Fox News anchor calls the Obamas’ fist pound ‘a terrorist fist jab.’
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By on Jun 9th, 2008 at 9:53 am
Fox News anchor calls the Obamas’ fist pound ‘a terrorist fist jab.’
Last week, when Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) secured enough delegates to clinch the Democratic nomination, he and his wife Michelle exchanged a fist pound greeting before he gave his speech. Teasing an upcoming “body language expert” segment on Friday, Fox News host E.D. Hill referred to the exchange as a possible “terrorist fist jab“:
HILL: A fist bump? A pound? A terrorist fist jab? The gesture everyone seems to interpret differently. We’ll show you some interesting body communication and find out what it really says.
Watch it:
As Media Matters notes, at no point during the ensuing segment did Hill explain her earlier reference to “a terrorist fist jab.”
UpdateMedia Matters has a petition calling on Hill to apologize for her "appalling and unacceptable" comments.
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And would we expect anything different from any Faux NoNooz lackey?
June 9th, 2008 at 9:55 amdap as terrorism?
they’re really reaching, aren’t they??
June 9th, 2008 at 9:55 amAnd this will show up on the becker, the rusher, Malkin, et al, in 3….2…..1……
June 9th, 2008 at 9:57 amThat’s because Phaux News is running scared.
They have a terrible candidate who they can’t support by their own standards.
So they resort to throwing any shit they can against the Obama wall, hoping some of it sticks.
Phaux Pnews, Not Fair, Not Balanced, but sure does smell like crap.
June 9th, 2008 at 9:58 amSo, I guess Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) mentioned in the Think Fast thread below also did a terrorist fist jab?
June 9th, 2008 at 9:58 amI’m thinking of a word. It’s a four letter word. The last three letters of the word are u-n-t, and it’s not aunt.
June 9th, 2008 at 9:58 amHere’s a body communication he can’t possible misinterpret.
June 9th, 2008 at 9:59 amHas to do with either hand, middle digit only extended upward, as in “up yours, jackass”!
Oh my god! This means that my 2 and 3 year old nephews, who are always fist bumping, are terrorists!
Sheesh!
June 9th, 2008 at 10:00 amor, she, as the case might be…
June 9th, 2008 at 10:00 amIs she a cousin of Dana Bimborino?
June 9th, 2008 at 10:01 ami put a picture of that up on my bulliten board the next morning,
from here… i like what they call it - a knuckle bump…
i thought it was so cute when i saw them do that on the tv…
oh, and fox is stoopid… duh.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:03 amPeople have been doing fist bumps for a long time, in sports, in bars, at work, in cars, in planes, at home, on trains.
But really arent flag lapel pins made in China more important?
June 9th, 2008 at 10:03 amActually Obama did pat his wife on the back E D.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:05 amNot only that , Obama wipes his ass after taking a dump in a manner very reminiscent of many terrorists…….
June 9th, 2008 at 10:08 amIs she a cousin of Dana Bimborino?
No but Ann Coulter is her twin brother.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:08 amOh my God, my whole softball team is a terrorist cell.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:08 amRev Wright Says:
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I told you I was right about those two.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:06 am
And when was that ?
When you married them ?
Christened their daughters ?
Or when you pretended to be Reverend Wright and are actually a GOP/Chimpy suckhole ?
June 9th, 2008 at 10:09 amThey really will just jump on anything won’t they? If he and his wife had given each other a high five, they would have taken a photo just before the hands connected: “OmiGOD! Did you see that??? Barack HUSSEIN Obama and Michelle “Whitey” Obama doing a seig heil!!!”
Or if he had just kissed her in exuberance it would have been something like “See, he frenches like a terrorist. ‘Muricans roll the tongue to the right, terrorists do it to the LEFT.”
As I said yesterday with the “Obama is a 3rd Bush Term” nonsense, I LOVE the smell of Republican desperation in the morning.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:11 amI can’t help saying it again: the people that are attacking Obama and sticking by w and st. john hate the Constitution and democracy. The 25+% want an absolute ruler who can tell us want the law is, a Congress that passes laws according to what the ruler wants, and a Supreme Court that interprets the law in the way the ruler wants on that day (the interpretation may change tomorrow, but it will have always been that way).
