I hate to defend the MessI-uh, but if you are referring to the video on Michelle Malkin’s site - it’s misleading. I was watching it live and what happened was they were in line, with Obama first and the group of 4 or 5 people, including the construction worker and the firefighter were there to shake their hands.
Obama went first, working his way down the line, and then when he reached the end (the construction worker), he stood around awkwardly for a minute or two while waiting for John and Cindy to finish up and then went BACK to the first lady (the AA one) while waiting.
He did not fail to greet the construction worker or the firefighter.
I emailed Michelle about this, but she didn’t change the entry on her blog and this is going to lead to egg on our faces if the current “urban myth” isn’t corrected.
Obama went first because John McCain put his arm to O’s back and acted the host..........(subliminal message) and sent O towards the line.
I got a kick out of that little message sent by McCain.