GW did a great job of "handling" this. He seemed (to me) to think it was pretty funny himself. In the end, it seems as if yet another attempt by the rats to belittle the President ended up making GW look a few inches taller.
And the kid's a kid. I think adults everywhere would hope their children would hold up better, but think "Yeah, my kid might do that too".
And yeah, next time the kid stands next to me or stays at home.
Didn't CNN falsely ran a report saying that the Bush administration was outraged over this?