Proud to stand by my good friend @SenatorKirk as he fist bumped @BarackObama at #SOTU - #bipartisanship still lives. bit.ly/11GiPf7
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Senator Joe Manchin (@Sen_JoeManchin) February 13, 2013How do we know that President Obama is serious about casting aside petty partisan divisions and working with both Democrats and Republicans? Sen. Joe “No Labels” Manchin (D-W.V.) could feel it in the president’s shared fist-bump last night with Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.). Manchin didn’t get a fist-bump, but he was able to bask in the glow of Kirk’s presidential handshake, exploding fist-bump and man hug. Jealous yet, Chris Christie?
Obama is known for fist bumps, but the exploding fist bump adds a new level, notes @ngjennings of POTUS/Kirk greeting wapo.st/V9gQgZ—
Felicia Sonmez (@feliciasonmez) February 13, 2013
Obama-Kirk greeting at #SOTU has been dubbed the "Bipartisan Exploding Fist Bump" chzb.gr/12h32mo—
Aaron Blake (@FixAaron) February 13, 2013
He's so cool. *sigh* RT @HuffingtonPost: State Of The Union Exchange Between Obama, Mark Kirk Sparks Internet Meme huff.to/12Lk0cz—
Wendy L. (@ItsLukieBaby) February 13, 2013
Further proof our president is the coolest in history, behold the bipartisan exploding fist bump: huff.to/12Lk0cz via @HuffPostPol—
Joe Hill (@joe_hill) February 13, 2013
You know, it’s very possible that Obama actually is the coolest president ever. Is that a good thing?
Obama is "hip" because he did an exploding fist-bump that folks have done since 1999? Again, YOU ARE ALL FRIVOLOUS PEOPLE.—
Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) February 13, 2013
Manchin isn’t the first to marvel at Obama’s mighty fist-bump; CBS’s Mark Knoller has also been astounded enough to write about it. Should Rubio start practicing now?
