He said one of his favorite tricks was to wait until a two- or three-year-old child approached, then to stomp on its feet and laugh as the infant hobbled away crying.
Anyone who watched the frigid reception given Jeb Bush in response to his attempt to present serious issues for review and consideration would have every reason to throw away the speech prepared for the grown-ups and pull out the collection of laugh lines they had tucked into the briefcase on the way to the convention.
"Mr. Brennan's actions caused two screening lanes to be closed and while some passengers covered their eyes and their children's eyes and moved away from the screening area, others stepped out of the screening lanes to look, laugh and take photos of Mr. Brennan, " a police report said.