Millions of people saw Mrs Obama daintily bump fists with her husband last week just before he claimed the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination at a rally in St Paul, Minnesota. More common on the sports field, the gesture was decried as "Hizbollah hand jabbing" on the Human Events blog. On Fox News, the host asked, in all seriousness, if it was, "a terrorist fist jab?". Full Story »
Posted by Chris Finnie
Well written and researched article. It clearly shows how the rabid right can be relied upon to careen between less-than-subtle racist and fear-mongering subtexts, and outright stupidity when given the slightest excuse. Michelle's remark was right on target and not unpatriotic: You love your children (country) but are not always proud of what they do. And she is, gasp, black and an uppity one at that. The shock, the horror. ! Who can possibly be proud of the "America" as played by Bush and Co. over the past eight years? (This comment was posted incorrectly to another article).
