Fist Pounding Etiquette: Don’t Overanalyze It!

By now, we all know about the fist pounding Obamas. Oh, the horror! What did that gesture mean? Was it a distasteful public act? Could it have been a secret message to terrorists? Will our taxes go up if Obama becomes President?

E.D. Hill of Fox News was clearly concerned. On the June 10 edition of her show, America’s Pulse, she aired her concerns by saying: “A fist bump? A pound? A terrorist fist jab? The gesture everyone seems to interpret differently.”

[Insert your own 'what in the world' comment here!]

Interestingly, her show was soon canceled from Fox News’ line up. [Now insert your own joke here!]

Memo to Fox News: Fist Pounding (or Dap greeting or Knuckle bumping) is not a secret terrorist handshake. Al-Qaeda members do not greet each other with a fist pound. Osama did not fist pound his top deputies after the 9-11 attacks. You people are in serious need of a good news story – that doesn’t get one of you fired.

White people do it. Black people do it. Baseball players do it. Even George Bush (Sr.) did it. In case you’re wondering, the picture on the right is Anna Kournikova fist pounding the former President.

Even Pat Buchanan fist bumped Ali G.

Fox News needs to spend more time on real concerns about Obama (there are plenty of concerns surrounding both Presidential candidates), not his fist pounding act.

And then there is Media Matters. They have issued a call to action around this incident. Seriously?! What for? Doesn’t Media Matters have anything better to do?

Today’s losers: both Fox News and Media Matters.