Fox News "sexpert": Obamas Do A Lot of "Fisting."

Susannah Breslin sends in this clip, and says even she has no idea what this so-called "sexpert" on Fox News is implying. Whatever it is, it's TMI.

Update: Our well-lubed commenters are probably correct in guessing that the Fox analyst [snort] means "making happy-fun terrorist fist-jabs in the air" when she says "fisting." This just makes it funnier.

[#1 posted by Random_Tangent , January 23, 2009 2:30 PM]

It's a local Fox affiliate's evening news as opposed to Fox News.

That being said: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-HA HA!

[#2 posted by Ursus , January 23, 2009 2:35 PM]

You keep using that word... I do not think it means what you think it means...

[#3 posted by bbonyx , January 23, 2009 2:37 PM]

One purports herself to be a "sexpert" yet is so lacking in street cred (aka "proof of purchase") that she doesn't know using the term "fisting" is bound to be taken the wrong way in this context (or is clueless about the term/act)? Idiot.

Fox continues to be built on a foundation of nothing but the best.

[#4 posted by celestialcereal , January 23, 2009 2:38 PM]

i'm sure she was referring to the "hezbollah style fist jabs" that brought them so much attention on the campaign trail months ago.

[#5 posted by jessemoya , January 23, 2009 2:38 PM]

I was really expecting a slip of the tongue, but no, she meant to say "fisting."

I wonder if she'd appreciate a nice email with a helpful Google search link in order to explain to her what she just said about our new President?

[#6 posted by The Lizardman , January 23, 2009 2:39 PM]

I'm guessing it is an oblivious, but very funny, reference to fist bumps. I wonder about their target audience's reactions - I want man on the street reactions/opinions.

[#7 posted by noen , January 23, 2009 2:45 PM]

and this is just the beginning.

[#8 posted by Felix Mitchell , January 23, 2009 2:47 PM]

You can hear the anchor laugh too when she says fisting.

But what'll everyone say if Obama now makes a statement to the press denying any fisting has occured while looking worried and shifty?

[#9 posted by arkizzle , January 23, 2009 2:47 PM]

W T F ?

Fox has clearly cast off its conservative shackles and embraced the New Day. Kudos.

[#10 posted by Belabras , January 23, 2009 2:57 PM]

"Fox has clearly cast off its conservative shackles and embraced the New Day. Kudos."

It took some time and a lot of lube, but they finally managed.

[#11 posted by gothicgeek , January 23, 2009 3:02 PM]

eeerrrm!

i really can't believe i just watched that.....

perhaps her flub may indicate some restraint should be exercised?

unreal!

[#12 posted by Cowicide , January 23, 2009 3:04 PM]

I wonder when's the last time this woman had a good terrorist jab to the va-jay-jay?

[#13 posted by se7a7n7 , January 23, 2009 3:09 PM]

I hope they know about the silent duck

[#14 posted by BlackTiger , January 23, 2009 3:11 PM]

#10 owes me a keyboard.

[#15 posted by buddy66 , January 23, 2009 3:11 PM]

The poor clueless thing. It's over for her. She will never live this down. NEVER.

[#16 posted by arkizzle , January 23, 2009 3:14 PM]

"NEVER."

Damn right.

[#17 posted by Takuan , January 23, 2009 3:18 PM]

heh! "For the Senate and People of Rome!"... either that or Borat in the elevator.

[#18 posted by TheChickenAndTheRice , January 23, 2009 3:20 PM]

wh-wh-WHAAAA?

[#19 posted by Dan , January 23, 2009 3:22 PM]

Actually, I'm thinking there were probably one or two people who, after seeing that, hit the Google to find out just what this whole fisting thing really is.

And now I imagine the looks on their faces and laugh.

[#20 posted by codesuidae , January 23, 2009 3:27 PM]

The included picture almost couldn't be better. Crop it a bit higher and where's his right hand?

[#21 posted by cha0tic , January 23, 2009 3:27 PM]

Where's the link to the Rule43 pictures?

[#22 posted by techdeviant , January 23, 2009 3:28 PM]

I hope this makes it on the The Daily Show!
Seriously though, how can you not know what fisting is?

[#23 posted by Anonymous , January 23, 2009 3:29 PM]

Fists are the new cigar.

[#24 posted by slgalt , January 23, 2009 3:30 PM]

Can't...un...hear..

