Michelle Obama On "The View": Fist Bumps All Around

Michelle Obama opened up her long-awaited cohosting day on "The View" with fist bumps to all the ladies. Poking fun at the "terrorist fist jab" remark a Fox News correspondent made after her infamous fist bump with her husband, Michelle said after sitting, "I have to be greeted properly. Fist bump please."

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Read more about her appearance, including why she was "touched" by something Laura Bush did.

Comments

[schicklett3]

Good show - would have been better if that whiney voiced Elisabeth wasn't there.

[Deaninphilly]

For someone planning on being the First Lady can we stop we the ghetto crap? Is it at all possible? She does realize that her husband is running for POTUS and not some flunky Chicago district.

[BroMan]

Why is this considered "ghetto" ? Because she happens to be black? You just showed your true colors. Have you seen the myriad of photographed examples of how many whites do fist bumping generated by this deplay of affection between a couple? Was it considered "ghetto" when Bill Clinton played rock and roll the saxophone on The Tonight Show. I don't think it hurt him; oh yeah, I forgot...

[Deaninphilly]

You're right playing a musical instrument is the same exact thing as street welcomes. Are you for real? And you just showed your true colors, ignorance!

It's ghetto!

[alexaii]

I don't know about it being ghetto, but I find it unclassy.

[rememberMartinlking]

Perhaps "tacky", I remember first lady Barbara Bush being tacky on numerous occasions, but the country survived.

[uheardme]

I find your comments sexist.

[StillIRise]

Did you find Bush's chest bump "ghetto?" Or does "ghetto" only apply to people of color? Michelle Obama did not make this a media story ... the media did! And it began with Michelle Maulkin describing the fist bump, an affectionate gesture between a husband and wife, as a terrorist bump! What Michelle did, with the help of the women on The View, was to take the smear and turn it back on the smearer! I give my husband a thumbs up to show my support for him. He and I are also black, so I guess if you were to see us doing this, you would see it as "ghetto." I guess it's true that what we see "... lies in the eyes of the beholder."

[uheardme]

Of course he didn't, Bush is white so it's ok with him.

[HerbTee]

Dear God, please help some of the ignorant children of your flock for they know not of what they speak or of what they do.

[KMan1]

Please pull the stick out of your ass you are embarrassing yourself.

[wmbear]

ALONG WITH HIS HEAD...

The whole shtick brought a smile to my face and I loved the way the audience stood and wildly applauded for Michelle Obama. She's certainly got MY vote for FL....

[SHOPARAZZI]

anyone know the ratings of the view while michelle obama co-hosted and those of cindy mccain's co-host airing? i'd like to compare.

[dajay]

Who the heck cares?

[loax]

I thought she was absolutely delightful. A strong woman, but not in your face type. It will be a joy to see this lovely lady representing our country, and will bring a new ari abck to the White House! OBAMA 08 ( Even Elizabeth seemed taken with her.

[sf94127]

Totally staged event, a disgrace.

[rcpmac]

sf94127 What do you mean by "Totally staged"??? The questions rehearsed? What? It was a get to know her event. People want to get to know her some. I don't see the problem here. I'm sure they will have Cindy McCain on also.

[daddydamon]

What does Bush ever do that isn't staged? I guess the "Mission Accomplished" carrier visit was improvised? Remember your Shakespeare: "All the world's a stage."

[kcam44]

Disgrace? What politician doesn't stage events? (wives included). Was Cindy McCain's visit on the view staged? Was her trip to Vietnam staged? there were reporters there with her. Get real, everything is staged in politics.

[HPotamus]

E. Hasselback is an idiot.

[prverde]

comparing all these great ladies with made up, taught how to dress, talk and act Michelle Oama is n insult to the fine womwn you compared her to JackieKennedy is probably turning in her grave. No one ha to teach her to be the class wman she was as she was born into cass and opulane. Class shines throuh. You cannot teach class ether you are or you are not and Michelle Obama will never be. She comes from low class part of Cicago.

She is like Whoopi,Al Shrpton, J. Jacksonand the Rev. wright who they cosider "uncle" and sat in his unclassychurch for 20 years................period

[klmebane]

so the only way to be classy is to pop out of the right womb?? are you implying that class has nothing to do with how you treat others or carry yourself, but just how much money you were born into? being born rich doesn't make someone better, it makes them luckier.

[rachaelis4]

In all seriousness prverde, can you spellcheck your comments?
What in the world are saying here?
Moderater, why would you post this?

[k6007]

Spoken like true white trash.

[kcam44]

Wow!! what racists comments..you're a bitter little thing aren't you? I guess you weren't born classy either...to compare Michelle to others, and not give her credit for being who she is, whether you like or not, is just another stereotype coming from someone who is more than likely a racists..you can't even spell, idiot

[gregdeveer]

Man! If that's not the pot calling the kettle black. LMAO!

[elr50]

Why is there no video available of Elizabeth Hasselbitch on Hannity & Colmes that same night? On every site, the video has been pulled. Too ashamed of the blonde bimbo?

[kcam44]

Duh, she's a die-hard Bush fan.

