Posted on 11/14/2009 10:12:17 AM PST by RobinMasters
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 to 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.
Obama could receive some frowns back home as he did for his not-quite-this-low-or-maybe-about-the-same-bow to the Saudi king not so long ago. (See photo here)
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Ping.
Hey, the saudi king will be pizzed. Obozo bowed lower to the Japanese one.
Just trying to make it look like his saudi bow was a normal thing he does. Doesn’t work. We all know where he is coming from.
anyone remember the white house excuse for the saudi king bow was, rofl. He wasn’t bowing, its our lying eyes thats deceiving us
If I should ever meet Obama, I will ask him to bow to ME. Since he supposedly works for me and all.
Bending over comes naturally to this jackass. I wish someone was standing behind him ready to stick their boot up his ass.
BTTT (LOL)
The turd knew it would be on the front page what is his purpose for this, sorry for nuking your asses?
He dropped his Che cufflink again?
Jack-ass.
US Presidents do not bow to anyone ! What a lightweight, week-kneed, empty suit !
WHY does he do this?
WHY does he do this?
I guess the protocal for how one Head of State greets another hasn’t been sufficiently worked out since the Treaty of Ghent.
Master/slave mentality.
The Groveler in Chief.
That’s OK, he will have the willing toadies (Matthews, Olbermann, Schultz, Maddow, all of CNN, CBS, ABC, NYT) covering for him and saying there is nothing wrong with bowing. Nothing more to see here, folks, just move along now...
Boy, what a doofus. Doesn’t he know his history? He is supposed to wait until December 7 to bow down to the Japanese Emperor while apologizing for the United States killing lots of Japanese people back in the 1940s.
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