Thanks for the comments. I appreciate the confirmation and your comments on this blithering idiot’s behavior.
The problem with leftists, is that they are always the smartest person in the room. Republicans generally have someone to explain proper protocol before a foreign visit. The leftist have some Maoist droid, that doesn’t give a fig what anyone else thinks is appropriate or not.
I think even Carter would have been smart enough to avoid this breach in protocol, but who knows.
I am getting out of the American Embassy here in Japan is that they did not even have a draft of Obama's Saturday speech, everything was so rush and disorganized and last minute by the visting White House, at least it would have been a generally considerate protocol to have the US Embassy Tokyo in on it as the local host and handler.
By that I gather then, that the bow itself as also a surprise to them, they were totally blindsided by it. Many have sounded out on FR that they cannot imagine the State Department advising him to execute such a ridiculous bow, and now I have to agree.
Obama in his arrogance (which will be his downfall IMHO) just simply decided he would go "native", freelanced his moved with the Emperor, and stepped right into the crap...now the story and that picture (plus video!) is spreading and a lot of people do not like it.