[#25 posted by jimh , January 23, 2009 3:37 PM]

Or... how can you be a "sex expert" and not know what fisting is?

[#26 posted by cstatman , January 23, 2009 3:49 PM]

ummm, uhhhh, damn. I am out of words

[#27 posted by noen , January 23, 2009 3:52 PM]

How can you be a sexpert and think that a fist bump is somewhere up there with kissing, eye contact and holding hands? Unless of course for you, (as a member of the white upper class white elitist whites), these "negros" are a strange and mysterious race with their odd customs and manners. Who knows what strange rituals they may perform?

[#28 posted by Brainspore , January 23, 2009 4:20 PM]

If that's what "fisting" means then I distinctly remember Michelle Obama fisting with all the ladies of "The View" on national TV. There's your real story.

[#29 posted by Ugly Canuck , January 23, 2009 4:21 PM]

Upon further sexspection, I'd say this sexpert's credentials are sexpect.

[#30 posted by kingzilch , January 23, 2009 4:21 PM]

the sad/funny thing is that my circle of friends adopted "Fisting" to mean the fist jab after a friend's sister obliviously said "Fist me!" a few months back. We're getting a big kick out of this.

[#31 posted by doolin , January 23, 2009 4:25 PM]

Sort of a "Chasing Amy" moment...

[#32 posted by Stefan Jones , January 23, 2009 4:26 PM]

Let's hope they stop before they adopt that puppy.

[#33 posted by Mitch Wagner , January 23, 2009 4:28 PM]

I read @xenijardin's Twitters about this and got more and more angry about it as I thought more and more about it. "Fox has hit a new low!" I said to myself. And, "What the Obamas do in private is their own business," I said to myself. And, "I can't imagine this is true. The Obamas are extremely politically aware -- I can't imagine they'd have shared these kinds of details about their private lives with ANYONE." And, "Fox wouldn't even have been reporting this if the Obamas weren't black. This double standard is contemptible."

And now I come here to get the whole story, and I'm relieved. I think it's kind of sweet.

[#34 posted by shava , January 23, 2009 4:30 PM]

M'thinks "fisting" to this waspy dame means hail-fellow-well-met lightly smacking the other person on the shoulder, not terrorist jab. "Gaaaawl-eee!"

She is sans clue.

[#35 posted by cha0tic , January 23, 2009 4:37 PM]

Thought a bit more. You know what this story has done? Whenever I see President & First Lady in a picture I'm going to think of one or the other of them elbow deep in the others backside. Nice piece of spin reporting.

[#36 posted by Alex_M , January 23, 2009 4:42 PM]

Well she's a 'sexpert' but only on consentual sex in the missionary position.

It's FOX, after all, isn't it?! :)

[#37 posted by Antinous / Moderator , January 23, 2009 4:49 PM]

Yeah, but which one is the fistor and which is the fistee? I know which way I'm betting.

[#38 posted by Falcon_Seven , January 23, 2009 4:50 PM]

Someone has to ask; is she knuckles only or 'to the elbow'?

[#39 posted by Kevlar , January 23, 2009 4:52 PM]

I wonder how much the FCC fine will be for saying that on the air?

[#40 posted by Takuan , January 23, 2009 4:56 PM]

well, the only important thing is there is absolutely no saddlebacking going on. And after all, isn't that all that really matters?

[#41 posted by Anonymous , January 23, 2009 5:00 PM]

It's like when a girl says she's going to get a facial. Totally. Different. Meaning.

[#42 posted by Anonymous , January 23, 2009 5:01 PM]

Is it just me or did she start to say Hilary before she say Michelle?

[#43 posted by ST , January 23, 2009 5:12 PM]

Never fisted, no desire to fist, not a "sexpert" (well, formally anyway), yet I still know what fisting is. How much of an expert can this woman be that she's unaware of what it means?

[#44 posted by noen , January 23, 2009 5:22 PM]

And now for something completely different.

House GOP leader John Boner:

“I’m concerned about the size of the package and I’m concerned about some of the spending that’s in there. How you can spend hundreds of millions of dollars on contraceptives – how does that stimulate the economy?

Submitted without the slightest hint of double entendre or sexual innuendo at all. Honest.

