Is it merely a slow news day for Time.com, or perhaps the latest example of the media's agenda to present Barack Obama as a breath of fresh air in American politics?
Using a now-famous fist-bump between Sen. Barack Obama and wife Michelle as the news hook, Time magazine's M.J. Stephey sought out yesterday to explore the history of the greeting. The story is now teased on the magazine's Web page as a top story (see screencap at right).
Stephey gives a few plausible theories, including one involving the lamest cartoon superheroes ever:
Some claim the act of knuckle-bumping began in the 1970s with NBA players like Baltimore Bullets guard Fred Carter. Others claim the fist bump emerged off the court, citing the Wonder Twins, minor characters in the 1970s Hanna-Barbera superhero cartoon The Superfriends, who famously touched knuckles and cried "Wonder Twin powers, activate!' before morphing into animals or ice sculptures. One might also credit germaphobics for the fist bump's invention. Deal or No Deal host Howie Mandel reportedly adopted the gesture as a friendly way to avoid his contestants' germs.
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Yeah, Next Thing You Know
June 6, 2008 - 09:07 ET by ChasvsThis will shortly replace the Hitler Salute for the Lefties out there!
Give me a F*cking Break!
Hey, maybe next time they'll
June 6, 2008 - 09:14 ET by motherbeltHey, maybe next time they'll do a hip-bump!
Is there nothing about this couple that they won't swoon over?
I have to admit, the fist
June 6, 2008 - 09:29 ET by ckc1227I have to admit, the fist bump made me feel all tingly inside, though I feel a chest bump would have been much more appropriate. Don't get me wrong, the fist pump was cool and all, but a chest bump would have really made a statement.
Fo schizzle.
The first bump was
June 6, 2008 - 10:11 ET by kgThe first bump was Michelle's way of saying "We fooled the suckas"
"Forget change, I want improvement!"
I wish they would've missed,
June 6, 2008 - 09:34 ET by BlazerI wish they would've missed, hit each other squarely on the chin and had a double knockout right on the stage. That would've been too sweet.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
Fill the page
June 6, 2008 - 09:56 ET by MCPO AirdaleWell, it allows them to fill the page with Obama stuff and still avoid Barack's connections with ACORN, 60's terrorists, Marxists, swindlers and racist preachers.
If Time had covered BHO's reversal on Jersusalem, I would be surprised. . . fist bumps, not so much.
Was that Barack and Michelle
June 6, 2008 - 10:05 ET by BlazerWas that Barack and Michelle on Times webpage or Maverick and Goose, it seems I've misplaced my eyeglasses.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
That fist bump actually
June 6, 2008 - 10:23 ET by DontFeedTheTrollsThat fist bump actually goes back to the beginning of the Crips and the Bloods street gangs.
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Maybe if the MSM keeps this
June 6, 2008 - 10:59 ET by Ten7sMaybe if the MSM keeps this up until election day, everyone will be as sick of Obama as I am.
Being in northern VA...
June 6, 2008 - 12:43 ET by Prester John...I forced myself to listen most of his speech at the rally here yesterday. Not only will the MSM coverage make people sick of BHO, but the way he speaks will make people sick of him. The constant preaching like rhythm of his speaking is simply tiresome, especially when he really isn't saying anything.
MTCW
Form of... a presidential candidate!
June 6, 2008 - 12:11 ET by Hero SquadSilly me. I thought for a second there they had Wonder Twin powers.
Sorry Obamas, you missed inventing the fist bump by about 35 years.
*****
"People only insist that a debate stop when they are afraid of what might be learned if it continues." - George Will
THIS knocks the Iraq war off the Front page ??
June 6, 2008 - 14:14 ET by JayTeeThis is MSM self indulgence...not News Worthy of "Slobbering" over
I think McCain and his mom
June 6, 2008 - 20:20 ET by sam.i.amshould fist-bump, making a mockery of the fist-bump-mania. This would draw attention to the stupidity of the reporting. Also, it would render the gesture unhip forever more.
The first bump was
June 6, 2008 - 22:30 ET by suzycreamcheeseThe first bump was Michelle's way of saying "We fooled the suckas"
I thought the same thing when I saw it. IMO it seemed ghetto to me and a little staged. I've never even see twentysomethings bump fists, but I don't hang around them so maybe I'm out of touch.
Lest they forget: they need to fool the rest of the country now. Can they do it?
I'm nott waiting to see...
June 7, 2008 - 05:00 ET by Army BratI'm digging a bomb shelter now.
I would never have imagined that this spoiled ignorant child would make it this far...complete with racist, conspiracy theorists and criminal acquaintances for baggage.
Anything is possible...unfortunately.
Happy Trails...