[YellowDogInRedCounty]

What a lovely, gracious individual. She will make us a First Lady we can be proud of - all of the intelligence of Eleanor Roosevelt or Hillary Clinton with the grace and style of Jackie Kennedy and the forthrightness of Betty Ford.

I can't wait.

[sf94127]

yuk on crack.

[rcpmac]

What a poser sf94127

[Deaninphilly]

What? Are you looking at the same woman? Yeah, Jackie Kennedy, Ok, Right!

[elr50]

Deaninphilly, you are either ignorant, prejudiced, or a Republican. But then, what is the difference among those three? Oh yeah, I forgot IDIOT.

[Beverly]

I met Mrs. Obama way back in Dec 2007 and I was very impressed with her. I don't think they are re-working her at all, she was already warm and a concerned mother. They are just trying to show that to the public.

[prverde]

She will look like the maid of the wite house. she is yucky......period

[happycat]

The only thing that is yucky here are your posts. Please stay off the computer!

[Ibackobama]

Maybe of the 'wite' house but for our 'White House' she's the bomb!

[LeaveArtieAlone]

How much do you earn to post here? Do they not pay you enough to use spell check at least once?

[Rjchinook]

prverde is a kid that needs help, pay no attention.

[StillIRise]

You are very sick, and you really need help! Did you know that racism is a mental illness? It's an illness that distorts reality, including one's reality of him or herself, and like most mental illnesses, the more removed from reality a person is, the sicker he is; and the sicker he is, the less likely it is that he knows he's sick, and the less likely he is to get help. But Boy! Do you need it!

[schicklett3]

Awesome, Michelle, just awesome!
She'll make an excellent First Lady!

[akg96]

I wish I could but I just can't understand HOW the American people can vote for more of the same super expensive (big government) war, sinking economy, decaying infrastructure, jobs/$ sent overseas, enironmental decay, collapse of freedom/democracy, thinking that makes/creates/supports huge gas-hungery cars/truck along with high gas prices, etc. The world is watching to see just how utterly stupid the American citizens are. Answer: damn stupid, as in God damn stupid, except it's all "our" doing. Idiots wanting what's most terrible for them over & over again. What are they asking, "got rapture"?

[pbcrunch]

I have an admission: ever since it was called a "terrorist jab" on Fox News, that's what I've been calling it with everyone I do it with... haven't gotten a weird look, yet... been great...

[dr4Will]

Tabloid reporting--I guess this is what left wing readers like more than thinking and real issues!!

[prverde]

Michelle Obama is what you considered beautiful then every woman you have see or me must be uglier than Michelle O. She looks like malformed mone. Unclassy and a wannabe white.

There are beautiful black womwn like Alicia Keyes, Beyonce, and some of TVreporters but not the Michel.

Michelle was made up with cosmetics to make OK. Look at the pictures an footages from TV and youwill see her for her ugliness. (even though she hd make up on but not by a make up artist,

[klmebane]

what does whether or not you find her attractive have to do with whether her husband would be a good president. please, find the rock you crawled out from under and go home.

[Ibackobama]

If we were looking for 'pretty' people to be in the WH, we would look at MTV. I bet last time you chose the guy you would most like to have a beer with and got us into this mess... as an FYI, I hear the class 'spellcheck 101' is free in your public library..

[thismachinekillsfascists]

why is it trolls always spell like 3rd graders? could it be the limit of their intellectual capacity?

[LeaveArtieAlone]

For Pete's sake SPELL CHECK your DUMB A$$ comments at least!

[rememberMartinlking]

prverde -- your adolesent comments are noted...now run along and find a video game to play before Mommy sees what you're doing.

[Joeblue]

You are an idiot dr4will.

[LeaveArtieAlone]

Um, yet here you are reading it.....

[Deaninphilly]

LeaveArtieAlone, That is just a stupid comment to make.

Perhaps he/she is leaving it so that Huffpo will start posting real news instead of this nonsense. Did that thought ever hit that thing on your neck? Guess not.

[yhgtup]

Elizabeth smiled in Michelle Obama's face while on the View, (I'm sure Barbara Walters had something to do with that), then went on Fox' Hannity show and "dogged" Michelle. Make sure you watch the video. I had to see the video, because I DON'T watch Fox. Everyone should go to
abc.com/daytime/the view to comment on Elizabeth's comments on Fox. I stopped watching The View because of Elizabeth. The only reason I watched yesterday, was because Michelle was on, and I told them that.. By the way, Michelle Obama is a beautiful, intelligent, class-act!!

[bazokbros]

Exactly, what Elizabeth did going on Hannity and Colmes the day of the interview was so low class. She was like the little school girl "Daddy, daddy look at me and what I told the mean black lady"

I thought she was way out of line when she said they were in make-up and she was grilling Michelle about Rev Wright and other questions. How many more times does she and Hannity have to ask those questions to get an answer? Maybe they're just really stupid. Hannity is a one trick pony now with every thing about Obama is prefaced with Rev. Wright and I do think that Hannity and Hasselbeck are race baiters.

[mergina]

High priced female suicide bombers, all of them...fist bumpers....teeeeeheeeeee

[BetterDays]

LOL, Elisabeth must have been cringing since her favorite network had categorized the fist bump as terroristic.