This Photo of Hillary May Surprise You... But It Really Shouldn't

[DemocratSinceBirth]

This photo, taken last month in the backyard of an Iowa State Senator, was posted to the official Hillary for Iowa Facebook page on Saturday.
A voter describes the scene:


"It was Hillary’s interaction with my kids. We were in Liz Mathis' backyard, and we went up to greet her. I couldn’t believe how my seven-year-old was acting with her—swinging her arm, hanging on her. He doesn’t do that with strangers. I was thinking, 'What are you thinking?! It’s Hillary Clinton!'
So as we’re standing there taking our picture with her, I said: 'We believe in you, and we’re here with you a hundred percent. What you’ve done for healthcare, women’s issues, children’s issues’—and she turned to me, and she put her hands on my kids, Sydnei and Fayde, and she said ‘I’m doing it for them.' And I started crying.

As we're walking away, I turn around—and there’s Hillary and Fayde, laughing. She said 'are you ticklish?’ and he said 'only in my armpits.' Then they were tickling. And he goes, with his tongue out:

'Boo-yah.'

I couldn’t believe it."
–Linda, Marion

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/10/18/1434720/-This-Photo-of-Hillary-May-Surprise-You-but-It-Really-Shouldn-t?detail=emailclassic

[rbrnmw]

1. Aww that is so cool

thanks for posting this DSB

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. PBO with kids

[rbrnmw]

5. My favorite President

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I just watched a reality show he was on he is just the most real Prez of my lifetime

[forest444]

10. Gotta admit, baby photo ops are some of my favorite presidential photos.

They're just so darn cute!

[Jamaal510]

36. +1

[pangaia]

18. The only thing WRONG with any of those photos

is that some complete idiot put a violin (?) on top of a Ludwig timpano. Granted, that Ludwig drum is pretty poor quality but never EVER put anything on a timpano.

[LiberalArkie]

43. He is definitely a child magnet.

Although I have disagreed with a lot of the ways he went about doing things. I have a pretty good idea that he did the best he could. There is no doubt a tremendous amount of pressure from powers outside his control and from groups he probably did not even know existed that controlled what he did and said. It always seems that the presidents age very fast the first few years in office. It seems that the last couple of years of the 2 terms seem to be the easiest for them.

I hope 2016 is a very peaceful year for our President.

[tblue37]

86. Don't forget this one!

[mcar]

3. Heartwarming

I always thought she was a wonderful mother to Chelsea. Just like with President Obama, you can see how much they love children.

[yeoman6987]

28. Honesrly I think only on president didn't do a good job raising the kids

Reagan. I just don't think he was kid friendly and Nancy was not maternal in my opinion. I think the rest were good. Even Georgie probably was a decent dad especially after quitting drinking.

[3catwoman3]

51. Ron the younger...

...seems to have turned out OK.

[yeoman6987]

56. In spite of his father

My post was not to bash any children at all. Most of the president's kids turned out pretty good.

[riversedge]

4. Lovely story and pic. Thanks for the post.

[SunSeeker]

6. K & R

[Iliyah]

7. K & R

[Helen Borg]

8. Looks like a nice photo op!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. If you have evidence that the photo was pre-arranged please adduce it.

If you have evidence that the photo was pre-arranged please adduce it. In the alternative I would respectfully ask you take the high road, do the right thing, and withdraw your calumny.

Thank you in advance.



Wishing you a prosperous new year
DSB

[secondwind]

13. Most of them are photo ops.. but there is nothing wrong with this

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. Photo-op implies they found a kid and asked him to take a photo with HRC.

It appears to me they established a genuine rapport.

[Helen Borg]

21. Perhaps, but we don't see who's on the other side of the camera...

Probably the child's mother? The kid seems to be goofing around with the person behind the camera.

[Helen Borg]

19. There is nothing wrong with it...

But it means nothing either...

[LiberalArkie]

9. Question: What is wrong with her hands especially the left? Is it the light?

Just wondering as I am just about ready to turn 68 this month.

