omfg, is this how we all are going to have to dress our children? (warning, disturbing)

[kpete]

just found, no context, but for some reason, those polka dots terrify me,
kpete

[gateley]

1. The checks are pretty disturbing, too. nt

[Nuclear Unicorn]

94. A lot of picnic tablecloths gave their lives for that photo n/t

[valerief]

109. Ha! Badda bing! nt

[Bok_Tukalo]

2. That is a beautiful family

Very nice picture.

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. Do we know it's a family, and not a little league team?

They are in uniform, after all.

[redqueen]

7. +1

[snooper2]

54. For circa 1923

LOL

[GoneOffShore]

55. Very Stepford n/t

[hang a left]

90. Yes it is a beautiful family

Have you not ever posed for a family picture being taken by a professional photographer?. Really, there are so many other things to diss him over. Can we leave the kids out of it?

[closeupready]

93. Beautiful family whose patriarch represents a party whose policies have helped destroy

so much of what America used to be admired for.

Can't separate the photo from its context, IMO.

[tridim]

3. Who is the non-polka dotted woman in white?

Because I have a theory.

[muriel_volestrangler]

13. I think that's their eldest grandchild

who has reached the age at which she can say "no, Grandpa, I'm not a doll for you to dress for your publicity photos".

[PatSeg]

4. Wow, that WAS disturbing

but even your warning did not prepare me for that!

[Whisp]

5. who are these kids?

the baby on the woman's lap looks a bit... skeptical or something.

[RZM]

10. I imagine they are the Romney grandkids

He's got 5 sons, all of whom I believe are married. So yeah, a whole lotta baby-making going on.

[Enrique]

8. Romney-Huckabee 2012

[tridim]

14. Too much risk of an matter/anti-matter reaction. Boom!

[Scuba]

17. Vertical stripes are "thinning", per the fashion experts. n/t

[Broderick]

30. I wear a lot of those thinning colors and stripes

darks and vertical stripes. LOL

[RebelOne]

82. Me too. And I wouldn't be caught dead in horizontal stripes. n/t

[Change has come]

112. They could have pulled it off...

if not for the elbow patches. The denim patches are a focal point and should always be considered a fashion "don't"

[DesertRat]

46. Is she strangling that dog?

[City Lights]

77. That's her son's job.

As Mike Huckabee gains in the polls, the former Arkansas governor is finding that his record in office is getting more scrutiny. One issue likely to get attention is his handling of a sensitive family matter: allegations that one of his sons was involved in the hanging of a stray dog at a Boy Scout camp in 1998. The incident led to the dismissal of David Huckabee, then 17, from his job as a counselor at Camp Pioneer in Hatfield, Ark. It also prompted the local prosecuting attorney— bombarded with complaints generated by a national animal-rights group—to write a letter to the Arkansas state police seeking help investigating whether David and another teenager had violated state animal-cruelty laws.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2007/12/15/a-son-s-past-deeds-come-back-to-bite-huckabee.html

[DesertRat]

79. OMG

[alittlelark]

106. Vertcal stripes make you look thinner......

That is what is truly scary.

[Art_from_Ark]

107. Oh, my gosh

You made me laugh out loud!

[spinbaby]

9. Is this Mitt's family?

?

[graywarrior]

11. Where's the dog?

[tridim]

16. His paw is strapped to the camera shutter button..

Which he is trained to press when Mittens cracks his whip.

[graywarrior]

27. Hahaha!

[XemaSab]

12. I knew Romney was a Mormon, but DAMN

[Motown_Johnny]

22. i believe these are all the grandchildren

this may help.... I know he has 5 sons because they were all on stage in NH


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[MilesColtrane]

25. How'd you like to have the magic underwear concession at that reunion?

You could clean up.

[Motown_Johnny]

38. Wouldn't magic underwear clean itself?

If not, then what good is it?

[Enrique]

48. ok, dark blue is for boys

white is for girls.

So what's with the two sons with light blue?

And don't even ask about the stripes.

[Motown_Johnny]

63. It looks like only the pre-teen grandchildren are dressed alike

Although it looks like the oldest grandchild is the girl on the left and she did wear a white top.

Maybe when you hit puberty they stop dressing you funny.

[GoneOffShore]

56. At least 3 people in that pic should be in uniform.

[Motown_Johnny]

64. Naughty Catholic schoolgirl uniforms?

How dare you objectify the blonde on the left, the brunette in the necklace and the brunette seated on the right like that!


I'm ashamed of you.

[GoneOffShore]

70. The merest inkling of the shadow of the thought of Catholic school girl uniforms had not entered my

mind. Until you put it there.

I was thinking that the older lads should be in military uniforms.

[Motown_Johnny]

71. after Mitt got an exemption from the draft and protested in favor

of the draft?



