Loves me some Obama / Romney's cute grandson shows he has no hard feelings toward Obama (Pix)

[Botany]

http://now.msn.com/miles-romney-mitt-romneys-grandson-shakes-obamas-hand

Romney's cute grandson shows he has no hard feelings toward Obama

Mitt Romney might not always get on so well with President Obama, but his four-year-old grandson Miles doesn't share that sentiment. The four-year-old beamed as he politely shook Obama's hand when the candidates' families mingled after the third presidential debate. The warm and fuzzy moment was a nice reminder that not everyone in the Romney family wants to punch the president.

[Dem2TheCore]

1. I hope that's the closest he ever comes to a President of the United States!

[madrchsod]

2. what i like about obama the most is..

his ability to be himself around children and how children react to him. they know that he really cares about them when he talks to them. you can see it in their eyes.

[Botany]

4. "you can see it in their eyes" yes you can

[alfredo]

19. +1

[Chorophyll]

51. Yes, absolutely.

And the fact that the children went to him with such big smiles tells you the whole story.

[freshwest]

61. +1

[The Straight Story]

3. OMG Obama is bowing to him!

LOL just wait, someone will spin it that way.

[freshwest]

62. They'll never be able to say anything good about him. Their tongues would shrivel up first.

[FSogol]

5. Hey Kid, enlist in the Air Force, avoid your creepy relatives, & maybe you'll be President some day

Cause your Grandfather and Great Grandfather didn't make it.

[malaise]

17. ROFL

hahahahahha

[Donkees]

6. "Pleeeease help me escape from this family"

[Liberalynn]

14. I was thinking the same thing

the kid is probably asking the President to adopt him.

[Chorophyll]

52. +1

[CTyankee]

7. Oh, that Obama! Pandering to 4 year olds! Is there no limit to his wickedness?!

The man is SHAMELESS!

[bullwinkle428]

8. Nice to see someone in the Romney family not poisoned by hate (yet).

[Floyd_Gondolli]

65. Give it time

[AllyCat]

9. Adorable little guy! What a gracicious POTUS!

[MorningGlow]

10. The kids know

We live in a VERY red rural village, yet my son reports that all but one kid in his class is going to vote for the president in their mock election. The kids always know.

[freshwest]

63. +1

[Pakid]

11. Nice little guy I feel sorry for him when he gets home

Go to your room and we are taking away all and I mean all your toys!

[WinkyDink]

12. Some seriously cute photos.

[Diclotican]

13. Botany

Botany

I guess the kid is smarter than the grown ups, when it come to be nice to others - hopefully this is a trait he will take with him, into adulthood. Children "just know" if they have been given some guidelines how to treat others - that be a president, or a king or whatever... They just know it from the bones..

Diclotican

[Aldo Leopold]

15. First time that little boy has ever met an actual human being.

The Prez has magnetism, no doubt about it!

[1-Old-Man]

16. He won't remain cute long. The Romney family and Mormon cult will take care of that.

[Pachamama]

18. Children and animals have the ability to use their intuition and know....

Romney's grandson hasnt had this taken away yet through the BS that destroys the innocence and the ability with love and openess to feel and see.....

[Botany]

20. yes they do

[Pachamama]

22. :)

That picture just made me smile....

[Gidney N Cloyd]

55. Me, too! What a great shot!

[toby jo]

26. great pic, thanks

[Chorophyll]

53. So cute!

Thanks!

[freshwest]

64. +1,000.

[workinclasszero]

21. Kids just love the President :)

All kids it seems

[thesquanderer]

23. Is "I loves me some" racist?

I see the phrase with some frequency here, and I know it is meant in an endearing way, but every time I see it, it rankles me a bit as racist, in a way reminiscent of seeing white folk in blackface. It seems to be making fun of stereotypical "improper" Black english, and something that seems likely to be heard said by a slave character in a period movie. I know we liberals have a reputation for sometimes going overboard in the direction of political correctness, so I don't know if I'm over-reacting. Does it bug anyone else? If you think this phrase is okay, would you say it in public, if you're white and the public area you're in includes some Black people you don't know? I would think there is a good chance they would find it offensive, and I find it surprising that it is used so freely here.

edit: Perhaps I should make this its own thread? And I certainly don't mean to be picking on the OP.

[The Blue Flower]

24. FWIW

My grandparents continued to speak Yiddish--a ghetto language--after coming to this country. I don't feel that it's racist or antisemitic for Yiddish phrases to be used in common conversation. There are hundreds of words of African origin that were first used on the plantations that are now so common we don't think of them. You may be right, but once something passes into common currency, so to speak, it usually loses its connotations of origin. In my humble opinion.

[NYC_SKP]

25. Cultures remix the English language on an ongoing basis.

It will never not be so.

Sometimes a particular example, however needs to be showed down.

I don't think this one crosses the line.

[NOLALady]

41. Maybe its just slang.

[LP2K12]

27. Just think...

Small gestures such as Obama taking the time to recognize him last night could change that child's path in life. It could sway his ideals from conservative to liberal. From Republican to Democrat.

Imagine years from now, that kid on the ballot as a Romney for President, but as a Democrat. All because the POTUS leaned forward, kindly acknowledged him with a smile.

Very cool stuff to think about.

FORWARD!

[redStateBlueHeart]

33. Aw man, that'd be awesome

And so deliciously ironic

[absyntheminded]

59. Democratic Congessman Romney from...

NY, Mass, 2040.

