Fist Bumps: the Stuff of Terrorism?

My husband and I adopted the fist bump awhile ago to celebrate small accomplishments. To us it says, "Way to go" or "We're awesome." I think the fist bump shows we are a team, equal in every way. It's a sweet way to connect. Okay. So, here is what Fox news thinks of Obama and his wife's fist bump as he prepared to make his Democratic nomination acceptance speech: they are secret terrorists and the fist bump is their silent way of affirming such.

If I were to analyze, I would opine that Fox News will wrap themselves in logical pretzels to criticize ANY Democratic nominee*. The fact that the nominee is half-Kenyan, raised spordically overseas and with that fantastical name only makes it so much more delicious for them. But even though I expected an onslaught from them, they still manage to surprise me.

Is it the idea of a husband and wife being equals that dismays them? Is it the fact that Michelle Obama does not seem like the type of person to retire into a haze of timidity like Laura Bush that threatens Fox and its viewship? For me, Obama really does embody the change he suggests in his rhetoric. A partnership of equals in their marriage, a willingness to embrace Americans who are not white, straight, middle class, patriachy-loving homophobics.

There remains five months before the general election. I wonder what other kinds of shenanagans Fox News can get into?

*see John Kerry and the Swift Boat debacle of '04.