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1 posted on 04/08/2009 2:06:27 PM PDT by Plutarch
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That was not a bow.

That was a grovel before the king of Mecca.


2 posted on 04/08/2009 2:07:45 PM PDT by Sundog (The founding fathers understood what would happen when all three branches of government failed.)
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Yeah! THAT’S the ticket.


3 posted on 04/08/2009 2:07:55 PM PDT by reagandemocrat (the penumbra doctrine is asinine.)
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And those aren't Arabs either!

4 posted on 04/08/2009 2:08:17 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (If Liberals' GOAL was the Destruction of Western Civilization, would their behavior differ?)
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...reportedly did on the occasion of a Clinton "near-bow" to the emperor of Japan...

Except in Japanese culture, bowing is a sign of equality and respect, while in Saudi culture, it is a sign of subservience.

5 posted on 04/08/2009 2:08:21 PM PDT by mnehring
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The White House is denying that the president bowed to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia at a G-20 meeting in London, a scene that drew criticism on the right and praise from some Arab outlets.

Hey Mr. 0bama (just can't call him president right now without vomit filling my throat) - you are a lying sack of dog turds. And you are not even smart enough to know when you are caught in a lie. Then again, it doesn't matter when 99.9% of the media will cover for you as best they can, and 53% of the US voting population are even dumber and more brainwashed than you.

I don't know what 0bama calls this, but it sure looks like a bow to me:


7 posted on 04/08/2009 2:10:22 PM PDT by TheBattman (Pray for our country...)
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It was definitely a bow. In the film I saw, Bambi walked over rapidly, pushing his way past the people near the Saudi king, and bowed deeply, extending his hands to grasp the king’s hand at the same time (as if he were going to kiss it).

It didn’t look to me as if the king gave him his hand, although the WH says that he did. But it wasn’t even a normal handshake - Bambi reached out with both hands while bowing.


9 posted on 04/08/2009 2:12:30 PM PDT by livius
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Interestingly, a columnist in the Saudi-backed Arabic paper Asharq Alawsat also took the gesture as a bow and appreciated the move.

Interestingly, I dug that obscure column up from a news search, and posted it here on FR. I'll bet Smith found it here.

The Secret behind Obama's Bow to the King

10 posted on 04/08/2009 2:12:36 PM PDT by Plutarch
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Funny, the video shows Obama shaking the king’s hand with one hand and the other across his waist during the bow. All they are really doing here is throwing out a denial so that they can muddy the water. They know he bowed and this is tantamount to an admission. This is a furtherance of Bill Clinton’s policy of “deny, deny, deny.” If they deny it, it didn’t happen even though there is proof that it did.


13 posted on 04/08/2009 2:13:06 PM PDT by Reaganesque
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Wouldn’t a curtsy have been more appropriate?


15 posted on 04/08/2009 2:15:19 PM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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Who are we to believe?

Obama or our lying eyes?


16 posted on 04/08/2009 2:16:23 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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Did he give 0bama crack cocaine?

17 posted on 04/08/2009 2:16:33 PM PDT by evets (beer)
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“It wasn’t a bow. He grasped his hand with two hands, and he’s taller than King Abdullah,” said an Obama aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.’

If this ‘aide’ is telling the truth, why are they afraid their name will be used in the article? There is no doubt about his bowing. If he thought he could’ve explained it away, he’d have knelt.

We are so screwed...


24 posted on 04/08/2009 2:20:07 PM PDT by OriginalChristian (If you can't get Life right, nothing else you think or say matters....)
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“I did not bow to that King, Abdullah Lewinsky.”


26 posted on 04/08/2009 2:20:40 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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The islamo-fascist Kenyan first takes the king's hand then bows never releasing his hand....so low that I believe Ogabe kissed his hand. Why else would you bow while holding someone's hand?






30 posted on 04/08/2009 2:23:33 PM PDT by Electric Graffiti (In Guns We Trust)
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Being taller has not one damned thing too do with it. HE BOWED!!!! End of discussion. We are not blind. We CAN SEE the ass hole bowed to his superior muzzie leader. He bowed to izzlum ass holes because he is an izzlum ass hole. No doubts in my military or civilian mind that he bowed!!!!


32 posted on 04/08/2009 2:23:42 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (America sits on it's ass while the Marxist - Bolshevik's take over.)
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I’m glad the White House made a statement. This story was about to die of old age.


33 posted on 04/08/2009 2:25:07 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Pretending the Admin Moderator doesn't exist will result in suspension.)
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There is an old (1993) Country song by Colin Raye - “that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.” It should be this president’s theme song.


34 posted on 04/08/2009 2:26:09 PM PDT by ldjack
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Don't nobody move!
Just lost my damn contact!


36 posted on 04/08/2009 2:28:07 PM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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"It wasn't a bow. He grasped his hand with two hands, and he's taller than King Abdullah," said an Obama aide,


Dawg, PULEEEEEEEEEZE!

Q. How do you know when a Democrat is lying?

A. When their lips are moving.

41 posted on 04/08/2009 2:38:24 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("He alone who owns the youth owns the future." - Adolph Hitler)
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OK, it wasn’t a bow. It was a curtsy.


42 posted on 04/08/2009 2:40:38 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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