[chalky]

60. Steer him away from Ronald Reagan and toward Ron Reagan, so to speak.

n/t

[closeupready]

28. That is just so cute.

K&R

[hootinholler]

29. Did you catch the grandkid Rmoney was holding who tried to climb over to the Prez?

I was someone came and grabbed him before he made good his escape.

[Botany]

35. That was Ann Romney holding the older brother back

[hootinholler]

48. No the kid was younger and being held by Rmoney

I'll try to track down a time mark and video after work tonight.

[NOLALady]

43. I saw that!

Kid was trying to escape to the "light side".

[FailureToCommunicate]

30. Yes, cute, BUT ...Was I alone in thinking ENOUGH with schmoozing once again with

the Romney Bunch!! Please, Mr President and First Lady, go relate to the voters and supporters there!

Which they finally did.

Oy Vey.

[lunatica]

37. Some people are classy

And if you think for a second that critics wouldn't have jumped on anything that looked like it might be a snub from the Obama's to the Romney family you're really naive.

[Harry Monroe]

31. Hatred is taught. Not something you're born with

I feel sorry for this child; he'll learn hatred and bigotry soon enough, especially with Romneys as relatives.

[redStateBlueHeart]

32. LOL, I loved the convo with the grandkids too

The man just has talent with kids...

[SCVDem]

34. Kids can sense evil

That's why Rmoney avoids non-family children.

Their reaction would show what they really feel about this corporate ass.

Heartless bully!

[BuelahWitch]

36. The older boy to the President's left is beaming too

I hope Grannie didn't hold him back from a Presidential handshake.

[renate]

38. I think the Romneys deserve some genuine credit here

When Bush became president my kids (whose ages averaged out to this kid's) knew exactly how I felt about him and Dick Cheney (because I didn't hold back from telling them), and they always said that if either one of them had come to their school they would refuse to shake his hand.

So now this little boy is onstage with the guy who's running against Grandpa, and it sure doesn't look like the Romneys have told their grandchildren that Obama is the bad guy who's trying to beat Grandpa and make Grandma cry.

And the kids don't seem to be meeting him reluctantly or grudgingly. I have to give them a lot of credit for--apparently--not telling the kids that Barack Obama is a terrible person.

[Estevan]

42. very true

[Indpndnt]

44. I thought that, as well.

That may mean grandma and grandpa don't have much to do with the grandkids these days while campaigning (certainly understandable, there's just very little time), and election talk may be verboten at home around the little ones. If the sons get riled up about the election, I can see the kids' moms keeping any such discussions out of their homes. "Keep it at the 'office!'"

On the flip side, the Romneys do like control and controlling the impulsive chit chat of little ones (who they had to know would be trotted out for these photo ops) is virtually impossible. At least it appears they left the younger kids out of the election and didn't try to program them with responses.

Either way, it's nice the kids get to be kids a while longer.

[Harry Monroe]

50. Not yet anyway. But growing up in that clan, a sense of entitlement...

....delusion, bigotry and disdain for those of a lower class than yourself is a given. This kid will be no different than Tagg in 15 years or so. Sad, but very true.

[PatSeg]

39. And a little later

the little one reached out for Obama while being held by a Romney (can't remember which one) and then Grandma came and took him away for no apparent reason. Guess she didn't want anymore cute pictures showing up in the press.

[Mike Daniels]

40. To be fair on that visual....

One of Romney's sons was standing right next to Obama at that time.

The child could have easily been reaching out to his father (or perhaps uncle) vs. Obama.

[PatSeg]

46. True

but we've seen this happen with the president over and over again whenever he is on the campaign trail. Babies and children reach out for him. I've never seen a politician with that kind of charisma.

[Indpndnt]

45. I think the little one, Miles, was being held by his dad, Craig.

The weird thing was, as soon as Miles was put down, his dad made a beeline for the other side of the group. I don't know if he didn't want to interact with the Obamas or if he had something to say to his brother, but it stood out to me since it was such a quick movement.

[PatSeg]

47. Hmmm

I'm going to rewatch it. There was so much going on at one time, it was hard to notice everything.

[Indpndnt]

54. My apologies. Yes, Craig did put Miles down just before Miles shook the President's hand.

But Craig's beeline around the group was straight to Michelle. He shook her hand (very, very briefly before wandering off, again). So, I was wrong about him avoiding both Obamas. My bad.

[PatSeg]

56. Good for him

That was the appropriate thing to do. Most of the interaction I saw was very friendly and genuine. Ann is the only one who seems stiff and cold during these events. She has that "don't touch me" look, even with her husband.

[Indpndnt]

57. I did a quick review of that scene with the sound off to see where Craig ended up.

And that's what I saw. I can't tell if he ever made it back to Obama, but I did see Michelle reacting to Tagg's apology/explanation for the "punch him in the face" comment. She very clearly said, "We appreciate you saying that. Thank you." I'm not much of a lipreader, but that was crystal clear.

And that's the stage 'drama.' The President and the little ones stole the show. Miles had a LOT to say to POTUS. Cute kid.

[PatSeg]

58. Okay, that's pretty much

how I interpreted the Michelle/Tagg interaction. It is hard being angry at people like Barack or Michelle when you are up close and personal. They are just too likable for that. The same with Bill Clinton. Some people just ooze warmth and charm and "resistance is futile".

[Jennicut]

49. Kids know when people are genuine.

They are the ultimate BS finders. I know this from having my own young daughters. They just know.