June 9th, 2008 at 10:12 amJust imagine, if Barack and Michelle had high-fived each other instead, THAT would probably have been regarded as “terrorist code” for something as well.
At one time, Fox News at least masqueraded as a legitimate news source to disguise their propaganda catapult. Now they aren’t even pretending anymore — they’re just pathetic.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:12 am#18
Whatever, flagged, off topic.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:12 amTerrorist fist jab? I have never heard that. This bubble headed pawn throws a term like “Terrorist fist jab” when discussing Obama then not bring it up for the remainder of the segment.
Then to top it off she sounded aroused when showing the picture of Bush chest thumping.
I’m off to hunt down any earlier reference to this “Terrorist fist jab”.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:14 amBy even mentioning Rev Wright clearly displays that this person is not interested in real issues.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:14 amDont feel bad fake Wright, McCain thinks your agents of intolerance.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:15 amPeople, these folks are not stupid. This is a feeler, to see how much blowback they will get. If they don’t get any then you WILL keep hearing it repeated and repeated.
Think. How insulting is this for someone to SUGGEST that the Democratic nominee for President is a TERRORIST!?
We need to email, and phone Fox News and have that a** apologize and repudiate the statement.
We cannot allow it to continue. REMEMBER KERRY and the SWIFTBOATING!!
So if anyone knows the phone numbers for Fox News and best email address for them, please post, so we can deluge them with messages of outrage!!
THANKS!!
June 9th, 2008 at 10:15 amOk, so when we find photos of someone in BushCo “fist pounding” we will hear that person’s actions as possibly “terrorist language”? Of course not, IOKIYAR.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:16 amE D didn’t take the warning serious enough when she was younger not to stand with her legs apart! She was warned that it was un-lady like to stand with her legs, like in a “Larry Craig type standing stance,” that whatever brains she had would fall out!
June 9th, 2008 at 10:16 amShe didn’t take the warning serious though because it’s obvious her brains fallen out!
This is our little-minded banned friend, CvO,tommy P, etc.
Just a harmless troll on mom’s computer in the basement.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:19 amThis is REALLY scraping the bottom of the barrel. But I suppose it’s what happens when you’re candidate has no real skeletons in his closet.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:20 amInteresting comment I found on the web:
June 9th, 2008 at 10:22 amDon’t forget that this is the “news network” that got its start with shows like COPS, Hard Copy and ‘A Current Affair’
Hopefully, after Obama is in office, Fox won’t be invited to the White House any more. Then, they can go back to covering news that will restore their dignity and self-respect, like reporting on Brittany Spears 24 hours a day.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:22 amNotice, just like with McClellan’s book, there is NO denial of the statement?
Heh heh
June 9th, 2008 at 10:22 amHere are additional fist jabbing terrorists: they are everywhere!!
June 9th, 2008 at 10:22 amunbelievable - first you have the indicted deLay calling Obama a Marxist, now this. I think they are so desperate that they will try anything and everything to derail him.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:23 amI’m what? Who is Tommy P?
June 9th, 2008 at 10:23 amRev Wright Says:
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This is a real issue. You want my sermons passed, coded through legislation?
June 9th, 2008 at 10:19 am
Nah
It would be much better that the Constitution be re-worded outright to more closely match the Bible ; just like the GOP runner-up to McStupid , and who is a potential VP choice , actually is considering doing , isn’t it ?
June 9th, 2008 at 10:23 amYikesee! could this mean my whole wildland firefighting crew of Latinos, Navajos and Anglos are terrorists?!!!
June 9th, 2008 at 10:24 amRev Wright:
June 9th, 2008 at 10:24 amI am sort of busy right now but if you wanna stick around, I’ll be happy to slap you silly a little later.
I wonder what that two-thumbs up gesture McCain is always using means? Is it a KKK thumb signal?
June 9th, 2008 at 10:24 am*flagged*
June 9th, 2008 at 10:26 amOh OK gotcha, I knew he was a troll, I just don’t know all the aliases.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:26 amdbadass Says:
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Rev Wright:
I am sort of busy right now but if you wanna stick around, I’ll be happy to slap you silly a little later.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Because this d0uchebag isn’t silly enough at this very moment ?