[#45 posted by Anonymous , January 23, 2009 5:31 PM]

You just know this woman stumbled upon her kids talking about it, and received a hasty explanation.

[#46 posted by EH , January 23, 2009 5:48 PM]

Well she's right, that's one way of getting "physically bonded to one another."

[#47 posted by Teller , January 23, 2009 6:02 PM]

C'mon, folks, it's a very "internet" term. Not everybody knows it means refuting someone's argument line-by-line.

[#48 posted by Anonymous , January 23, 2009 6:05 PM]

OT... I've always loved that photo of President Obama and Mrs. Obama. They do look so in love.

Sigh.

[#49 posted by Takuan , January 23, 2009 6:08 PM]

yee hee!, ahhhh Teller, I may spare your village yet!

[#50 posted by IamInnocent , January 23, 2009 7:02 PM]

I don't care that she is clueless, I don't care about juvenile ha-has for her Freudian slip but I do care that she says that couples need to feel physically bonded together tough. That is simply disgusting.

[#51 posted by Cowicide , January 23, 2009 7:06 PM]

@44 Noen

Yeah I saw that earlier too and cracked up...

“How can you spend hundreds of millions of dollars on contraceptives?” Boehner asked. “How does that stimulate the economy?” Boehner said congressional Republicans are also concerned about the size of the package.

Yeah, my boner often complains about condoms and I have noticed more Republicans seem concerned about the size of packages lately.

source:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17862.html

[#52 posted by WarLord , January 23, 2009 8:16 PM]

Soon after they google it they'll be seeking the "safe search On" button

[#53 posted by Anonymous , January 23, 2009 8:37 PM]

I asked what it was on Twitter. Someone (someone I know personally) told me, on Twitter, to go Google Image it.

So not only did I do it...but the whole Twitter World got to see my reaction!!! I even announced as Twitter asked "what are you doing" I said "I'm going to google images for "fisting".

I thought it was a high five with fists, for Crissake!!!!

If that woman isn't fired...then I would have to think it was done on purpose.

[#54 posted by dimmer , January 23, 2009 8:54 PM]

Maybe she did know what it meant, and just wanted to make the practice more open and widespread.

Not my best choice of words ever.

[#55 posted by EH , January 23, 2009 8:55 PM]

Fired? From Fox?

Damn near killed him.

[#56 posted by 2HourHiatus , January 23, 2009 9:11 PM]

Oh. Oh my.
Fox, you are a never ending source of entertainment.

[#57 posted by vorpalsword , January 23, 2009 9:22 PM]

AAAAAGH! I need Listerine for my brain!

...Thanks a lot, Fox News. Way to "show respect for the office of president" or whatever it was you used to screech about Bush.

[#58 posted by zuzu , January 23, 2009 9:38 PM]

Scarface: You said you gave Mary Jane a pearl necklace!
Thurgood Jenkins: Obviously you missed the whole point of that story.

[#59 posted by I have no mouth and I must scream , January 24, 2009 12:48 AM]

@55
don't you mean "Damn near wrecked em".

[#60 posted by Fee , January 24, 2009 1:05 AM]

When I saw 59 comments attached to that I just knew that I needed to put my coffee down.

There was no hint that she realised what she said. I can't believe that any sexpert who hasn't stuck to the Catholic Approved Manual for Family Relations, isn't aware of the meaning of the term.

The magazine "Private Eye" has a section called Colemanballs for unintentially funny things said by presenters and commentators. I'll have to see if I can get this in....

[#61 posted by Daemon , January 24, 2009 2:01 AM]

I just watched a clip of fox news... I feel dirty.

[#62 posted by bigboing , January 24, 2009 2:43 AM]

Projection!

[#63 posted by doggo , January 24, 2009 2:56 AM]

You gotta love a president who's anxious to roll up his sleeves and get to work.

[#64 posted by avraamov , January 24, 2009 4:40 AM]

he's definitely gonna need to use some elbow grease. it's always tough in the first days of orifice, after all...

[#65 posted by Ian70 , January 24, 2009 5:26 AM]

Man, clueless straight white people really are funny sometimes.
Sometimes.

[#66 posted by bondjamesbond , January 24, 2009 6:45 AM]

This whole post, and the following comments are certainly farkish in nature.

It seems that I may have been teleported into a 7th grade boy's gym class.

