Opinion: Barack Obama fist bumps continue to make news

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Fist bumps, as the Fox News Channel infamously let us all know earlier this year, can be surprisingly controversial. But apparently they can also be beneficial.

North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley has revealed that a fist bump he exchanged with Barack Obama in June drove home for him that all was not well with his shoulder. The result: He recently underwent surgery.

As related by the Raleigh News & Observer (and as can be watched below), Easley said Obama ‘wanted to go up high with that right arm. I was smiling, but I was like, ‘I gotta get this fixed.’ ‘

Some Obama backers may be lacking in sympathy for Easley. He was a latecomer to their camp, having fervently supported Hillary Clinton as his state’s May primary approached. (His endorsement, some may recall, created a stir because of a ‘pansy’ reference he made.)

-- Don Frederick