[sarge43]

12. Hands give way to age fast.

The skin on the back of my hands look like a satellite map of Mars. That's what they do; no getting around it. Time does what it does. She also may have a touch of arthritis.

[LiberalArkie]

16. I always thought mine looked bad even as a kid.. developing pictures without gloves.

Who knew?.. Ran my left hands through a miter saw a few years ago and got most of it put back together.

But I guess mine aren't that bad after see what HRC's look like with all the money to fix them up. I have veins that the nurse at my doctors office says that she could hit them from across the room. 10% body fat.

[sarge43]

33. You were fortunate

Next to the brain, hands and feet are the most difficult parts of the body to operate on - a lot of small floating bones loosely attached. As for plastic surgery, forget it; the skin has to remain flexible and those Amazon River delta veins aren't going away.

[LiberalArkie]

38. I was extremely lucky in that I did cut all the way trough 3 fingers and had to graft on some

cadaver skin onto my index finger. The doc did not think I would be able to keep the finger as the cadaver skin rarely stays attached long enough for the tissue to grow under it. I was lucky in that about 2 months before, I decided to lay off my testosterone for a bit. So I was very low when this happened. I did some research and found out that the body heals wounds faster with low testosterone levels. I was just lucky to be someone who had low testosterone level and had to take shots to increase it. So I did not take any shots for a while.

I kept going back to the plastic surgeon and he would look at the graft and look puzzled and tell me to come back in 2 weeks and lefts look again. He finally decided to pull it and take a skin graft from me to fix it 2 1/2 months after putting the cadaver skin on. After surgery he told me he had never seen anyone who had actually grown blood vessels into the cadaver skin.

[sarge43]

39. You must have a guardian angel with mad medical skills

Glad it worked out well for you.

[LiberalArkie]

42. I had them fuse one of the fingers for typing and that helped a lot.

I have always had a guardian angel (or as some of my friends say a guardian demon). Been so close so many times that they tell me that God doesn't want me in heaven and Satan doesn't want me down there. I have been on borrowed time since I was born, so I don't take things very seriously at all any more. Life can be too short to worry about the crap in the world.

[sarge43]

44. Pretty much the way I look at it.

Yesterday is gone; tomorrow may never come. All we have is today, so enjoy and try to do something nice for someone.

[LiberalArkie]

20. I just looked again and what you said, I bet she had been gripping hands all day long.

And with a touch of old arthur, she probably wishes she had some Ben-gay right then. That has to be bad with everyone wanting to shake hands.

[sarge43]

27. Yeah, VIPs (politicians, royals, celebs) have often mentioned

how gripping the flesh all day can be a torture even without old arthur.

[pnwmom]

14. It's the lighting. See how light the boy's fingers are compared to his arm?

Everything is darker nearer the bottom edge of the photo.

[reformist2]

61. I guess that's how a 70-year-old's hands look, but it's still shocking to see that.

Especially when they belong to the same person with the seemingly wrinkle-free smiling face.

[zeemike]

15. I am puzzled, why would that surprise anyone?

That politicians get pictures kissing babies or kids do funny things?

[OilemFirchen]

22. Because she's not eating him.

Yet.

[Matariki]

70. lol

[elmac]

23. HRC is probably the most personable canadate I have ever seen

She is at the top of her game and would be hard to beat in a GE.

[Bonobo]

24. What does that have to do with electing the President of the United States?

Oh yeah... Abuela... check.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

25. Why did an innocuous thread raise your ire? I am genuinely curious.

Despite my gruff demeanor I can be empathetic and a good listener. If you share with me the genesis of your animus maybe we can work through it together.

I am here for you, Bonobo.



Happy New Year
DSB

[Bonobo]

30. Why is a question. A fair question, "ire" to you?

I can only conclude that you are projecting anger that you might have felt in a similar situation.

I'm not filled with anything like ire at the momentum is more like puzzlement. That's why I asked the question that puzzles me which I will restate.

