Nobody briefed the baby

[kpete]

[lame54]

1. Another Big Bird Fan

[FirstLight]

2. i have never seen...

a baby actually "happy" to see Mitt...


There's something to that...kids and dogs are GREAT judges of character!

[Blaukraut]

3. Hasn't the Romney campaign figured out by now that they will never get a good baby shot? n/t

[Cirque du So-What]

4. Who holds infants like that?

No wonder they're terrified of the guy. He apparently delegated all child-rearing activities to a fleet of nannies.

[surrealAmerican]

16. Exactly.

The man has five sons, yet does not know how to hold a baby.

... some father ...

[jsmirman]

5. Babies do not like that dude

[Terra Alta]

6. Are there any pics of Mitt with a HAPPY baby?

In all the pics I've seen of him with babies they're screaming their heads off or making an awful face, like they'd rather be anywhere but in Mitt's arms.

[treestar]

7. Yet another where he holds the baby as if he can't wait to give it back

He's never looking at the baby. Obama is most of the time. No engagement with the baby. The Rs who hold babies are always laughing, looking at the camera and never engaging with the baby.

[siligut]

8. All the people around him are angry, crying or glum.

I hope the next kid smacks him in the mouth.

[BlueJazz]

9. In 17 years that baby is gonna see that pic and kick Mitt's ass.

"You asshole, I was just about to drop a load on yea and you held it in"

[Robb]

10. Quite the opposite, I'd say.

He read the briefing and knew what was coming.

[HopeHoops]

11. The baby is the one smiling.

[seabeyond]

12. he never gives the babies security and safety. he always leaves them away from body

on their own. that is scary for them. every picture i see with him and a baby, they have empty space adn he is holding only with two hands. they need up against the body.

[lunatica]

15. He also holds them low around the waist instead of their chests

They stiffen up because they feel like they're going to fall and it's also why they cry. They're scared of falling which is one of the things all babies feel instinctively. You'd think having five sons would have taught him how to hold babies.

[seabeyond]

17. absolutely. in every picture. nt

[LiberalAndProud]

13. Mitt is thinking, "Hurry up, willya?"

Photo ops with babies: Things Mitt should avoid

[malaise]

14. Seriously I have never seen a baby in his arms

who wasn't crying

[Cha]

18. The baby briefed himself!

at least I think it's a boy?

[Lilyhoney]

19. Something strange about the photo.

What is going on with the child's feet? Very odd. Any ideas?

[porphyrian]

20. The baby is reacting to the salt and pepper. n/t