June 9th, 2008 at 10:26 ammuzz Says: unbelievable - first you have the indicted deLay calling Obama a Marxist, now this. I think they are so desperate that they will try anything and everything to derail him.
But it’s so third grade :D
Considering the economy, gas prices and joblessness, I think the American people will have little tolerance of this petty B.S. The only people who will fall for this crap are going to vote Republican even if they ran a broomstick.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:27 amRev Wright Says:
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>>Rev Wright:
I am sort of busy right now but if you wanna stick around, I’ll be happy to slap you silly a little later.<<
I’d be happy to let you spend the night in an overcrowded chicago jail. WHITEY.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:26 am
I don’t believe slapping around a lying little fake shit carries any jail time with it……….
June 9th, 2008 at 10:28 amOK, I cannot find any reference to “terrorist fist jab” on the internet EXCEPT in the context of this Fox News segment. Therefore, it doesn’t even reference something that actually exists (no evidence that real terrorists bump fists with each other to celebrate successful attacks or anything), and the phrase must have been made up by somebody at Fox News.
But for what purpose? To suggest Obama is a terrorist? Fox should apologize immediately for this blatant smear.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:29 amI wonder what that two-thumbs up gesture McCain is always using means? Is it a KKK thumb signal?
At the very least, one thumb represents his agreement with the “flop” side of the issue and the other thumb represents agreement with the “flip” side of the issue. Now, his eye wink - that’s got me wondering!
June 9th, 2008 at 10:29 amWow, new persona with the good Rev. here. I’ll thank him in advance for all the fine entertainment I know he’ll be providing me whenever he posts. As for any logical debate with the Rev., I doubt that will be possible so good luck Rev. with your march on to whatever fills that space between your ears.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:29 amSadly, there are “people” that still believes that faux is a credible and factual “news” source.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:30 amRev Wright Says:
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Always amusing to see all these white politicians propel their careers off pretending to care about minority issues. If a salary and job security wasn’t part of the deal, they’d still be the party of open racism.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:27 am
Umm , but they are
They’re called “R-E-P-U-B-L-I-C-A-N-S”
June 9th, 2008 at 10:30 amBut it might get the SPCA on your case.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:30 amE D is an appropriate name for that wench. If I had to sleep with her I’d definitely be checking with my doctor to see if a free sample of cialis was right for me :)~
June 9th, 2008 at 10:30 am1) Who is E.D. Hill? Does the acronym stand for Erectile Dysfunction?
June 9th, 2008 at 10:30 am2) Terrorist Fist Jab? I can’t even formulate an acceptable smart ass porn remark, but if I ever want to start a Heavy Metal/Thrash band, that’s the name I’d use!
3) All kidding aside, unfortunately, this is what happens when people/companies respond to dum bass allegations. This is your Malkin scarf/terrorist accusation.
What’s next? The holes in my favorite jeans are somehow equated to the Sunni terrorist cells?
My cell phone ring tone is exactly what the resurrected Taliban in Afghanistan listen to?
Rev Wight = John Kerry = The Joker = Irrelevant little twit!
June 9th, 2008 at 10:33 amHILL: A fist bump? A pound? A terrorist fist jab? The gesture everyone seems to interpret differently. We’ll show you some interesting body communication and find out what it really says.
If her statement is a true statement, meaning that she believes what she is saying, then she herself thinks it was a “terrorist fist jab”. Since there is no verifiable report of anyone calling it a “terrorist fist jab” prior to her saying it leaves the question “Where did you get the idea to call it a terrorist fist jab?”
If not herself……..?
June 9th, 2008 at 10:35 amRev Wright Says:
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We have too many white people in this thread and not enough diversity.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:33 am
I know for a certainty that a sorry little tool for the crappy GOP cannot determine the skin color of those who post on an anonymous political blog cite ; you aren’t even capable of figuring out how a toilet works………
June 9th, 2008 at 10:35 amMy two new favorite catch phrases (thanks to the right):
Shaking the devil off!
June 9th, 2008 at 10:36 amTerrorists fist jabs!
Just had a cleanup in the troll aisle. Thanx TP!