Why does this behavior of playing with children rise to the level of import that you have given it by starting an OP on it? There have actually been several OPs lately with pictures of Hillary being "warm". Is this a defensive thing to counter the fact that she is not well liked? If so, I can understand. She is, in fact, not well liked and it will spell trouble in the GE.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

32. Sometimes a photo is just a photo.

You expressed the fact the photo made you upset by being sarcastic. I posted a photo of Hillary playing with a young child. I regret it rankles you. I also regret that you are implying it rankles me. But rather than get in a pointless debate about who is rankled and who isn't I just want to repeat I am here to help you work through your anger, why? Because empathy is part of being a liberal.

I am here for you, Bonobo. My counsel is yours for free.


Happy Holidays
DSB

[Bonobo]

41. Sarcasm does not equal being upset.

I don't know what kind of an environment you grew up in, but sarcasm is as natural to me as breathing and is a way of joking as well as a way of critiquing.

What you would have seen in my post, if you were less sanctimonious, would have been a sense of humor rather than "ire" or being upset.

A photo is indeed just a photo, and I am glad you pointed that out because this photo of her interacting with a child does nothing to diminish my view that presidency would result in the death and impoverishment of more of such children than would a Sanders presidency.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

48. Do you make sarcastic remarks to express joy?

Sarcasm does not equal being upset.

Do you make sarcastic remarks to express joy?


Thank you in advance.



Happy New Year
DSB

[Bonobo]

57. Why no, I don't.

Do you think ire and joy represent the entire range of human emotions?

Thanks in advance for your reply.

[floriduck]

26. I never vote based on photo ops.

Cameras and touch ups cannot make an eye soar look like a queen.

[Ed Suspicious]

34. *sore*

[DemocratSinceBirth]

35. May I inquire as to who is the eye sore in the photo I posted?

Cameras and touch ups cannot make an eye soar look like a queen.

-floriduck

eye·sore
n.
Something, such as a distressed building, that is unpleasant or offensive to view.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
eyesore
n
1. something very ugly
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003
eye•sore

n.
something unpleasant to look at.

May I inquire as to who is the eye sore in the photo I posted?


Thank you in advance.

[floriduck]

67. No one in particular. It's just a

principle I believe in when it comes to public figures. I hope that helps you understand my mind set.

[jalan48]

29. Hillary would be the perfect day care worker!

If she gets to be President she will have little time to interact with kids, which she is obviously quite good at.

[Ed Suspicious]

31. Nice photo. Genuine moment.

[IronLionZion]

37. Hillary touches underage boy

will be the Fox New headline

[azurnoir]

40. why? modern day variant of baby kissing photo-op

with all the trimmings

[Cassiopeia]

45. Awww, that's a cute picture.

I'm sure that is a genuine smile as well. She loves children.

It's a shame she doesn't love them more than her corporate donors and friends.

[2pooped2pop]

46. same ol fake smile she has practiced.

not surprised at all.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

47. Are you suggesting she doesn't like children? What would lead you to such an odious conclusion?

Thank you in advance.


Happy New Year
DSB

[2pooped2pop]

68. while I seriously doubt she likes poor children, I did not say that she does not like children.

I merely stated that is the same smile you see in almost every Hillary picture. A very perfected smile. A photo op smile.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

73. Most adults like children

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"... while I seriously doubt she likes poor children..."

-2pooped2pop

Are you actually suggesting, that dissimilar to most other emotionally healthy adults, she only likes wealthy children?

Why would a woman who wrote 'It Takes A village' which is a book on child rearing "not like poor children"?


