Malia Obama: "This is a disaster!"

[bigtree]

(WASHINGTON) -- President Obama, it turns out, is no women’s hairstylist. In a new behind-the-scenes campaign video of the March 8 “Dinner with Barack and Michelle” circulated by the Obama campaign, the president recounts a story about parenting his oldest daughter, Malia.

“My favorite story out of this is Malia, when she was 4, she had a little dance thing. Well, Michelle was gone that weekend so I’m taking her to ballet. And I get her in her little leotard and her little stuff. I did her hair, put it in a little bun,” Obama recalled.

“We get to the dance studio and one of the mothers there right away comes up to Malia – she thinks she’s out of earshot of me – and she says, ‘Sweetie, do you want me to redo your hair?’ And Malia – she’s 4 – says, ‘Yes, please. This is a disaster,’” he said with a grin. “You know, she didn’t want to hurt daddy’s feelings . . .”

watch video:

Michelle: "You taking your jacket off? You're being casual?"

Barack: "That's how I roll."

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[Justice wanted]

1. OH I needed that laugh. 4 going on 30 just like my nieces. That was cute.

[seabeyond]

2. lovely. that was great

and ya... cried, too.

[lunatica]

3. He tells the story very well

I can just picture him trying hard to get his little girl into the little girl thingies and trying to do it right. LOL!

[Codeine]

4. Little girls' hair is impossible!

How moms do it with such ease is beyond me.

[Kber]

5. LOL. My husband is a very good father

but when I have to travel for work, his primary panic is: how is he going to cope with our 7 year old daughter's hair in the morning?

I had no idea putting in a simple ponytail was 1) such a challenge and 2) something to cause a grown man to break out in a sweat.

[alphafemale]

8. I think the panic is in pulling the hair too much and causing their baby girl an "owwie"

[Codeine]

13. I'd rather do differential equations for eight hours straight

than try to put another ponytail in our 7-year-old's hair.

[Lochloosa]

14. I have 5 sons...I was blessed..

[gkhouston]

17. My husband can't braid hair to save his life and my daughter wasn't too impressed

with his long-hair combing/brushing skills, either. Whenever I was away, her hair was in banded ponytails... a ponytail with 3 or 4 other color-coordinated bands on it at 2-3" intervals. It minimized tangling, so brushing was easy, and it was a style he could manage.

[vaberella]

29. Yup..reminds me of what happened to my dad.

I was away at school and apparently my mum was working overnight and not able to get home to do my sister's hair in the morning. My dad did it and sent my sister to school. When my mother picked up my sister, she was so horrified in seeing my sister's hair that my mother started to cry at the school and cried all the way home because of the horror of what my sister did to my mother.

[SamG]

6. This is GREAT !!!!

Thanks so much for sharing this.

[EmeraldCityGrl]

7. Outstanding!

Anyone know when these will be prodcast? Just on the internet, sent in emails. Wondering because it's
longer than your average ad.

[Whisp]

9. gosh they're so darn cute - the whole lot of them.

and smart like anything too.

Gobamas!

[great white snark]

10. Yo Mitt, THAT is what a funny story sounds like.

[Brigid]

24. Beat me to it.

This is a great story.

[MsPithy]

31. SO TRUE!

Yea, I shouted that!

[xtraxritical]

11. The lady at the end summed it up well, "they want to make life better for everyday people".

That is what the Affordable Care Act is all about. Let's hope the highly partisan SCOTUS does what's best for everyday people and blesses this good legislation for "the general welfare". Let's give the President a second term and a large Democratic majority in both houses of Congress. I'm sure that under those circumstances the Tparty, GOP insanity will be corrected, wars ended, and budgets balanced. I'm VOTING A STRAIGHT DEMOCRATIC BALLOT, and not wasting my vote with write-ins or independents. That's how we got stuck with these Tparty crackers in the first place.

[JoePhilly]

12. WOW ... maybe Mitt Romney can meet some folks for breakfast and discuss the height of ...

a stack of pancakes.

The people that claim the Obama's hate America are some of the dumbest people ever born, and they act as one of the best arguments against evolution.

[bigtree]

15. kick

[TBF]

19. Thanks for posting this -

I really liked the story about how the healthcare changes helped the family whose son had brain cancer. That was very touching.

[Number23]

16. That is so adorable and funny!!

The same thing has been going on at our house. My husband has done our oldest daughter's hair a few times this week. By the time I pick her up from school, her hair is flying four feet above and away from her head.

I have no doubt that when the school week starts again on Monday, she'll be wanting mommy to comb her hair.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

18. That was sweet.

What a perfect humanizing story. Most parents have a similar one in the family history.

[TahitiNut]

20. I don't know how any halfways decent human being could look at these people ...

... and NOT see genuine, caring, conscientious, intelligent people. They're SOOO far above Dubya & MadMaxine in human values (and "family values"!), it's not even close.

[madokie]

21. Its amazing what children pick up on

I'm reminded quite frequently of that fact by our 4 almost 5 year old grand daughter

[erinlough]

22. Kicked for anyone who missed it.

This is a very effective campaign video. IMHO

[Odin2005]

23. LOL, that's awesome!!!

[calimary]

25. Shared!

My Facebook page is crowded with political stuff. That and stuff about the band.

HOW is it that ALL Americans don't embrace this man?

[dmr]

26. I want to hug both of them.

Truly, what nice people they are.

"That's how I roll."

[ellisonz]

27. Eat your heart out, Mitt Romney.

[steve2470]

28. Whoever came up with the idea for these dinners is a complete genius ! nt

[trueblue2007]

30. hubby and i need these kind of dinners

[progressoid]

32. Wait until they are teens.

Yikes! I'm lucky to get through a week with out getting the teen eye roll.

But I still love them.

[shireen]

33. i realize it's a staged campaign ad with real people and all ....

but that was fun to watch!

[bigtree]

34. just a bunch of nice people

very appealing

[drynberg]

35. AM I THE ONLY ONE...

who after having a "feel-good" moment and loving it proudly started thinking about the couple who just happened to have an ACA great story that the President could harmonize with and then one of the participants mentions at the very end that we really should pony up some cash for the re-election...I started feeling kinda used. Can I be the only one who feels this way? I love the President, but it ain't blind love by golly.

[bigtree]

36. I sent in a DONATION before the deadline

I guess you think the money challenge is something other than what the President has described. He's asking for individual donations to assist him in his fight against unaccountable, republican big-money.

I fail to see how donating is inconsistent with the fight we'll face supporting this President in this election. Asking for that support in a campaign generated video about a campaign-oriented 'contest?' I really don't understand or agree with your CRITICISM.

[nadine_mn]

37. How can anyone EAT with the Obamas? I would be so nervous...

and so self-conscious... I think I would just be giggling and snorting. It would be so unpretty