June 9th, 2008 at 10:36 amRev Wright Says:
We have too many white people in this thread and not enough diversity.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:37 amDamn, I need to get a web cam.
Dr. Hussein Matt Says:
Here are additional fist jabbing terrorists: they are everywhere!!
The beer commercial for the out-dated fist bump was hilarious :)~
June 9th, 2008 at 10:39 amDarn and I didn’t even get to start the slapping…
June 9th, 2008 at 10:40 amHILL: A fist bump? A pound? A terrorist fist jab?
Sounds more like a Republic Senator’s sex life :)~
June 9th, 2008 at 10:40 amAnyone who who still is racist in this day and age has SERIOUS problems and should be seeking professional medical help, not posting on a political message board.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:41 amIs TP hosting a troll clearinghouse?
June 9th, 2008 at 10:43 amJinJin needs a severe beating about the head and neck with a busted bottle
June 9th, 2008 at 10:44 amJinJin Says:
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I have been a skateboarder for 20+ years. We (skaters) have used the “fist pound” for years. It represents “way to go” or “excellent job”. Does this make us terrorists? What a joke, get over it sheeple and move on.
JT
Think your ISP is watching?
June 9th, 2008 at 10:43 am
Okay
You’re an imbecile
I am now moving on
June 9th, 2008 at 10:48 amdbadass, it’s not going to go away unless someone here buys something. (Isn’t going to be me!)
June 9th, 2008 at 10:48 amThis asskclown JinJin thinks he/she/it is on amazon . com. Would TP please clean up this mess!
June 9th, 2008 at 10:51 amHats off to the TP admins.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:52 amI come bounding back after doing some scripting, and lo and behold, the buzzing, pesky, disruptive trolls have already been sent back to their hovels under decrepit bridges.
WTG!
Except for jinjin, the asslicking mercenary troll.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:53 amIf I’m not mistaken, the way terrorists celebrate is to kiss each other on the cheek and fire AK-47s into the air.
I don’t recall seeing Michelle Obama firing her AK-47 even at the rifle range…
June 9th, 2008 at 10:55 amjin2 I just ignore, and never, ever click on any of the spamlinks. But TP should be quicker on the draw.
Looks like I missed the PhonyRev, now I’ll have to wait for a gay porn thread to torment Daryll…
June 9th, 2008 at 10:56 amI can think about one thing when it comes to a fist, and E.D.— it’s not a punch.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:56 amdbadass, it’s not going to go away unless someone here buys something. (Isn’t going to be me!)
June 9th, 2008 at 10:48 am
This does remind me of buying a squirrel in The Rat Race…!
June 9th, 2008 at 10:58 amIs a full moon scheduled tonight? Jebus, the trolls are out in full force today.
BTW, Faux once again, displays zero journalist [sic] integrity by attempting to link a Democrat to terrorism. What’s even worse is that the inept idiots at Faux picked up the concept of a “terrorist jab” from a poster comment from the far, far, right-wing website Human Events.com in a blog entry by Cal Thomas.
June 9th, 2008 at 11:09 amWould any other form of media get away with this? I mean, what if CBS News did a story about Bush waving his hand, and implied he was actually doing a Nazi salute? Would it just quietly go by without any outrage? Can you remember all the outrage when one user submitted an ad to MoveOn.org comparing Bush to Nazis? The right-wing is STILL crying about that, and it was a user-submission on a liberal website, not a supposed journalist on a supposedly legitimate “news” channel.
Dan Rather ran one story about Bush’s military service the right-wing felt was unfair, and Dan Rather was drummed out of the media completely after a long and distinguished career, yet Fox News pundits can lie, distort, and smear all day without any punishment.
June 9th, 2008 at 11:26 amAll this time I thought fisting was a Republican show of affection, ala Larry Craig. Silly me.
June 9th, 2008 at 11:28 amJebus!! I hear Michelle forgot to wear her jihadi scarf - you know, the one she borrowed from that terrorist Rachael Ray!!!
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June 9th, 2008 at 11:38 am.
For the love of God -!! What the bloody eff is *wrong* with these people???
