Crying girl darts away from Bush at White House tee-ball game

[kpete]

Crying girl darts away from Bush at White House tee-ball game
David Edwards and Muriel Kane
Published: Friday July 18, 2008



A little girl became so badly frightened while being introduced to President Bush on Wednesday during a White House tee-ball game that she darted away in tears.

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As Bush attempted to offer Emily a baseball, she became spooked by either the president or the chipmunk mascot that was standing several feet away on the other side of the president.

Emily, who appeared to be crying, first attempted to hang back and hide behind the brim of her baseball cap, then succeeded in pulling her hand out of the grasp of the man who was leading her forward and dashed away through a gap in the fence and lost herself in the audience.

"Emily, it's OK," commented The Swamp. "There are a lot of congressional Republicans running away from Bush during this election year too."

more at:
http://rawstory.com//news/2008/Crying_girl_darts_away_from_Bush_0718.html

[JuniperLea]

1. I saw this on TV!

Hilarious! She didn't stop running for a long time either!

Kids know.

[Midlodemocrat]

2. Oh, it definitely wasn't the chipmunk. She was probably afraid he'd send her to Iraq.

[bdamomma]

3. smart kid

probably didn't want to be hugged by that miserable POS.

[Kierkegaard]

4. Smart kid.

[AlCzervik]

5. Children always know.

my kid has been the best for that, when she was little and she didn't like someone i always knew they were bad news.

[ColbertWatcher]

27. I was hoping there would be a still photo...

...just like your avatar!

I wonder if anyone has a list of all the times children ran or were disgusted by the Idiot?

[whistle]

6. She sensed the presence of pure evil

[jeff30997]

9. Yeah....

Like the little girl in Poltergeist.

[jeff30997]

7. Now she'll have nightmares for months.

Poor girl.

[MuseRider]

8. I was afraid of clowns when I was a kid too

and I ran away from my mother just to get away. I understand her perfectly. An evil clown.

[jeff30997]

12. You nailed it!

She saw his real face:

[MuseRider]

14. I am still afraid of Pennywise,

terrified as a matter of fact. Thanks Jeff, I just hurked up my lunch. ;)

[jeff30997]

15. Sorry.

I hope you won't make nightmares because of me.:hug:

[MuseRider]

19. Nah

but I do mean Pennywise really does still creep me out, big time. That book freaked me but I loved it. :) :hug:

[marmar]

10. She must be the soy-milk drinking progeny of a radical black feminist Muslim-sympathizer mom.......

.... being raised by two gay dads and wearing recycled Al Gore-approved clothing, if she would publicly humiliate President Bush like that.

:think:

[PearliePoo2]

11. Morning Joe showed this over and over this morning

Joe wasn't there by the way.
Mika B. kept saying poor Emily and then said, "Emily honey...it will all be over in a few months."
:rofl:

[Muttocracy]

16. that's great :)

[orleans]

17. wish there was a link to this. i found a 9 second nothing about it

on youtube. not long enough.

[rocktivity]

20. Here's a link from Rawstory

via Hardball.

I saw a child frightened by a mascot--not all of them that they and clowns are all that adorable. That was probably it.

:headbang:
rocknation

[paparush]

13. And a child shall lead them..

[AndyTiedye]

18. EEEEEEEVIL!

[LisaM]

21. Maybe he said something to her

he has a knack for making really poor jokes.

[wryter2000]

22. It could have been worse

They could have been taking her to Cheney. :scared:

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

23. Funny, I'm 37 and I have the exact same response to Bush.

[Lefty48197]

24. Poor girl probably thought she was going to meet Obama.

What a nightmare that turned into!

[lpbk2713]

25. Smirky has that effect on people of all ages.

"Booga Booga"

[JerseygirlCT]

26. Well, my kids were always terrified of those mascot characters

Thankfully, that's meant I don't have to fend off requests for a trip to Disney!

[Khaotic]

28. Seems She's a Great Tee-Ball Player

Great article about her at:

http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/local_story_174224035.html

Her number is different in their photo, but it's her.

Other articles about her can be seen at:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Emilee+Baldridge%22

Smart girl and a great player!

A television news story about her is located at:

http://www.wsaz.com/news/headlines/25502669.html

Inside info on the above TV story ... her mom, Connie, called it and said (pre-game) that she was afraid that Emilee might be a little "timid" about going up to the President.

Oh my!!! Looks like Emilee isn't a big fan of the President on her best day. There's goes the theory about her being afraid of the mascot!

Watch the video ... it's priceless.

I really feel bad for Emilee. One hell of a tee-ball player who was forced to meet the bad man from her nightmares!

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

29. Little kids and animals know

evil when they see it. Poor little thing, being made to face a demon at her age. Good luck and a happy life, Emily. There are good people in the world.