I doubt if anyone in that photo will ever serve in the military.

[Beacool]

15. Beautiful family pic.

This looks like a family reunion photo. It's not that unsual to have the kids dressed alike for these kinds of events.

[Broderick]

28. agree

plenty to bitch about as far as the evildoer is concerned, but that picture is cute in my opinion.

[muriel_volestrangler]

53. Seriously? Normal Americans dress their grandchildren identically for photo-ops?

Wow, US culture is more alien than I thought.

[WolverineDG]

58. Happened in my family

& we're as far from being Mormon as you could possibly get.

[snooper2]

59. Yes, they do...

LOL

[Beacool]

76. Some people do it.

Some even order matching T-shirts to commemorate the event.

[Gormy Cuss]

86. Seriously, normal Americans have been known to do this

especially at family gatherings.

[SoCalDem]

91. On more than one occasion I had my sons photographed in matching outfits

They were just so darned cute, I could not help myself
(see bottom right)

[OriginalGeek]

99. We sure do, lol

My Aunt and Uncle have 3 kids who each have families of their own and they recently (couple years ago) managed to get the whole gang together all dressed in white and beige for a family picture on the beach. It's a great picture of all of them. Gulf coast at sunset and the photographer did an awesome job.

I wish my side of the family had done something similar before everyone started dying. The closest thing I have is a pic of me and my brothers at our mother's funeral. Not nearly as much fun but it was nice to see my brothers after so long (we all live in different states).

[malaise]

122. We have a gazzilion family photos

What's more at our reunions every two years we take photos for all three generations and then take separate one generation by generation.

[Lint Head]

18. Hell. Spread a picnic lunch out on them. The humans inside the tablecloths would keep the ants away.

[TwilightGardener]

19. Well, that is a tribe of good-lookin' kids.

[Cleita]

20. What era is that and what country?

It looks like out of the seventies and those hair bows are popular in eastern Europe and Russia.

Oh no! It's the Mittens family!

Those are homemade outfits. If Mrs. Mittens was the seamstress, she's not very good at it. And where did she get the fabric, at an outlet sale? I sometimes buy fabric remnants to make household items out of them. That fabric is strictly for country kitchen curtains.

[PatSeg]

39. That's what it is

Those look like vintage clothes from The Brady Bunch and that is why the picture seems rather odd.

[fifthoffive]

21. I wonder

Do you suppose that the oldest and the two youngest are siblings? They're the only ones not in uniform.

[MilesColtrane]

23. ...sooo many Romnoids!

[Motown_Johnny]

24. I really wish we would leave kids out of it, spouses too

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unless the spouse or child interjects himself/herself into the discussion

If we are going to be upset about the assholes who go after the first family then we shouldn't be labeling things like this as "disturbing".

Dressing alike isn't that unusual for things like Christmas card photos.

[Broderick]

29. agree

It is a cute picture in my opinion, and the comments are tasteless. So much to destroy Romney with when the time comes that resorting to crap about family pics is beneath DU. IMO

[redqueen]

35. +1

[ScreamingMeemie]

41. Agreed. When they were small, we used to dress my kids and their cousins

in matching outfits for the yearly grandparent photo. These kinds of posts are just mean spirited. There is plenty to not like about this man without bringing his children into it.

[deutsey]

49. Yeah, the checkered shirts aren't my taste in clothing

but it's a nice photo. Even humanizes Mitt a bit.

[WolverineDG]

62. ITA

I think the pic is cute.

[muriel_volestrangler]

65. That would depend how the photo was obtained, though

If it was some recipient of a Christmas card from the Romneys, who then put it on the web, then I'd agree it should be off limits (since I've been informed that many Americans regard dressing up their grandchildren identically as 'normal behaviour'); if the Romneys OKed the distribution of the photo on to the web, then they're using it as publicity, and some comment is acceptable.

[Motown_Johnny]

69. it is acceptable to attack them as "disturbing" just because

the pic is in the public domain?


I disagree.



If it gets used in a campaign ad then I might see your point but I think your stance is to broad. Most anything is out there now and I wouldn't want things like this to be turned around on those we support. It just isn't right.

There were attacks on the First Lady for wearing something sleeveless to church while in Hawaii. I think those were wrong too. We really should try to not be hypocritical on things like this.

[muriel_volestrangler]

73. Perhaps kpete, like me, had never seen grandchildren dress up identically

for a photo before. It might be said to be a little disturbing (someone went to all the bother of obtaining the clothing in all the required sizes, and I'd like to think at least half of the children objected to the idea, so it might have taken some time to persuade them all).

[kpete]

81. exactly!

i did not mean to be cruel
i truly was disturbed by all those dots and checks
(i am a very visual person).


matching t-shirts would be fine.

we even did a family pic where we dressed in black and white

this was just TOO cookie cutter for me.



and yes, your best comment is right on:

I'd like to think at least half of the children objected to the idea



peace, kpete

[Motown_Johnny]

95. oh please

Grandma called the mothers and got the sizes for the kids. Then she went into a store and bought all the stuff at once.

The "bother of obtaining the clothing" is little more than an errand of love for a multi-millionire's wife.


At least we can agree that your (and kpete's) objection is based entirely on your personal experience.

My family never did this either but I am able to accept someone else's traditions and not attack people simply for being different.

[laundry_queen]

111. Actually she probably ordered them online

So many kids clothing places online and they normally aren't sold out of sizes like in a store. There are plenty of message boards dedicated to children's clothing and sales/swaps, etc. You can get info on great sales too...If I was rich and could afford the shipping I'd order everything online I think...

I have 4 kids of the same sex myself and I always dressed them alike for Christmas pictures when they were small. I never had a sister and wanted one so we could dress alike (like my cousins) so when I had my girls I dressed them alike for special occasions until the oldest grew out of children's sizes. They never minded at all - because I DID ask them, lol, so hopefully mine aren't scarred. It was so cute, I thought. I hope no one thought we were all creepy, I never even thought of that, actually!

[eridani]

116. If the kids aren't old enough to care one way or another--

--why not?

[rhett o rick]

100. Not sure I agree. I see the 1% flouting his beautiful well fed family.

Remember, this man cares nothing about the children, children that are just as beautiful as these, that are living in cars and tents across America. I look at the picture and think, wow, if only we could all steal money like him, destroying other families so we can have a "perfect" photo family.

Fuck Mitt and the 1% that are killing this nation.

[HappyMe]

26. Cute kids.

Matching outfits creep me out though.

[waddirum]

42. my Mom had this idea...

... that we'd all wear denim jean jackets and matching shirts for a family picture.

I quickly let it be known that my participation would be involuntary, and would result in a pained facial expression.

[HappyMe]

47. I was pretty fortunate.

We never wore matching clothes in any family photo.

[itsrobert]

31. Boys outnumber the girls 11 to 5

That's a little creepy.

[newportdadde]

52. So? Why is that creepy?

If you took a photo of my parents with their grandchildren it would be four boys(mine) and one girl(my sisters).

[yurbud]

32. Mitt made all those with ONE wife? He must have a couple of others hidden in the attic.

[Beacool]

36. No, they are their grandchildren.

The Romneys have 5 grown sons.

[joeglow3]

33. Wow. The is the battle you choose to fight?

With all the obvious choices, THIS is your choice????

BTW, nice looking picture.

[grasswire]

34. please clue me in -- how many children does he have?

From one marriage, or more?

The WH would be quite lively with that brood.

[Beacool]

37. They have 5 sons. n/t

[Arkansas Granny]

40. It's a family photo. So what if they dressed the kids alike for the shot.

[DesertRat]

43. What's disturbing about it?

I think it's cute that they're dressed alike. Many photographers recommend that for a big group so their individual faces stand out instead of the clothes.

[cthulu2016]

44. Agreed. There is nothing more contemptible that cute kids

Cute kids are the shame of our nation.

[Gemini Cat]

45. I'm not a fashion expert, but what's the problem?

[Dreamer Tatum]

51. They're guilty of Family Picture While Republican.

It's a heinous crime.

[spanone]

57. ...every tablecloth in town is missing

[joeybee12]

60. Frightening except for the baby Mittens is holding...

He already knows he wants out of this mess!!!

[JitterbugPerfume]

61. Stepford kids!

[MoonRiver]

66. Blue checks for boys; yellow dots for girls.

Only babies and grown-ups are allowed to deviate. I think there is a diabolical hidden code in this pattern.

[cthulu2016]

67. I've been staring at this picture for five minutes...

...and not one of these kids has blinked!

Try telling me that's normal.

I think they're stuffed.

[MoonRiver]

75. Zombies!!

I knew it!

[Hugabear]

68. That's plenty enough to set up the Romney Dynasty

And yes, the Romney family could be considered a political dynasty. After all, Romney's dad ran for president back in '68, and was even a front-runner at one point.

[LibDemAlways]

72. None of these children will ever

have to worry about financing their college education, wondering where their next meal is coming from, having a roof over their heads, not having access to health care, etc. simply by an accident of birth. Who says we don't have royalty in the US?

[rhett o rick]

102. I agree. I see the 1% flouting their wealth. nm

[eridani]

117. Understood. I think some of the nastier comments are rooted in class resentment

That's understandable, but the kids are too damned young to understand stuff like that.

[rhett o rick]

120. I agree. Of course I was not addressing the children. Actually I was

expressing my distaste of seeing the 1% flouting apparent happiness when so many are suffering. I admit this is not particularly rational but I am in the bitterness stage.

