

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Response to Berlum (Reply #21)

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 01:46 PM

HipChick (9,659 posts)

22. It looks like a StarTrek transporter..

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Response to HipChick (Reply #22)

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 02:28 PM

Berlum (3,963 posts)

28. ah yes, now I see...Beam me far far away from the degenerate Republican Homeland

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to the good old US of America - the land of the free and the home of people who are so brave that most of them -- the brave ones anyway -- do not need to roam around with ASSAULT WEAPONS to let everyone know how pee-in-their-pants AFRAID of life they are.

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Tue Dec 25, 2012, 09:09 PM

OneGrassRoot (18,993 posts)

37. LOL!

Dang, that got me giggling, especially since I just saw previews for the next Star Trek movie and am lusting over Chris Pine.

I want to see President Obama on the deck of The Enterprise.

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Response to Berlum (Reply #21)

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 02:11 PM

Brother Buzz (8,492 posts)

24. It's a golf thingy

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It's used to dress and repair the putting green, plus it has a detachable ball marker. Back in my days, we simply used a tee for the green repair and a dime for marking a ball.

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Tue Dec 25, 2012, 02:14 PM

Kingofalldems (11,193 posts)

25. The green thing is a ball marker

Two in one.

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Response to Kingofalldems (Reply #25)

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 02:17 PM

Brother Buzz (8,492 posts)

27. Ha! I just updated my post then read yours

We were pikers back in my day, we used a tee and a dime.

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Response to Berlum (Reply #21)

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 02:38 PM

11 Bravo (15,565 posts)

30. It's for repairing a ball mark on the green.

On those rare occasions when I stripe an approach shot, with a nice high flight that lands the ball on the green, it leaves a small divot on the putting surface. The device on the Presidents hat is used to gently dig under the divot and raise the grass back upwards. Then you tamp it down with your putter to restore the green to it's former pristine beauty. Then you attempt to stand there casually and act like you hit that kind of shot all the time!

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Response to 11 Bravo (Reply #30)

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 05:25 PM

Lochloosa (7,782 posts)

36. Well played....lol

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Response to Berlum (Reply #21)

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 02:16 AM

SunSeeker (5,334 posts)

44. It's a divot repair tool (the fork) with a magnet ball marker (the round green thing).

It clips onto your baseball cap's bill and is made in the USA, invented by a great So. Cal. company, Golf Design. I'm tickled to see that since a good friend of mine works there. I'm guessing the green ball marker is the logo of the golf course he is playing at, but Golf Design can put just about any design on that ball marker:

http://www.golfdesignproducts.com/

Obama helping another small business!

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Response to SunSeeker (Reply #44)

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 11:12 AM

TahitiNut (71,568 posts)

50. You'd think someone would give him one with the Presidential Seal!

Where's the imagination? Hmph!

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Response to Berlum (Reply #21)

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 04:03 AM

dxdem (247 posts)

46. Divot tool

Used to replace the big chunks of earth that sometimes get torn up while golfing.

More interesting, though, is that it's from the Augusta National Golf Club, host to the Masters tournament and one of the most famous (and prettiest) golf courses around.

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Tue Dec 25, 2012, 02:16 PM

patrice (47,693 posts)

26. Babies are magical! Merry Christmas, you little cutie pie! & to the bigy guy too!

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Response to patrice (Reply #26)

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 03:15 PM

Cha (125,727 posts)

33. Absolutley, Babies are magical, patrice! They're nature's little works

of Art. And, when they encounter the President and it's caught on camera.. their little lights are shining as well as PBO's.

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Response to Cha (Reply #33)

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 11:18 PM

ailsagirl (9,589 posts)

40. Love that pic, Cha! Thanks for posting.

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Response to ailsagirl (Reply #40)

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 11:36 PM

Cha (125,727 posts)

41. Hey, ailsagirl~

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Response to Playinghardball (Original post)

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 02:42 PM

bama_blue_dot (224 posts)

31. babies are much easier to deal with

compared to the Republicans in Congress! I don't think I have ever seen a photo of a baby crying when he holds them.. He has a gift!

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Tue Dec 25, 2012, 02:46 PM

mainer (6,688 posts)

32. OMG read the hilarious phone call between Michelle and the 11-year-old kid

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"Can I talk to your husband?" the kid asks.

http://theobamadiary.com/2012/12/24/santa-tracking/

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Tue Dec 25, 2012, 03:18 PM

Cha (125,727 posts)

34. This is funny.. pushy little

kid.. Lol

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Tue Dec 25, 2012, 03:24 PM

Tarheel_Dem (16,980 posts)

35. That is too much cute in one picture.

Made my Christmas day.

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Tue Dec 25, 2012, 09:14 PM

justiceischeap (9,917 posts)

38. Why do parents insist on putting those things on baby girls' heads?

It's not like we can't tell she's a girl from the pink dress. Or are they trying to hide her baldness? She'll grow hair eventually.

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Response to justiceischeap (Reply #38)

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 01:54 PM

laundry_queen (4,291 posts)

52. Some of us just think it's cute

Why don't people ask, "why do parents put those things on baby boy's heads?" when a baby boy is wearing a baseball cap?

Besides, even when a baby girl is all dressed up in pink, there will always be at least one person asking how old HE is.

Or, conversely, my brother was always labeled a girl by strangers because he had long-ish curly hair and long eyelashes, despite being very husky for his age (strong husky, not overweight) and always wearing hockey jerseys and carrying around his favorite truck or tractor. Some people really can't tell - or don't care to try.