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How low will he go? Obama gives Japan's Emperor Akihito a wow bow
Los Angeles Times ^ | Novembe 14, 2009 | Andrew Malcolm

Posted on 11/14/2009 5:08:16 AM PST by libstripper

How low will the new American president go for the world's royalty?

This photo will get Democrat President Obama a lot of approving nods in Japan this weekend, especially among the older generation of Japanese who still pay attention to the royal family living in its downtown castle. Very low bows like this are a sign of great respect and deference for a superior.

To some in the United States, however, an upright handshake might have looked better. Remember Michelle Obama casually patting Britain's Queen Elizabeth on the back during their Buckingham Palace visit? America's royalty tends to make movies and get bad reviews and lots of money as a sign of respect.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: akihito; bhoasia; bhovisit; bow; caption; japan; obama; obamabow; obowa
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To: AmericanInTokyo

What’s your take here?


21 posted on 11/14/2009 5:22:03 AM PST by ErnBatavia (Obama is a DIC....... Ditherer-in-Chief)
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To: libstripper

A simple head bow is all that is really needed...only the subserviant give the full waist bow...in my experience with Japanese businessmen.

Also, you don’t shake and bow at the same time.
In a formal setting, the geisha would bow fully, hands in front of their hips.

Business men exchange ‘meishi’-business cards with two hand and then a short head bow.

When meeting with the President of a company, I bowed to about 45 degrees to honor him and his company for their fine service.

The President of the USA should NOT be grovel bowing like that...unless of course he’s a pu$$y.


22 posted on 11/14/2009 5:22:58 AM PST by GRRRRR (He'll NEVER be my President! (FUBO!))
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To: libstripper

23 posted on 11/14/2009 5:23:32 AM PST by NotSoModerate
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To: Bringbackthedraft



24 posted on 11/14/2009 5:23:50 AM PST by jimbo123
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To: Former Proud Canadian
He bows to “royalty”. Wow, I have never seen a US president do that. I thought the revolution was about getting rid of royalty and making everyone equal under the law to pursue their own happiness. Oh, well, so much for old, stale ideas.

that is the muslim way

25 posted on 11/14/2009 5:24:18 AM PST by SF_Redux
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To: rawhide

In Japan, bowing has finesse. This is the equivalent of grabbing a guy’s hand, pulling him against you, putting your arm around him while shouting at the top of your lungs, “Well, GD! I finally get to meet me a genuine bigshot! How’s it going, Old Buddy!”


26 posted on 11/14/2009 5:24:23 AM PST by Mr Rogers (I loathe the ground he slithers on!)
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To: libstripper

Bowing down to an emperor? My disgust for this puke knows no bounds.

As an AMERICAN, I DESPISE emperors, whether they have power or not. And I consider no man or woman to be my “superior”.

FUBO


27 posted on 11/14/2009 5:24:24 AM PST by ecomcon
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To: libstripper

You don’t know how bad I want to drop in a donkey’s rear in place of the Akihito handshake but Holder would probably come after me.


28 posted on 11/14/2009 5:24:26 AM PST by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: Bulldawg Fan

“An American President bowing to the Japanese Emperor. I bet Roosevelt, Truman, McArthur and a million dead American veterans are rolling in their graves.”

No joke. 0’s on quite a roll this week...I wish our system had a way of voting “no confidence” and forcing a special election for President if the current one is bad enough.

He might possibly be impeached for violating his oath to uphold the Constitution, but not with the bunch of crooks we presently have in Congress.

GOP 2010! Palin 2012!


29 posted on 11/14/2009 5:25:15 AM PST by PreciousLiberty
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To: jimbo123

I saw that. He thinks people are stupid and will say.... Oh, he really did bow to the Saudi king because he was short. What a loser.


30 posted on 11/14/2009 5:25:27 AM PST by jersey117
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To: libstripper

Exactly right.


31 posted on 11/14/2009 5:26:48 AM PST by ecomcon
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To: SF_Redux

I can’t get over the fact that this guy really is a muslim. When are the rest of the people going to wake up?


32 posted on 11/14/2009 5:26:59 AM PST by Former Proud Canadian (How do I change my screen name now that we have the most conservative government in the world?)
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To: NotSoModerate
Olmert
33 posted on 11/14/2009 5:27:17 AM PST by NotSoModerate
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To: AmericanInTokyo

ping


34 posted on 11/14/2009 5:27:32 AM PST by jpsb
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To: libstripper

This was a ,’This should clear up the bow to the Sheik controversy’.

“Show them I don’t play favorites”


35 posted on 11/14/2009 5:28:38 AM PST by Vinnie (You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
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To: NotSoModerate

Pretty damn straight!


36 posted on 11/14/2009 5:28:45 AM PST by ecomcon
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To: rawhide
I do not have a problem with this.

I do.

And so should any other American that fought in this nation's wars.

We bow to no man, nor do we demand any to bow to us, even if we whipped their ass.

Obama is a simpering fool, and he flushes our nations pride and self-respect down the toilet of idiocy on a daily basis.

Anyone schooled in the art of diplomacy (as the POTUS should be) would know the customs and traditions of the country one is visiting.

In Japan, he signaled subservience and allegiance to what many Japanese consider a living deity.

He did the same thing in the mid-east, when he bowed to that so-called "royal" goat herder.

Pray for Obama...see Psalms 109:8.

37 posted on 11/14/2009 5:28:52 AM PST by OldSmaj (I am an avowed enemy of islam and Obama is a damned fool and traitor. Questions?)
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To: rawhide
"I do not have a problem with this. To me it is showing a sign of honor and respect."

The President of the United States should NOT bow to any King. However, I don't consider Obama a legitimite president, so he can prostrate himself before any penny-ante princeling or two-bit dictator that crosses his path.

38 posted on 11/14/2009 5:29:08 AM PST by Godebert
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius
In the Japanese culture.....

In American culture men only bow to Jesus.

We have no King but Christ!

39 posted on 11/14/2009 5:29:22 AM PST by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: Vinnie

You nailed it.


40 posted on 11/14/2009 5:29:37 AM PST by jersey117
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