Reporter: Giuliani tossed my crying baby 'like a football'

[mrdemocrat78]

This just in off Rawstory...

The good news is that none of the 2008 presidential candidates have 'butter fingers.'

In the course of the New Hampshire primary, Darren Garnick, a writer for Slate.com., set out on a quest to photograph his 5-month-old daughter Dahlia being held by every one of the candidates.

Darren and his wife Stacy appeared on CNN on Monday to describe the results and show off some of the photos.

Barack Obama held little Dahlia like someone who knows his way around babies, cradling her securely and looking into her eyes. "I would vote for him just for that," was Stacy's comment on the photo.

Hillary Clinton also got a top score from Garnick. "Hillary's a natural," he said. "She was very warm."

In the photo with Rudy Giuliani, however, Dahlia is wailing and Giuliani seems almost as upset. "Rudy wasn't happy," said Garnick. "Dahlia smiled for the first two seconds and then she started crying and Rudy was panicky. ... He didn't want to be photographed with a screaming baby. ... He tossed her right back to me like a football."

Dahlia also cried when John McCain held her, but McCain is laughing about it in the photo. "I do think it's significant to compare the personalities of McCain and Giuliani," said Garnick. "When the baby started to cry with Giuliani, Giuliani basically shoved the baby back in my face. When the baby cried with McCain, McCain was like, 'Okay, I got a crying baby.' And he made a joke that 'there goes another vote.'"

"I think you can tell a lot about candidates' personalities by how they hold the baby," Garnick concluded, "but I don't think you can say whether they're going to be a good president whether she cries or not. But she did tend to cry more with the Republicans than with the Democrats."

[mrdemocrat78]

1. It's so funny she only cried with the republicans!!!

[Fridays Child]

11. It's true what they say...

Children and dogs are the best judges of character.

[Eurobabe]

13. Aint' that the truth!

[no_hypocrisy]

14. Yeah, they do have that effect on babies.

[qanda]

2. "she did tend to cry more with the Republicans than with the Democrats"

That says a lot because I believe babies can sense danger.

[AspenRose]

10. Babies are very good judges of character.

Animals, too.

[iconoclastic cat]

3. Why would you hand your kid to any politician, regardless? nt

[Muttocracy]

4. these days, might be more reliable than polls! :)

[catnhatnh]

5. Jedne....

...and yet brainless fluff from the media at the same time...maybe the baby should have had a beer with each of the candidates...

[AspenRose]

12. I WAS wondering about Edwards....

humph. He had four children.... I would have liked to see how the baby reacted.

Edited to add I saw the slideshow and....he looked ok....

HRC, the Kooch, and Richardson looked the best.

What the hell is Huck doing???? :wow:

[AlinPA]

6. It's an important issue that needs media coverage.

[opihimoimoi]

7. Babies know evil peeps. They got feelins we don unnerstan.

[NYCGirl]

8. Here's a picture of little Dahlia with Obama:

The whole story is here on Slate with a slideshow:

http://www.slate.com/id/2181495/

[wtmusic]

9. Love that photo

He's talking with her as an adult. No cootchie-coo.

[TlalocW]

15. I want to do the same thing but with my ferret

Rudy hates ferrets, so I think it will be a fun time for all.

TlalocW

[AspenRose]

18. Careful, Mitt's wife may want to make a coat out of your pet

Or Judith, for that matter. }(

[tridim]

16. Is there a photo of the baby mid-flight?

Are we talking shovel pass or long bomb?

[shain from kane]

17. Had to throw Chuck Norris in there? What about a picture with Wilfred Brimley?