I have seen many politicians holding babies for photo ops or what have you, but I must admit, I have never seen pictures of a baby and a politician as cute as these two.

We have the face of the past and the face of the future.

Some may not know who is in the photos, but it is Presidential Candidate and congressman Ron Paul. I know he isn’t going to get the nomination for the Republican party, but I couldn’t pass up posting these pictures on blogger faces.

Out of all the presidential candidates, find me one that took a photo even close to how adorable these look.

Unlike when “Giuliani tossed a baby like a football” because she was crying when he was holding her.

Sure Ron Paul has experience with the little ones since he has delivered over 4000 babies. Ron Paul was an OB/GYN doctor. He’s a natural when it comes to kids and he has a friendly face that the kids are obviously comfortable with.

When I look at these, I get the feeling Ron Paul actually enjoys doing this because he genuinely likes kids and it’s not just for the photo op. The media hasn’t given him much attention anyways.

What this 2008 Presidential primary election and November 2008 Presidential election really comes down to is, what kind of future does everyone want for thier kids? It’s not about who’s more electable or republican or democrat, it’s about the future.

Face it, the future is theirs, so let’s leave them a good past, OK?

Everyone works for it. Everyone wants more of it. Some consider it the root of all evil. MONEY!

 Let’s face it, we all would like to make more money, but they always say money can’t buy happiness. Some respond to that by saying, “but it can buy a big new house, a new car, new clothes and plenty of trips around the world.”

 Most currency from around the world always seems to have faces of people on it. Whether it’s Presidents or leaders or even Queen Elizabeth.

The US 100 dollar bill has the face of Benjamin Franklin (as shown in the image on the right) on the front who was a U.S. statesman, inventor, and diplomat. The 100 dollar bill is one of two U.S. bills that doesn’t feature a U.S. President. The other is the U.S. 10 dollar bill with Alexander Hamilton.

 The US 1 dollar bill has the face of first U.S. President George Washington (as shown in the image on the left). Although more people want more Benjamins, they probably see more of George since the one dollar bill is the most common obviously because of it’s low denomination.

The U.S. 2 dollar bill has the face of former U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, the U.S. 5 dollar bill has the face of former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, the 10 is mentioned above, the U.S. 20 dollar bill has the face of former U.S. President Andrew Jackson, and the U.S. 50 dollar bill has the face of former U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant. Then there are all the coins.

Canadian currency features numerous faces as well. Queen Elizabeth is one of those faces (see left image) which is featured on various denominations including the Canadian one dollar coin, often referred to as a “Loonie” for the loon that is featured on the opposite side of the coin (see right image).

It doesn’t matter what country the currency comes from, it seems they all have a face of someone from that country’s history.

Let’s face it, we’d all like to see a little more of these faces.

The 43rd President of The United States of America, and son of the 41st President George H.W. Bush, is of course George Walker Bush. When you say that name today, most people cringe, save for the 30% or so hard core Republicans. What I and many others see in George W. Bush is the face of failure.

This is a President who had approval ratings shoot above 90% shortly after September 11th, 2001 and since then had them drop like a rock where they are currently hovering around 30%.

It’s obvious the post-9/11 approval rating was mostly due to the attacks themselves and Americans wanting to unite around their President, because his ratings prior to 9/11 weren’t that flattering.

Bush II won the 2000 election in a controversial victory. It appeared in exit polls that the state of Florida went to Gore, then to Bush. The closeness of the vote along with reports of voting fraud led to the Florida election recount. The outcome was tied up in courts until it reach the U.S. Supreme Court. On December 9, 2000 in the Bush v. Gore case, the Court reversed a Florida Supreme Court ruling ordering a third count, and stopped an ordered statewide hand recount based on the argument that the different standards that different counting procedures would have used violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Supreme Court handed the Presidency to George W. Bush and eventually he was inaugurated as President on January 20, 2001 and his current term is scheduled to end on January 20, 2009.

After invading Afghanistan in the hunt for Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda Bush and many of the PNAC boys had other plans. Using September 11th as his reasoning, George W. Bush, along with Dick Cheney and the rest of the Bush Administration, unleashed their push for War with Iraq. Saying Saddam had weapons of mass destruction and fooling the American people into accepting another war. As it turns out, it was all based on LIES.

There were many players that played a key role in leading Bush to the White House and ultimately contributed to the failers of his presidency. An excellent piece of political non-fiction is The Bush Tragedy by Jacob Weisberg. Weisberg traces back through three generations of Bush’s family to ferret out his influences. Weisberg will put it all together with Bush’s hubris, the bad advice from his advisers including Karl Rove and Vice President Dick Cheney, along with the complacency of the American people.

Most Americans look at George W. Bush’s presidency as a comedy, a sketch on Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show” or Stephen Colbert’s “The Colbert Report”, but reality shows it is a pure tragedy. When it comes to Presidents of The United States, history will show George W. Bush as the Face of Failure.

I’m sure these two faces are quite familar to anyone who has been paying attention to the US primary elections and perfect for my next installment on Blogger Faces.

It has become a close battle for the Democratic nomination between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, the only two Presidential candidates remaining on the Democrat side.

Hillary Clinton had a big lead in the polls months ago, but Barack Obama has slowly clawed his way back. This past weekend, Obama cut into Senator Hillary Clinton’s lead by sweeping primaries and caucuses in Washington state, Nebraska, Louisiana, the Virgin Islands and Maine.

The people are sure excited when it comes to these two. The voting turnout has been great for the Democrats. The recent debate between these two drew a record audience for a debate.

But, what do you see when you look at their face? When you look them in the eyes?

Looking at their faces you can see the years of experience in Hillary’s face. She still has a somewhat youthful look even though the life lines are appearing. I’ll be honest, I’m not really a Hillary supporter, but I admire her drive to achieve something that has never happened before – a female becoming President of the United States of America.

Barack Obama is also seeking something that has never happened before – a black man becoming President. Obama has that youthful energy that coincidently helped Bill Clinton win the Presidency. Personally, I see honesty when I look into Barack’s face.

It is almost guaranteed that the person who wins the Democratic nomination will become President. Only a few delegates separate the two and we may have to wait right till the end to find out who it will be.

One of these Faces WILL become President of the United States of America.