[frazzled]

74. I love the little girl in front who's doing the oogie-oogie move

You know, to each his (or her) own on these family pictures. Personally, if I walked into a children's clothing store and purchased 9 identical blue-checked shirts in assorted sizes, and four orange-and-yellow polka-dot dresses, I'd be afraid the salesperson would think I was a little nuts.

But then, orange is not my thing. But I'm not going to criticize it. Grandma orchestrated the picture she wanted to look at in her den of her darling grandkids, and it's her prerogative. On the other hand, I bet those kids are going to get some good yuks about this picture when they are older.

But why orange?

[Beaverhausen]

78. Its more creative than the 'white shirt and khakis' that I see in tons of family pics these days

this is not a reason to dislike Mittens-there are so many others.

[ecstatic]

80. Would have been a nice pic if they had let

everyone be unique.

[JBoy]

83. The boys all got their shirts from Romney's shirt supplier

with the button higher than I've ever seen on a "standard" shirt.

Like it exposes just 1 inch of neck, rather than about 2.

[ddeclue]

84. BIRTH CONTROL PLEASE!

[marmar]

85. "I think i'll go for a walk outside now......

...... the summer sun's callin my name
(i hear ya now)
i just can't stay inside all day
i gotta get out get me some of those rays
everybody's smilin
sunshine day
everybody's laughin
sunshine day
everybody seems so happy today
it's a sunshine day"

[MineralMan]

87. Let's see...a photo of a couple with all their grandchildren.

Yeah, that's pretty disturbing all right. I'm really troubled by it.

Looks like my family at Christmas time. My parents, their three children, the six grandchildren and the 10 great-grandchildren.

Romney shouldn't be President, but why are we ridiculing this picture, exactly? Pretty small of DU, I think. Pretty lame, too.

Screw this shit! A little common decorum would be nice.

[MineralMan]

88. Here are some similar photos. Let's make fun of these, too,

shall we? They're all of people's grandchildren.







Sometimes, I don't understand DU at all. Maybe it's because I'm all grown up and shit. I don't know.

[onenote]

89. Nice to see that some here are taking a break from mocking politicians for being overweight

[MineralMan]

92. Yeah...

Well, I suppose childish mockery is OK if you can't think well enough to go after substantial issues. Threads like this one are really saying, "I don't really know anything about the issues in this election, but here's a photo of a bunch of kids dressed alike. Don't vote for the grandfather in this picture."

I vote for real issues, rather than childish issues. I hate this kind of crap during election time. It's just lame.

[JanMichael]

108. yeah, me too

that's why after reading the OP, I generally don't bother to comment on it. I see the threads at DU3 aren't up to your standards...but, then DU2 didn't make you happy either.

Perhaps you need to learn to be more discriminating in your reading selection on websites.

[MineralMan]

118. Thanks for that advice.

I'll give it some consideration...

Well, after consideration, I've decided to post as I see fit, and encourage you to do the same.

[hang a left]

96. No sh&@

There are so many other things to raise hell about with these people. So immature to say shit about kids, for real.

[Warren DeMontague]

97. If I have to choose between dots and tie-dye

I'm taking the tie dye, every time.

[Warren DeMontague]

98. HOW MANY PICNIC TABLECLOTHS WERE BRUTALLY MURDERED TO MAKE THOSE BOYS' SHIRTS???

GOOD GOD, HOW MANY???

[kpete]

101. exactly!

peace, kpete

[arely staircase]

103. two non-polka dotted/non-checkered kids, and they aren't smiling.

human sacrifices?

[kpete]

104. i guess i should have waited

until the nite crowd to post this thread

i should mention that everyone i know tells me,
i am good at many things,
but humor is not one...

peace, kp

[Quantess]

105. It's sort of cute, despite Mitt Romney being in it.

My only criticism is that orange is the wrong color for their complexion.

[CrawlingChaos]

110. If you knew nothing about the people in the photo...

...it would just be a dorky picture of an excessively large family with one hell of an ecological footprint. But knowing what a monster Romney is, it makes the hokey wholesomeness of the picture super creepy indeed.

On the other hand, I'm mildly amused that it looks like Mitt has a flower in his hair.

[ZombieHorde]

113. Attacking the family is so FreeRepublic, or at least it used to be. nt

[JI7]

114. Don't like Romney, but it's a Cute Pic, and i think the Clothes are cute also

and he actually looks really happy in that pic and not as phony and stiff all the other times i see him.

[HughBeaumont]

115. Wowz, that's a whole lotta potentially great children . . .

. . . being injected with poisoned philosophy.

[ensho]

119. conform, conform

when those kids hit teenage

guess what will go out the window

wanting to conform

[backscatter712]

121. Wow, almost as Stepford as Santorum's family...