[#67 posted by telly , January 24, 2009 6:46 AM]

Seems pretty obvious she's talking about fist-bumps. That said, wow. Leave the "sexpert" stuff to Savage, lady.

[#68 posted by Anonymous , January 24, 2009 6:50 AM]

This video cuts the ending off, where the host and the expert say "By fisting, of course we mean this" and do the fist bump. They played the whole segment on Attack of the Show a few days ago.

[#69 posted by pseudonym , January 24, 2009 7:29 AM]

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[#70 posted by Lysy404 , January 24, 2009 7:46 AM]

....Cluegun anyone?
BTW, got to go, #10, 63 and 64 owe me a pair on new underwear

[#71 posted by certron , January 24, 2009 8:21 AM]

#67/Telly got it right, although the first thing I think of after hearing 'fist-bump' is 'pound it!' which may not be the best thing after seeing this clip.

The clip is sort of out of context, but it is still accurate.

G4's Attack of The Show had this shown on Jan 20.
The original is here, but rather slow-moving: http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=8268758&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1

The excerpt is here, starting at the 8:45 mark: http://g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/aroundthenet/66064/Hug-Defense-Face-Slam.html

[#72 posted by Anonymous , January 24, 2009 9:44 AM]

If terrorist fist jabbing promotes celibacy before marriage, will Fox believers think it's a good thing?

[#73 posted by Anonymous , January 24, 2009 11:18 AM]

Fox 2 News - miseducating Detroit about sex since ???

Feel free to contact these people to correct the verbiage:

The director of the morning show of Fox 2 News Detroit -- the show from which this clip is taken.

Dr. Terri Orbuch, the "Love Doctor" being interviewed in that clip.

[#74 posted by busydoingnothing , January 24, 2009 12:07 PM]

Ugh, that's Fox 2 Detroit. I'm ashamed that a Michigander doesn't know what fisting is, considering that the economy here has been fisted in the ass horribly....

[#75 posted by mzed , January 24, 2009 12:09 PM]

After this story and this:

http://mienfoks.blogspot.com/2008/11/whitehouse-shocker.html

I'm wondering if Washington culture is more kinky than I had previously believed.

[#76 posted by minamisan , January 24, 2009 2:48 PM]

So many are assuming the 'sexpert' made a mistake with her choice of words... but could it be simply that Obama does enjoy a good fisting? He seems like a pretty open-minded guy.

[#77 posted by theawesomerobot , January 24, 2009 3:33 PM]

Man, those Obama's and their fisting.

[#78 posted by Takuan , January 24, 2009 4:09 PM]

"foxholing"?

[#79 posted by Anonymous , January 24, 2009 10:57 PM]

Were we to remove the moving pictures and go full-on radio...

This is a pretty clear multi-million dollar infringement of FCC regulations. The station bears full responsibility.

[#80 posted by Anonymous , January 24, 2009 11:18 PM]

I never knew J.K. Rowling was a sexpert.

FSM help her if she orders a "Cleveland Steamer" in a restaurant.

[#81 posted by pseudonym , January 25, 2009 5:35 AM]

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[#82 posted by robulus , January 25, 2009 6:09 AM]

Was that a political comment? It kinda looked like empty cynicism posing as political commentary in a post about an amusing faux pas.

[#83 posted by Raj77 , January 25, 2009 8:38 AM]

thought crimes the government wants to control you sheeple infowars Alex Jones?

This is not your place.

[#84 posted by Phikus , January 25, 2009 4:23 PM]

Teller@47: The term's been around far longer than teh Internets.

Doggo@63: FTW!

We now return to correspondent Sanchez with the real dirt on this issue...

[#85 posted by Ned613 , January 26, 2009 7:20 AM]

Is it proper for a couple to fist on the first date? What about first on the fist date?

[#86 posted by Nate , January 26, 2009 10:12 AM]

NSFW:

http://www.sexinchrist.com/fist.html

[#87 posted by minTphresh , January 26, 2009 12:25 PM]

phikus, i see what you did there....and me likee! and now for the weather with today's topic: 'snowballing!'

[#88 posted by minTphresh , January 26, 2009 12:26 PM]

and don't miss the music review on today's sound:"the rusty trombone!"

[#89 posted by myke , January 30, 2009 2:38 PM]

#78

"foxholing"?

hmm, I do tend to think of Fox commentators as 'foxholes'...