Why are babies always so happy when meeting President Obama?

[Playinghardball]

Yet...they always seemed to be crying or terrified when meeting the Dumbass...


President Obama greets Rod O’Connor, Energy Department Chief of Staff, and his family in the Outer Oval Office, March 10, 2011

Found on the Obama Diary

[frazzled]

1. To be fair ...

They probably only release the ones where the babies look happy. (Just like, when my mother put all our 8mm home movies from the 1950s on video twenty years ago: we all looked so smiley and happy all the time. It was because they were all of holidays and birthdays. People don't take pictures of the temper tantrums or sibling fights.)

That said, the man sure does have a way with little babies and kids.

[Autumn]

2. Babies can pick up on their parents emotions.

Parent is happy, baby is happy.

[sharp_stick]

3. Babies have pretty good

bullshit detectors as evidenced below.

[leftyladyfrommo]

4. Obama is wonderful with kids.

And kids really like him right back.

[warrior1]

5. because the president

exudes love.

[sheshe2]

6. He is the baby whisperer~

[HereSince1628]

7. It's the size and shape of the SMILE. Really. It's a matter of evolutionary psychology

What? You question that?

No, no. I don't have to PROOOOOOOOOVE ANYYYYYYYYYYthing.

[lpbk2713]

8. One of my most favored Obama pics, and I've seen many.

Thanks for giving me the opportunity to post it.
It's a beautiful pic and I'll never tire of looking at it.

[adirondacker]

14. That's pretty darn cute! nt

[malaise]

9. Babies are very good at spotting fakes - proof below :-)

[demigoddess]

10. that is so true.

also, I think they can spot what a person was in a previous life.

[flamingdem]

12. hahaha I was hoping

someone would post that one!

[treestar]

11. Partly generational

The older generation believed babies were the wife's business and men didn't know how to deal with them. Republicans are by nature old fashioned, especially the older ones. And they tend to be old white men.

Obama is from the younger generation with more hands on fatherhood. So he is not thinking of them as strange beings that pertain only to women. Plus he just is a people person with a warm personality and kids can sense that.

[The Straight Story]

13. Cause he doesn't salt and pepper them before eating them like bush did

[madokie]

15. Babies are like that with me too

I think babies have the ability to see who is good and who isn't long before they know they can.