No you can't have a pony on Flickr

delfuego says:

I have no words.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

dogwelder says:

hee hee hee!
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

merlinmann says:

No words. It looks like a promo shot from a local theater production.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

Mat Honan says:

Does it make me a bad person that I think this is funny?
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

Mickipedia says:

"I got a rock."
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Monteiro says:

"My last name means WHAT?!?!?"
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

David McCreath says:

praying so hard
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

rzklkng [deleted] says:

Tee-Hee. "Senator". "Not Yours".
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

vasta says:

So awesome. (Referring to the shot and to the fact that he lost.)
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

plemeljr says:

Isn't she a bit old be chained to a doll? At least the doll is coordinated with her outfit.

[and, this is a great photo and, goodbye to Man on Dog]
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

jkottke says:

HA HA HA HA (I wish you could use 120-point type on Flickr) HA HA HA HA!!!!!
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

Will Pate says:

You can't see, but the doll has a matching expression.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

she's a little too old to be wearing a pinafore as well, unless she'll be appearing in a gilbert and sullivan musical after the press conference.

I'd like to think she's had a sudden wave of revelation, as in, "oh no, Daddy really is an asshole."
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

le_don says:

that family epitomizes the republican mold. is it me, or do they kinda look like polygamists?
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

Dan Dickinson says:

The son's expression is priceless.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

burningairlinesgiveyousomuchmore says:

she'll be happy with the outcome when she grows older. in the meantime, this photo makes me happy.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

Chim Chim says:

no wire hangers. no wire hangers. no wire hangers.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

b-may says:

AND I won't open my eyes until Daddy is back in the Senate!
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

ladygypsy says:

I didn't like Santorum. But jeez, people. The kid's 8 years old (gasp! too old for dolls and pinafores!) . Her father just lost his job. Does she understand why? Probably not. Now she's pushed on stage, desperately trying to keep her crap together in front of a crowd, as cameras flash and people yell.

And now the hip liberal Internet community mocks a little kid. Quite lovely of you all.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

TFriedlich says:

Yeah, really people, jeez. You should be more open-minded and understanding - like the republicans.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

whatnot says:

I have an nine-year old. I see plenty of eight-year-old kids every day.

This kid is too old for that dress and the doll. If anything, she is being infantilized by her parents, most likely for political gain. Save your righteous indignation for her parents.

I'm sure she'll make them pay for it in a few years anyway. I hope she starts a blog.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

mathowie says:

I'm not laughing at the girl so much as pointing out a very surreal moment from the news cycle that happens to look a lot like an old photo from flickr.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

dreamalynn says:

From every report, she's a very young-acting child, I'm sure the dress is a stage prop but I'd bet anything that the doll is a constant companion. And there's nothing wrong, IMO, with an 8 year old (I have one, myself) who takes a doll with her in times of high stress.

This picture, however, is exactly the kind of thing that Harold Ford, Jr. was talking about (in his brilliant concession speech) when he said "I love this country more than this process." The PA Senate race was not about Sarah Santorum. Her reaction to her father's loss should not have been front page in my local newspaper. Leave a little girl out of it; it's beyond the boundaries of good taste, let alone good politics.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

standingonabeach says:

what a blatant setup. nice crocodile tears... oh wait, if u look closely there are no tears. totally lame...

hair band 7 dollars
pinafore 70 dollars
toy doll 30 dollars

look on the girl's face PRICELESS
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

Luke says:

Let us not leave the boy's priceless expression out of this. Also: a sweater vest?

At least the girl can one day marry and change her name.

(Unless she marries a woman.)
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

soliloqu33r [deleted] says:

I may never stop laughing.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

dustin____ says:

This is possibly the best picture ever to grace Flickr, or anywhere.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

zmustapha says:

priceless!

wait, she's wearing the same outfit as the doll's? meep!
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

xueexueg says:

Dude, sweater vests are awesome.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

shrew2u2 says:

I think the saddest thing about this is I'm sure these kids have been told on a regular basis that their dad was "doing the Lord's work.

So what does it say when their father loses like this? God isn't on their side? The Lord hates Daddy?

No wonder those kids look so pitiful.

Aside: The doll is an American Girl doll (made in China!) and yes, there's ridiculously overpriced matching clothes for the dolls and their owners.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

claudiacatalina says:

my god. so, so funny. kind of agree with dreamalynn though.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

Benn G. says:

How about a cat?
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

tonystl says:

Maybe she just read Savage Love?

I'm happy to be part of the hip, liberal Internets Community.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

magicfever says:

I am IN LOVE with this picture. It epitomizes the Republican idealistic family that can just never be acheived. Even down to the little girl's cross and matching dolly. HAHA. :)
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

be OH be says:

@dreamalynn: Noone forced soon-to-be-former-Senator Santorum to drag his family up on stage during his concession speech. And noone told him to dress that little girl up like Laura Ingalls with a matching, overpriced baby doll and plant her front and center. Clearly he knew the image of his broken-hearted daughter would end up smeared all over the national media like so much frothy mixture of semen and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

be OH be says:

@ladygypsy "Now she's pushed on stage ..."

Right. And if you look closely you can see that the hands doing the pushing belong to her mother!

Your attempts to paint this girl as a victim of liberal scourn are pathetic. She's a victim of her parents repressed sensibilities and exploitative behavior. Your self-righteousness is stinking up this thread.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

awww damn says:

the doll with the matching clothes is what kills me. my friend said 'what if the doll turned its head around and had the same expression as the girl?
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

jimgoldstein says:

LOL that is the funniest image I've seen in a long time.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

pauladamsmith says:

Why do his kids seem to be from the 1850s?
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

Malingering says:

ah, the American Girl Doll for a real American Girl. So every doll can look like their crying mother.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

Young Freud says:

If you think the son's expression is priceless, look at the elder daughter.

She looks like she doesn't even want to be there. I'm betting she's really hoping this debacle would get over so she can do something truly constructive with her evening, like hanging out at the mall and flirt with boys.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

josue salazar says:

hahaha
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

drain says:

is it a little girl, or is it our president and the republican party? :-)
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

DivineMsCupie says:

Sanatarium had to go, he needs to be humbled and seriously, but dayum, you never want to see a child with a broken heart, I cried for his kids, but of course was elated in the same breath. I hope this teaches his children tolerance, fingers crossed.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

apranica says:

She is really asking for the "Matt's Recumbent Bike" treatment...
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

k c m says:

"Good grief, how many kids does he have"
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

EmilyNorton says:

This is so DANG funny. I'm dying over here. "Favoriting" so I can go back if I need some cheering up!
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )