WaPo Columnist Honors Obama the Baby Whisperer, With His 'Deep Caring, Listening, and Respect'
Back in June, ABC’s Lara Spencer embarrassed herself by lauding President Obama as a “baby whisperer” that could wondrously calm infants. On Wednesday, Washington Post Metro section columnist Courtland Milloy – yes, the one who’s violent enough in his thought against Tea Partiers to need a whisperer – returned to that obsequious territory.
“Not surprisingly, some hard-core right-wingers resent that Obama is good at baby holding," Milloy insisted. “”The only complaint they can come up with, however, is that he is too soft and maternal. They would like to see one of the babies ruin his photo ops by throwing up on him or soiling their diapers.”
He added: "But therein lies the real brilliance of Obama’s whispering skill: The kind of quiet he produces amplifies the incessant carping and backbiting of his opponents. Not a whimper of a challenge to Obama from his own party, just the sound and fury of Republican presidential hopefuls, signifying nothing."
Milloy also suggested Obama’s black supporters acted like babies in wandering away from their 95 percent approval rating for Obama, but some tough love from Obama brought them back. He concluded with the “expert” on the subject. who somehow loves Obama and loathes America as a bully:
A lot of people talk about Obama in the political area as being too calm, but little attention is paid to his calming influence,” said Melinda Blau, a journalist who, with the late Tracy Hogg, wrote the book “Secrets of the Baby Whisperer: How to Calm, Connect and Communicate With Your Baby.”
Blau and I chatted by phone while looking at photographs of Obama holding babies, which are posted on the Web site yeswecanholdbabies. wordpress.com.
“I know Obama is politically savvy, but what I’m seeing goes beyond all of that,” Blau said. “He is showing a capacity for deep caring, listening and respect, and the response from the babies shows that it is genuine and not fake, more than a photo op.”
As for the rest of Obama’s progressive supporters, many are still burping up their discontents. And none will be completely satisfied until Obama comes up with a good bedtime story. Tell us again, Mr. President, the one about why we should vote for you.
Obama could start by reading from the transcript of what Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said Dec. 18 on ABC News’s “This Week With Christiane Amanpour”:
“I understand the appeal of tax cuts, but in my years of government, I have never seen a tax cut put out a fire. I have never seen a tax cut build a bridge or clean up a toxic atmosphere.”
Dr. Seuss couldn’t have said it better.
That's funny. I don't remember the Dr. Seuss book that had the hero knocking the teeth out of the "racist" Tea Partiers. It wouldn't exactly be whispering about deep caring and respect, would it?
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What my baby would say to Obama
Submitted by Coldsnap on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 8:29am.
STOP BANKRUPTING ME!
A little bit of Christmas magic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS4G2f2Xy3w
Coldsnap,
Submitted by Agnostic on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 8:40am.
Technically your baby would have to say, "Stop bankrupting my future children!". Your baby is already about $38,000 in debt.
yeah
Submitted by texusmc on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 8:42am.
with an E-Trade app.... cuz my portfolio is tankin! while singing- "No body knows the trouble I see...."
I agree completely with this article
Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 8:57am.
obama should be working in a daycare where his unique talents could be utilized for what they are, the ability to pacify the unformed intellects of those who need care for every aspect of their lives.
But get him out of the White House.
Actually
Submitted by BBallleaper on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 9:01am.
I was thinking of a deadly disease!
Oh, barf!!
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 9:28am.
“I know Obama is politically savvy, but what I’m seeing goes beyond all of that,” Blau said. “He is showing a capacity for deep caring, listening and respect, and the response from the babies shows that it is genuine and not fake, more than a photo op.”
Thanks, Melinda, for infantilizing presidential politics even more than it already is.
Obama could start by reading from the transcript of what Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said Dec. 18 on ABC News’s “This Week With Christiane Amanpour”:
“I understand the appeal of tax cuts, but in my years of government, I have never seen a tax cut put out a fire. I have never seen a tax cut build a bridge or clean up a toxic atmosphere.”
Dr. Seuss couldn’t have said it better.
Oh, please! That's right out of the Bill Clinton "never fed a hungry chile" playbook.
(Where's Red Buttons when we need him?)
Democrats haven't had a new thought in 40 years.
Oh, that's wrong. They always have new thoughts about ways to spend money.
“I understand the appeal of
Submitted by kareling on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 9:26am.
“I understand the appeal of tax cuts, but in my years of government, I have never seen a tax cut put out a fire. I have never seen a tax cut build a bridge or clean up a toxic atmosphere.”
And I understand the appeal of a stimulus, but in MY years of observing the government, I have never seen a stimulus put out a fire. I have never seen a stimulus build a bridge or clean up a toxic atmosphere.
And just who are these hard-core right wingers who resent how good Obama is with babies? He cites nothing to back that up. It's just an assumption made up from his own blind hatred of conservatives. That's journalism for you!
Liberal "journalists" don't
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 9:35am.
Liberal "journalists" don't need no stinking examples! They KNOW what conservatives think of Obama.
motherbelt's axiom: Liberals know the truth. The facts are a conspiracy.
MB Axiom
Submitted by texusmc on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 2:49pm.
Love it MB!
The spending whisperer
Submitted by CO2Maker on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 10:46am.
Taxes build bridges, save lives, help people live in poverty with only one parent and no books.
Obama told Steve Kroft on 59 Minutes (not counting the part about the "fourth best" that they cut out) that he thought there were only three presidents who accomplished more than he has:
Lincoln. Okay, good, Civil War, emancipating slaves, all big stuff.
