Election 2012 - Wicked Cool Baby Style

Now that the election is over, we can go back to life without all the political ads. Whether you’re Republican or Democrat, the months leading up to Nov 6 are taxing on everyone (pun intended). Even though the littlest “constituents” don’t really know what’s going on and they won’t be able to vote for years, judging from their little faces, they were OVER it!


Incidentally, the practice of “baby kissing” is believed to have started back in the time of Andrew Jackson and has survived, even flourished, through elections as a time honored way to get out the vote and gain public (women’s especially) support trying to get out a positive image. Today, it’s almost a superstition although there’s no case as to whether it helps or hinders.

Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis act out this humorous version of the cliché in this scene from a recent movie “The Campaign”, http://youtu.be/QKbziodzimo

As for Obama and Romney, they were both reported as being fairly ill-at-ease while holding infants and likely to hand the child back like “a grenade with the pin pulled out”.

So how about you? Does kissing babies make the candidates any more appealing or charismatic to you?

Baby first words? Ga Ga, Goo Goo

Whether it's ice cream or ficticious baby outfits, Lady Gaga is still the "it" thing!

Lady Gaga appeared on Jimmy Kimmel last week and proved that she has a great sense of humor by doing a funny sketch about a line of baby clothing called "Gaga Goo Goo". Fans of the superstar know she doesn't lend her name to real products but kudos to her for having a little fun with it. http://www.bestweekever.tv/2011-07-29/gaga-goo-goo/

This is not to be confused with the "Baby Gaga" ice cream that caused such controversy earlier in the year offered by a London based company who incorporated human breast milk into a recipe for an exclusive ice cream. Their ice cream has been on and off the market in the last several months due to city officials seisure and concern over the health and safety of the product. It certainly caused a stir, which is why the company did it no doubt, and even Lady Gaga expressed her irritation at the name of the ice cream. The owner of the company claimed that it wasn't named for the singer, it was named so because "Ga Ga" is a common stereotypical first words of a baby....Funny though, he had his employees dress up like Lady Gaga to serve it.
http://blogs.babble.com/strollerderby/2011/03/01/breast-milk-ice-cream-seized/