Why would a woman who worked straight out of law school for the Children's Defense Fund and was honored by them:

Washington, DC -The Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) celebrated forty years of changing the odds for children and honored Former Secretary of State and CDF alumna Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday, September 30, 2013. Secretary Clinton was recognized for her dedication and contributions to child advocacy.
“CDF is pleased to recognize Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has been a tireless voice for children. She’s brilliant. She cares deeply about children. She perseveres. She’s an incredibly hard worker, and she stays with it. She’s done extraordinarily well in everything she’s ever done. and I’m just so proud of her,” said Marian Wright Edelman, President of the Children’s Defense Fund.
In a video tribute Clinton, said “It’s the mission that CDF has stood for that I’m proud that I was a small part of promoting…We worked hard in the White House. We certainly appreciated the efforts of organizations like CDF kind of, you know, charging ahead.”
Hillary Rodham Clinton was with CDF from the beginning. Rodham joined CDF as a young staff attorney right out of law school and knocked on doors to research and help prepare CDF’s first landmark report, Children Out of School in America – a major catalyst for the enactment of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, now the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. She became a CDF board member and ultimately board chair until she became First Lady.
- See more at: http://www.childrensdefense.org/newsroom/cdf-in-the-news/press-releases/2013/honoring-hillary-clinton.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/#sthash.R747ooCl.dpuf

not like poor children?


What gives you standing to make those conclusions and what would lead you to them?


Thank you in advance for answering my five questions.

[2pooped2pop]

75. I think most wealthy people do NOT care for poor children

but this was about her smile. Her fake, well practiced, photo op smile.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

76. Do you have evidence to support your assertion ?

Do you have evidence to support your assertion that "most wealthy people do NOT care for poor children"?

That being said, may we please confine ourselves to my questions and stay on topic.

You stated you "seriously doubt she (Hillary Clinton) likes poor children." In light of the fact that she authored a book about parenting 'It Takes A Village' and went to work for the Children's Defense Fund right of law school and was awarded for her work:

Washington, DC -The Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) celebrated forty years of changing the odds for children and honored Former Secretary of State and CDF alumna Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday, September 30, 2013. Secretary Clinton was recognized for her dedication and contributions to child advocacy.
“CDF is pleased to recognize Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has been a tireless voice for children. She’s brilliant. She cares deeply about children. She perseveres. She’s an incredibly hard worker, and she stays with it. She’s done extraordinarily well in everything she’s ever done. and I’m just so proud of her,” said Marian Wright Edelman, President of the Children’s Defense Fund.
In a video tribute Clinton, said “It’s the mission that CDF has stood for that I’m proud that I was a small part of promoting…We worked hard in the White House. We certainly appreciated the efforts of organizations like CDF kind of, you know, charging ahead.”
Hillary Rodham Clinton was with CDF from the beginning. Rodham joined CDF as a young staff attorney right out of law school and knocked on doors to research and help prepare CDF’s first landmark report, Children Out of School in America – a major catalyst for the enactment of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, now the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. She became a CDF board member and ultimately board chair until she became First Lady.
- See more at: http://www.childrensdefense.org/newsroom/cdf-in-the-news/press-releases/2013/honoring-hillary-clinton.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/#sthash.R747ooCl.dpuf

what evidence do you have to support your assertion ?

Thank you in advance.

[2pooped2pop]

77. yes my evidence is this country

look at what the wealthy have bought and how they have tried to dismantle every single program for the poor. As for keeping to topic, just don't answer me and you wont have to worry about it. You are the one that is off topic. I don't need any proof for my opinion either but it's easy enough to prove. Just look around you.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

79. I am confused.

Can you please square this:

"... while I seriously doubt she (Hillary Clinton) likes poor children..."

