The disconnect

What is with the media hysteria over Obama being a normal person?  Am I the only person out there who thinks a fist bump is a fairly unremarkable thing?  The Washington Post devoted a whole story to the fist bump, as they did to Obama brushin' that dirt off earlier this year.  I was incredulous over both.  I'm trying to tell myself that this is just the media setting up the McCain-Old, Obama-Young thing, but I'm duping myself -- no mention of age came up in either story.  It was breathless "Barack listens to Jay-Z!  He's so hip!" insanity.

This would be a story if rap/hip-hop was a new art form, or was still controversial beyond grinding-ladies videos, or if Obama was leaning toward really sensational artists.  But, c'mon, rap is older than alt-rock.  It's utterly mainstream.  Jay-Z is a friggin' baby boomer in the genre.  And don't get me started on dap.  My 2-year-old fist bumps, for god's sake.  Yeah, she's a bit hipster -- she like to put on a purple bubble skirt and my trouser socks and polka-dot heels and manages to carry it off -- but, you know, she's a toddler.  So I'm not exactly impressed that Obama fist bumps.  Oh oh, I bet he also has an iPod!  I bet he once called Jay-Z Jigga!  Good lord.  I suspect that some old-fart journalists just need to brush up on their pop culture a little.

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[Little Light]

Yes, indeed bizarre.