# Obama and Mrs. Biden in lip-lock - twice! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 17, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-mrs-biden-in-lip-lock-twice/464007 "2008-09-17T18:13:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-mrs-biden-in-lip-lock-twice/464007/1 "2008-09-17T18:13:15Z")
I was reading an article and came across this pic, which shows Joe Biden embracing and kissing Michelle Obama, apparently on the cheek, but also Barack apparently about to kiss Mrs. Biden on the lips!: [http://media.dailyprogress.com/dailyprogress/gfx.php?max\_width=300&imgfile=images/uploads/dem\_wives.jpg](http://media.dailyprogress.com/dailyprogress/gfx.php?max_width=300&imgfile=images/uploads/dem_wives.jpg) Then I go to YouTube and find this: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bdl-wXB9do) Again with the apparent lip-kissing between these two. That’s kinda weird! Are we gonna see Wife Swap: White House Edition" on ABC? ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-mrs-biden-in-lip-lock-twice/464007/2 "2008-09-17T18:16:22Z")
:rolleyes: What’s the debate? ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-mrs-biden-in-lip-lock-twice/464007/3 "2008-09-17T18:17:34Z")
Is there anything going on? Or do they just have a weird way of greeting each other? ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-mrs-biden-in-lip-lock-twice/464007/4 "2008-09-17T18:18:38Z")
No, see, it only counts as being in bed with the other team if you, well… ---
**Author:** ![puddleglum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puddleglum/32/137_2.png) [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-mrs-biden-in-lip-lock-twice/464007/5 "2008-09-17T18:19:30Z")
I doubt there is anything going on, but how hard was it to type that post with one hand? ---
**Author:** ![vison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e47774/32.png) [@vison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vison)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-mrs-biden-in-lip-lock-twice/464007/6 "2008-09-17T18:20:17Z")
> [@puddleglum](#): > > I doubt there is anything going on, but how hard was it to type that post with one hand? Oh, thank you. Thank you. I like to start my work day with a laff. Well done.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Clu-Me-In](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@Clu-Me-In](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clu-Me-In)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-mrs-biden-in-lip-lock-twice/464007/7 "2008-09-17T18:21:02Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > Is there anything going on? Or do they just have a weird way of greeting each other? I guess this is a mundane pointless thing you’d like to share huh:smack::o ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-mrs-biden-in-lip-lock-twice/464007/8 "2008-09-17T18:25:11Z")
Ok, ok, I considered MPSIMS, but since it had to do with politics I put it here. So let’s debate that huh? Seriously though, you didn’t see Reagan lip-kissing Barbara Bush, or Clinton and Tipper Gore, or GWB and Mrs. Cheney. Isn’t there some sort of etiquette that you don’t lip-kiss other guy’s wives? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-mrs-biden-in-lip-lock-twice/464007/9 "2008-09-17T18:25:28Z")
> [@puddleglum](#): > > I doubt there is anything going on, but how hard was it to type that post with one hand? Personal insults are not allowed in any forum other than the BBQ Pit. This is an official warning not to do this again. Meanwhile, I’m moving this thread to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-mrs-biden-in-lip-lock-twice/464007/10 "2008-09-17T18:27:39Z")
Scared me for a minute, I thought this was the new Dr. Laura forum. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-mrs-biden-in-lip-lock-twice/464007/11 "2008-09-17T18:31:45Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > Seriously though, you didn’t see … GWB (lip-kissing) Mrs. Cheney. I think I just threw up in my mouth a little. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-mrs-biden-in-lip-lock-twice/464007/12 "2008-09-17T18:38:58Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Personal insults are not allowed in any forum other than the BBQ Pit. This is an official warning not to do this again. > > Meanwhile, I’m moving this thread to MPSIMS. So joking that someone is masturbating to a (to some people I guess) titillating picture/situation is a personal insult now? This is the first time I’ve ever questioned a mod but damn if that does not seem right to me. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-mrs-biden-in-lip-lock-twice/464007/13 "2008-09-17T18:42:47Z")
Everybody masturbates. No offense taken. Although I didn’t find that picture particularly titillating. ---
**Author:** ![A\_shameful\_cracka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@A\_shameful\_cracka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_shameful_cracka)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-mrs-biden-in-lip-lock-twice/464007/14 "2008-09-17T18:43:04Z")
I bet McCain is wishing his VP was this close. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-mrs-biden-in-lip-lock-twice/464007/15 "2008-09-17T18:45:55Z")
> [@A\_shameful\_cracka](#): > > I bet McCain is wishing his VP was this close. Well, for a parallel, McCain would have to kiss Palin’s husband, and Palin would have to kiss Cindy McCain. Rrrrowr! ---
**Author:** ![Belowjob2.0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Belowjob2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belowjob2.0)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-mrs-biden-in-lip-lock-twice/464007/16 "2008-09-17T19:00:30Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > Well, for a parallel, McCain would have to kiss Palin’s husband, and Palin would have to kiss Cindy McCain. Rrrrowr! If they could guarantee this, they might get my vote. JOKING! But, no, I wouldn’t mind seeing this. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![A\_shameful\_cracka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@A\_shameful\_cracka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_shameful_cracka)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-mrs-biden-in-lip-lock-twice/464007/17 "2008-09-17T19:02:01Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > Well, for a parallel, McCain would have to kiss Palin’s husband, and Palin would have to kiss Cindy McCain. Rrrrowr! Mr. Palin is a good looking man, and McCain WAS in prison… ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-mrs-biden-in-lip-lock-twice/464007/18 "2008-09-17T19:05:10Z")
It’s kind of an American thing to kiss everybody on the lips, isn’t it? I know I was a little freaked out when some of the mothers of my friends would kiss their kids on the lips (a smack, no tongue!) and then kiss me on the lips, too. I understand what it meant - “You are like my own child to me” but we certainly don’t kiss anyone on the lips except our SO where I come from! Anyway, “Mod Sweater”? Is it made from alpacas? ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-mrs-biden-in-lip-lock-twice/464007/19 "2008-09-17T19:11:26Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Personal insults are not allowed in any forum other than the BBQ Pit. This is an official warning not to do this again. > > Meanwhile, I’m moving this thread to MPSIMS. Yeah, I agree with **MikeG** …this didn’t come across as an insult at all, merely a joke. A funny one, at that. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-mrs-biden-in-lip-lock-twice/464007/20 "2008-09-17T19:17:41Z")
> [@MikeG](#): > > So joking that someone is masturbating to a (to some people I guess) titillating picture/situation is a personal insult now? Quoting from [the Great Debates rules](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=220232): > [@Gaudere](#): > > Do not say or imply that your fellow posters achieve sexual gratification or soil themselves in glee/distress due to recent news reports, politcal icongraphy, contemplation of ideological positions, etc. In fact, if you’re going to discuss someone’s bowels or genitalia at all, it better be DIRECTLY relevant to the debate at hand. I felt that accusing somebody of jerking off to videos of Obama and Jill Biden kissing was close enough. You could call it breaking a GD rule instead of an insult, but I think it’s a distinction without a difference. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-mrs-biden-in-lip-lock-twice/464007.md?page=2)