Posted on 12/27/2011 2:01:57 PM PST by Vigilanteman
President Obama may have been able to laugh off the mouthful of fingers given to him by an 8-month-baby while visiting U.S. troops in Hawaii, but the baby's parents could not.
"I was mortified. I was so embarrassed," Meredith Wagner, mother of the five-fingered culprit, Cooper Wagner, said today on "Good Morning America."
Wagner, 27, and her husband, Capt. Greg Wagner, 25, were smiling for the cameras with their son and President Obama on Christmas Day at the Marine Corps Base at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, which the president visited while vacationing on the island with his family.
As the three adults struck a pose, Cooper reached up and stuck his tiny fingers in the president's mouth.
Meredith Wagner saw it all happen and reached up to pull Cooper's hand away from the mouth of the leader of the free world, while her husband smiled straight ahead at the roomful of photographers, ensuring the moment would be captured in perpetuity.
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Like they say, “Into the mouth from babes”...
(It’s a wonder the kid’s hand wasn’t amputated ;)
"Search for Obama birth certificate continues."
Is the president up to date on his shots? That poor kid could catch something.. With all the crap coming out of the presidents mouth..
hving to serve under such a politically ignorant captain would be as bad as serving on the uss jimmie catah.
Sasha did say to “plug the dang hole”.
THe kid was overly generous - I’ve only got one finger for him.
Mortified, embarassed for what? The baby acted like a baby. Should be ashamed though for allowing her family to be used.
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