Black Box Report

I admit, I hadn't thought twice about this moment when I saw it. After walking out into the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN to give his victory speech upon the conclusion of the Bataan Death March Democratic primary process, the presumptive Democratic nominee shared a hug and a kiss with his wife, Michelle, and then the two shared a moment that was almost more intimate than the kiss; a fist-bump, a small, private gesture of celebration between the two. I thought it was telling for a campaign that has it's own signature way of doing things, but mostly I thought, "what a sweet gesture."

Little did I know what malice lurked in such a seemingly innocent gesture.

First the press zeroed in on this novel gesture, as if they had just discovered a new tribe in the wilds of Borneo. The gesture has only been around for decades, but I'm guessing DAP (short for Dignity and Pride) doesn't get thrown around much at Beltway cocktail parties.

And with good reason!

Teasing a segment on the "gesture everyone seems to interpret differently," Fox News' E.D. Hill said: "A fist bump? A pound? A terrorist fist jab? ... We'll show you some interesting body communication and find out what it really says." In the ensuing discussion with a "body language expert," Hill referred to the "Michelle and Barack Obama fist bump or fist pound," but at no point did she explain her earlier reference to "a terrorist fist jab."

It's either that, or the Obamas are flashing secret gang signs.

This has been a very educational campaign season. Who knows what ruin our country would've come to if we hadn't discovered all the ghetto thugs and terrorists in Major League Baseball.