I cannot believe that the media would make an issue out of Barack Obama and his wife Michelle’s fist bump. So, the man is hip. What’s the big deal? “Fist bump of hope!” wrote one Internet poster about the couple’s hand-to-hand show of solidarity. Obama told NBC‘s Brian Williams Wednesday night he is proud of that magical moment. “It captures what I love about my wife, which is that there is a reverence about her and a sense that for all the hoopla that I’m her husband and sometimes we’ll do silly things. “She’s proud of me and she gives me some credit once in a while, but I actually pull some things off.” So, I guess after Bill Clinton, no one can really expect or believe that Barack Obama and his wife could really love each other deeply and not have an agenda or doing it for a photo opportunity.
In my opinion, the affectionate 11-second exchange before Obama claimed victory as the Democratic presidential nominee highlights his youth and ability to transcend the stereotyped political gestures of campaigns past. If John McCain gives his wife a fist bump, then look out, someone call the paramedics. Yeah, the media had to get some psychological thoughts on the issue. “I would imagine to a young voter, this was another sign that these people are one of us,” said psychologist
Drew Westen, author of “The Political Brain: The Role Of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation.” “People saw their willingness to display their affection in the way they really do – at home, or in private moments.”
Yeah, I remember Al and
Tipper Gore‘s way-too-long nationally televised liplock, which the media said was done to deflect his wooden image or Bill and
Hillary Clinton, in swimsuits, cavorting on a
Virgin Islands beach, which the media said was the deflect the Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit. You can’t win with the media, especially the right wing media that is looking to pick Barack and Michelle Obama apart.
As the couple met on the stage before a raucous crowd, Obama kissed her cheek as they hugged. The two exchanged a few quick words before Michelle raised her right fist, and Obama bumped it with his left.
Michelle Obama then flashed a quick thumbs up and headed offstage, with her husband patting her gently on the lower back as she exited. Did anyone stop to think that this woman was just really proud of the accomplishment and major feat her man had just achieved?
“If it’s calculated, it’s a very good calculation,” said
Dr. Judy Kuriansky, the well-known psychologist. “
America wants to see what’s going on in the relationship.” The fist bump, she said, “was very hip, very cool, an ‘I’m-with-it’ move. It’s almost cocky.” Yeah, so now Michelle Obama is cocky? At least she cannot be called an airhead or a bitch, like some spouses. I won’t name anyone in particular.
To me, that was an unscripted moment that showed two people ecstatic about what had just transpired. Hey, I can’t recall seeing President Bush and his wife show any affection in public. Hell, I can’t say I ever saw Dick Cheney and his wife do anything slightly affectionate in public. John McCain, forget it! That would be totally out of his character. The way this fist bump is being responded to is so inane but it is actually partisan, in my humble opinion. Watch out, the conservative media including Michelle Malkin, Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh may make this an issue. I read a comment to an article about this in the NY Daily News and I was actually baffled at how stupid some people are:
uberchristian Jun 5, 2008 8:24:35 AM Has Black Osama announced what gang he is affiliated with yet? I’m thinking he has to be a Crypt. Does an Osama Obama presidency mean that Crypts along with Hugo Chavez, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Putin and Fidel Castro will be attending White House State dinners for special events on Freedom? Wow, the substitute teacher will be at the head of the biggest classroom in the world. Maybe Osama Obama can hire David Dinkins and Marion Barry as is advisors. “Don’t diss your sis” Dave and “Crack is back” Marion can advise him on how to run his classroom. O’ Canada…………..
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I cannot believe that the media would make an issue out of Barack Obama and his wife Michelle’s fist bump. So, the man is hip. What’s the big deal? “Fist bump of hope!” wrote one Internet poster about the couple’s hand-to-hand show of solidarity. Obama told NBC‘s Brian Williams Wednesday night he is proud of that magical moment. “It captures what I love about my wife, which is that there is a reverence about her and a sense that for all the hoopla that I’m her husband and sometimes we’ll do silly things. “She’s proud of me and she gives me some credit once in a while, but I actually pull some things off.” So, I guess after Bill Clinton, no one can really expect or believe that Barack Obama and his wife could really love each other deeply and not have an agenda or doing it for a photo opportunity.
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