It is a SAD commentary coming from FIX NEWS, they will jump on anything Obama does and it will be spun to the REICH, but real Americans on the LEFT will not succumb to this BULL HOCKEY any longer. It is so disgusting what Fix news has become when it is determining body langauge now and spinning it to the Reich.The Reich needs more maroons like E.D.(erectial dysfunction?)to help old man johnny lose in November,the swiftboating has begun….
June 9th, 2008 at 11:48 amFOX - the “short bus” of cable news.
June 9th, 2008 at 11:53 amI’d think the Fox-idiots like him would be better off listening to what their owner has said and tone it down a bit. They may be looking for jobs soon, as Murdoch seems to be leaning blue (probably just looking to pander to whoever is or will be in power).
June 9th, 2008 at 11:56 amBush’s bump with the cadet is unseemly from the president of the U.S. and commander-in-chief. I know he is challenged by words but words are the proper medium for the position he holds.
June 9th, 2008 at 12:02 pmSo now Obama is actually a terrorist? Is there nothing Fox won’t stoop to? You expect this kind of stuff from the mouth-breathing, troglodyte swift-boaters but you’d think that Fox would at least pretend to be a news organization.
http://progressiveworldreview.com
June 9th, 2008 at 12:12 pmThe anchor said, “What about the pat on the back, what about the old fashion hug?”
Watch the clip again, moron! There is a hug, a fist jab, and then a pat on the back.
Do these people even watch their own feeds before blathering on?
June 9th, 2008 at 12:31 pmThe morons at Fox couldn’t find their collective a$$es with a map and a flashlight.
They also claim Al Franken is a “failed” radio host and are drooling over his satirical comedic writings as if they were his political manifesto.
LOL!
June 9th, 2008 at 12:32 pmp.s. TP, let me know if you’d like some professional help regarding your IT security. I’ve got some “.net” scripts that would blow your mind. They’re small, they’re powerful, and they’d eliminate the need for a site moderator, COMPLETELY.
I’m not going to spam this site with my own, just contact me.
June 9th, 2008 at 12:36 pm.
Someone should make E.D. Hill answer for her pigeonholing Barrack and Michelle as terrorists.
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June 9th, 2008 at 12:49 pmI think that because Obama is clearly terrifying to the regressives in the Republican party, he is, in their eyes, a terrorist.
June 9th, 2008 at 12:59 pmThe comment from the airhead on Faux Noise is equivalent to the flap made last week over a scarf Rachel Ray wore in a commercial as being a sign to terrorists.
When you have nothing - you go with something — make it up.
June 9th, 2008 at 1:44 pmThe new Fox slogan.
The behavior of the right is beyond caricature. It’s a freak show, and it keeps getting more bizarre.
June 9th, 2008 at 2:25 pmI’m sure E D Hill is an expert on “fisting”
June 9th, 2008 at 2:33 pmlet’s talk about how desperate faux snooze is for attention that they’ll even settle for this invention.
June 9th, 2008 at 3:24 pmE.D. Hill: Propagandist? Sufferer of verbal diarrhea? Or just suffering from a Bush cockk cramp?
June 9th, 2008 at 3:25 pmAustin Avery Says:
The anchor said, “What about the pat on the back, what about the old fashion hug?”
Watch the clip again, moron! There is a hug, a fist jab, and then a pat on the back.
Do these people even watch their own feeds before blathering on?
Actually I think it was more like a “rub” on the back. You also forgot to mention the kiss.
I really enjoy watching Michelle and Barack. It’s obvious that they really love each other and take delight in each other’s company. That’s something I noticed when I watched them in comparison to Hillary and Bill. Hill and Bill always seemed kind of fake when it comes to affection.
June 9th, 2008 at 3:50 pmE.D. Hill better get ready for much, much more than one “fist pound” in her new line of work that will go from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m., five nights a week. And some of those guys will be “dark & swarthy” looking, but their “explosives” will be in their pants. No need to mention what happens when she “gives them some lip”.
June 9th, 2008 at 4:34 pmOMG get real people. Folks in all kinds of sports been using the “fist jab” forever, My gosh.
JT
June 9th, 2008 at 9:43 pmhttp://www.an0n.mirrorz.com
Let Fox know that they can’t get away with this garbage.
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