Someone please, stop the madness. When Barack and Michelle Obama shared a little “fist bump”, the night he wrapped up the Democratic nomination, the moment was nice. It showed a playful side of two people who obviously love each other. That doesn’t give every other person in America (largely white America by the way) the right to replicate it in a pathetic attempt to be cool. I even saw the fist bump in play a few times down at the NC General Assembly the other day.
Check out Governor Easley with our next President a couple of days ago.
Now watch it again. Mrs. SMD first noticed that right before the “bump”, our esteemed Governor appears to mouth the words “fist bump”, as if he is specifically asking for the gesture in front of the cameras. It wouldn’t suprise me if he was, but that’s not really the point.
The point is that no one in our country can just leave a tender moment alone. For the love of Pete - if an actor, politician or sports figure doing something “cool” - that means it is 1000 percent LESS cool by the time Joe Schmo does it.
End of rant.
4 responses so far ↓
Anne Hopp // June 12, 2008 at 8:58 pm
My son and his friends have been doing that for years, and all of the kids do it who come in the office. It’s kind of like the handshake/half hug (where they touch their outside shoulders) that men do that are afraid they will look weird if they give a true hug. Give me an old-fashioned handshake any day!
4wrdthnkndad // June 12, 2008 at 9:59 pm
I am amazed at how a fist bump could be so analyzed by the media. And then to have ridiculous meanings put on it truly shocked me. What I witnessed was a wife and friend supporting her husband and friend.
southernmaledemocrat // June 13, 2008 at 7:46 am
^Well, let’s be honest. The “ridiculous meanings” were first raised on FOX News. That pretty much sums it up right there.
inadvertentgardener // June 13, 2008 at 8:46 am
Ah, well, Fox News? It figures.
I couldn’t get the video to work, but I’ll take Mrs. SMD’s word for it…and that’s so uncool.