-2pooped2pop

with this:

Washington, DC -The Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) celebrated forty years of changing the odds for children and honored Former Secretary of State and CDF alumna Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday, September 30, 2013. Secretary Clinton was recognized for her dedication and contributions to child advocacy.
“CDF is pleased to recognize Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has been a tireless voice for children. She’s brilliant. She cares deeply about children. She perseveres. She’s an incredibly hard worker, and she stays with it. She’s done extraordinarily well in everything she’s ever done. and I’m just so proud of her,” said Marian Wright Edelman, President of the Children’s Defense Fund.
In a video tribute Clinton, said “It’s the mission that CDF has stood for that I’m proud that I was a small part of promoting…We worked hard in the White House. We certainly appreciated the efforts of organizations like CDF kind of, you know, charging ahead.”
Hillary Rodham Clinton was with CDF from the beginning. Rodham joined CDF as a young staff attorney right out of law school and knocked on doors to research and help prepare CDF’s first landmark report, Children Out of School in America – a major catalyst for the enactment of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, now the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. She became a CDF board member and ultimately board chair until she became First Lady.
- See more at: http://www.childrensdefense.org/newsroom/cdf-in-the-news/press-releases/2013/honoring-hillary-clinton.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/#sthash.R747ooCl.dpuf

As always, thank you in advance.

[2pooped2pop]

80. yes u r and I am done with you.

thanks

[DemocratSinceBirth]

81. Sometimes people of good will can become confused when they are deliberately misled.

Wouldn't allaying me of my confusion be the progressive and empathetic thing to do?

[2pooped2pop]

82. No, u know exactly what I meant. We all know about Hillary and no matter what I say

it won't convince you until you see for yourself that she dooms us to more of the same bullshit that has destroyed this country.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

83. I respectfully submit, sir or madame, that you are moving the goalposts.

A simple question from a simple man but first the predicate:

"... while I seriously doubt she (Hillary Clinton) likes poor children..."

- 2pooped2pop

Why would a woman who doesn't like poor children write a book on child rearing and join the Children's Defense Fund right out of law school and be rewarded for her service?


That would be akin to DemocratSinceBirth not liking animals and becoming a veterinarian who is rewarded for his service by the Humane Society, am I right?

[oasis]

84. Thanks DSB for the OP and the other informative posts on Hillary's

continued contributions to the welfare of children worldwide.

Your handling of negative posters by providing them with mountains of facts is an added educational bonus.

[2pooped2pop]

85. good night. There are no goalpost. I have not read anything other than your first two lines on any

of your posts to me. I don't want to hear about how wonderful Hillary is because I know better. Good night. Really, find something better to do.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

87. One line only, sir or madame.

"...There are no goalpost. I have not read anything other than your first two lines on any of your posts to me..."

-2pooped2pop

Less than two lines:

Why would a woman who doesn't like poor children write a book on child rearing and join the Children's Defense Fund and do work for which she wins an award for?

[Scootaloo]

50. Cute!

I still don't want her anywhere near our nuclear arsenal, though.

[MeNMyVolt]

52. Try and picture SBS in the same pose.

It doesn't happen.

[Scootaloo]

53. I dunno, he has grandkids too.

But I don't elect politicians on whether or not they tickle kids.

[MeNMyVolt]

54. In a way, I kinda do.

I want my pres to have a connection... It's weird, I know.

[Paulie]

55. Something horrible like this

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[Scootaloo]

63. As I said, he has grandchildren.

[Live and Learn]

69. Oh please, Bernie loves kids.

That is why he wants to save their environment and give them good educational opportunities.

[beam me up scottie]

72. Yeah, Bernie always hated kids:

[2pooped2pop]

88. prob as bly doesn't use children for photo ops

[postatomic]

58. HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!!

[rbrnmw]

59. ...

[baldguy]

60. What a monster!

She's clearly out to butcher that kid and eat his brains!

[Persondem]

62. Awesome pic. K & R nnt

[jack_krass]

64. Why would you expect us to be surprised by that photo?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

65. You would need to pose that question to the author

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/10/18/1434720/-This-Photo-of-Hillary-May-Surprise-You-but-It-Really-Shouldn-t?detail=emailclassic


Thanx for kicking my thread.

Happy New Year
DSB

[cali]

66. That is the question. I suppose its just silly clickbait

[Matariki]

71. That's a great photo. Not sure what is "surprising" about it though

[bigwillq]

74. Cute photo.

K and R

[Punkingal]

78. Nice photo...she likes kids. I won't argue that point.