FDR. Okay, a Depression (that he didn't actually beat) and WWII, all big stuff.
and ...
the envelope please ....
LBJ.
Yes folks, LBJ, Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam war, and his "guns and butter" triumph, the War on Poverty, which gave us the destruction of poor (and mainly black) families, rises in delinquency and illiteracy, and other almost intractable social ills.
The rest of the photos I saw
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 9:32am.
The rest of the photos I saw from this article showed the baby grabbing at Boy Barry's nose and also pulling at his purple lips, and not being particularly calm or relaxed.................but anyway, Big Effing Deal!!! To paraphrase motherbelt - 'GAG ME'!!!
And I can't say that I've noticed his 'capacity for deep caring, listening, or respect'..............as it relates to how he treats 'the enemy', the hard-working and responsible American people ('folks', as he so snidely calls us), the foundations that this country is based on, our security or economic future, or any number of other topics. He DOES care a helluva lot about himself, as well as whoever can help him along the way (and I seriously doubt about his 'caring' in that regard, since he doesn't seem to have any problem throwing ANYONE under the bus, once they become expendable). And despite the abnormally large size of his ears, I'd say his capacity for 'listening' is really limited - and mostly to the sound of his own voice, unless somebody else is saying something that will make him look better. And as far as 'repect'??? Well, I wouldn't characterize the petulant prick as being particularly 'respectful'............not from what I've seen. He's one of the most no-class, arrogant, self-centered people I"ve ever viewed in my life.
I think the baby in that photo figured it all out right away.
I'm going to go
Submitted by misterbee241 on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 9:52am.
throw up now.
Be back shortly.
Ms. Blau, you not only
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 9:50am.
Ms. Blau, you not only infantilize politics, but you degrade and insult the women in this country by implying that what we want in a president is someone who's good with babies.
If that's what gives you a shiver, swell. We more adult (read: conservative) women worry about more important things.
I would not let that man near my baby
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 9:51am.
Grasping at straws kinda says it all for Obama's toadies.
Wonder if he thinks
Submitted by misterbee241 on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 9:53am.
the mom of that child was punished?
Maybe babies are mesmerized
Submitted by Radicalrighty on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 9:52am.
by his ears . . .
Once again, liberals
Submitted by ant on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 10:37am.
Once again, liberals contradict their own lies. The big message a year and a half ago was that caucasian babies were inherently racist, that meme even scored a Time mag cover. That would make it impossible for a black man to hold a calm, adoring white baby, now wouldn't it?
Well, yeah, but
Submitted by CO2Maker on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 11:02am.
Obama was getting in touch with his inner female ... his mother's 23 chromosomes.
“Not surprisingly, some
Submitted by Ruths husband Ben on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 10:59am.
“Not surprisingly, some hard-core right-wingers resent that Obama is good at baby holding," Milloy insisted.
Really? I would like to see some data here. Total B.S.
Milloy writes the funniest
Submitted by celator on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 11:02am.
Milloy writes the funniest rump swabbing stuff about Obama I've read in a long time. The North Koreans should hire him to write King Jong Il's biography.
“Not surprisingly, some hard-core right-wingers resent that Obama is good at baby holding," Now that's comedy gold.
He missed the opportunity to write, "Look! Up in the Sky! It's a bird. It's a plane! No, it's Super President!" Or, "From out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of the great horse Silver! The Lone President rides again!" He'll save those words for next week's column, I reckon.
Come on, you're being unfaaaaiiiir to Milloy
Submitted by CO2Maker on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 11:06am.
Of course he says that BOB would be good with babies ... because BOB himself said that the storms would end and seas subside now that he had been elected. What's a smiling baby to a guy who can calm the waters?
Ah, yes, true. He had to calm
Submitted by celator on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 11:13am.
Ah, yes, true. He had to calm the waters so he could walk across the Potomac ;+].
Lara Spencer...
Submitted by MightyMouth on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 11:25am.
Just another participant in the seemingly endless supply of fluffers in the monumental XXX production of-- Barry does America!
When I heard of this new
Submitted by marpel on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 11:37am.
When I heard of this new "slobbering" by the press, I threw up a little in my mouth. They have no idea how ridiculous they make themselves look with all that fawning...get a room, guys.
"Deep within my heart lies a memory. A song of ol' San Antone..."
Have they, at last, no shame?
Submitted by SaguaroJack on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 1:13pm.
Barry is bad enough, but the media makes you want to ralph.
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Ah, yes. A 'soothing,
Submitted by ant on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 1:22pm.
Ah, yes. A 'soothing, pleasant voice', the 'smartest man in the room', and 'baby whisperer'...but can he speak 175 different languages like our welfare offices can?
How saccharine can you get???
Submitted by Mary Louise Turner on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 3:25pm.
A "baby whisperer"? Come on! Ears may be good with babies (he is the father of two daughters), but he is the most inept man to ever inhabit the White House. And yet, the make believe media still denies reality and drools over him. This man has run our country into the ground and made us an international laughing stock, but that doesn't matter to the Beltway toadies pretending to be "journalists". As I've said for years, Washington, DC is in an alternative universe, and thus its reality doesn't square with the rest of America's. I'd like to see these pampered brats come out into the real America and discover what we really think of Ear Leader!
Looks Like...
Submitted by stratman on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 6:02pm.
Obama's got the infant vote wrapped up - as long as they make it to birth, that is.