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White House Defends Obama’s Bow to Japanese Emperor as ‘Protocol’
breitbart.tv ^ | November 15, 2009 | .breitbart.tv

Posted on 11/15/2009 4:08:06 PM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

Politico: A senior administration official said President Barack Obama was simply observing protocol when he bowed to Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko upon arriving at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Saturday.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Japan; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: antiamericanism; bho44; bhoasia; bhovisit; blunders; bow; democrat; democrats; emperor; hesnotmypresident; impeachobama; japanese; lieforobama; macacamoment; obama; obamabowsdown; obamalegacy; obamao; obowa; protocol; unamerican; whitehousedefends; youlie
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives

The Emperor of Japan decorated Sukarno for his cooperation with Japanese in the procurement of aviation fuel during Japanese occupation of Indonesia. During WWII, Sukarno was recognized as an enemy of the United States for his alliance with the Japanese.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukarno

Barry Soetoro bears an increasing resemblance both in his person and in his political ideology to Bung Sukarno. With the exception of nationalism, Barry shares Sukarno’s ideals of Marxism, nationalism, Islam and social justice.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ariefblackburn666/3111995735/

Even Timmy Geithner once had trouble pronouncing Barry’s last name. Soetoro, Sukarno, Sudaharjo? Peter Geithner evidently told his wife that ‘everything was set’ a long time ago before Timmy and his sister traveled to Illinois for several weeks by the lake at a relatives’ home. Even Tim and his sister found their father’s phraseology and his stern warning to his wife that a vacation to the U.S. could invite complications of some unforetold consequence quite puzzling and a bit extreme. Whatever that meant, we will never know, right? One thing we do know is that Ann Dunham Soetoro worked for Peter Geithner in Indonesia and that Barry returned to Hawaii to attend school as Timmy said was planned.

Of course, Barry was not content to stay in Hawaii. As a kid he dreamed of becoming president of the United States and stated his objective while in grade school. King Obama was a bit overreaching, but President Obama was Barry’s first goal. Perhaps, his visit to the mainland to connect with SDS/Socialist/Communist connections on summer vacation in the 70’s is known to a few people. Barry with the great smile who wanted to be president was happy to tell anyone and everyone of his aspirations. It is a great coincidence also that another kid named Barry called back to his friends in Illinois after his visit because he needed a social security number for his first job at an ice cream parlor.


201 posted on 11/16/2009 8:36:06 AM PST by tokerinchiefisanacornamerican (Tokerinchiefisanacornamerican)
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To: Stand Watch Listen

I wonder what their talking points of lies will be today!

Pelosi’s daughter was on Politico posting a pic of Bush holding the hand of a sheik. (Somehow in defense of Obama’s Japanese bow)

Well... as a FReeper pointed out...

The Sheik is elderly and near blind so Bush was leading him on his ranch.


202 posted on 11/16/2009 8:36:42 AM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: Muddy168
Protocol? I was stationed in Japan for a few years. That bow was more of a genuflect (sp?) than a greeting bow. He went way past standard angle/distance to show respect. He showed, once again, subservience.

That protocol ended in August of 1945.

203 posted on 11/16/2009 8:47:47 AM PST by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world, and they are all out to get me.)
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
ALWAYS look in eye, Obama-san!


204 posted on 11/16/2009 8:50:26 AM PST by NRA1995 (Obama, when you lie, we're going to call you out)
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To: tokerinchiefisanacornamerican

VIDEO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U6fL7Y4BZA


205 posted on 11/16/2009 8:55:21 AM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives

But it would be WRONG to call our president a man-child who does not SEE HIMSELF to be the EQUAL of other world leaders.


206 posted on 11/16/2009 8:56:22 AM PST by a fool in paradise (I refuse to "reduce my carbon footprint" all while Lenin remains in an airconditioned shrine)
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives; Revolting cat!

Blows the lid off his earlier lie that he did NOT bow to the Saudis.


207 posted on 11/16/2009 8:57:26 AM PST by a fool in paradise (I refuse to "reduce my carbon footprint" all while Lenin remains in an airconditioned shrine)
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To: a fool in paradise

EXACTLY!

I notice this story has grown quiet today. Even on Drudge.


208 posted on 11/16/2009 9:07:01 AM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: a fool in paradise

Remember Obama is also POed that a press reporter DARED to question him about Afghanistan.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29552.html


209 posted on 11/16/2009 9:10:02 AM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
Well said. Watch this VIDEO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U6fL7Y4BZA

Good link!

Should set straight any of your libtard friends. Then, again, maybe not, liberalism being a mental disorder.

210 posted on 11/16/2009 9:19:47 AM PST by cynwoody
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To: donna

Bingo! He’s trying to show that he demonstrates deference to all world royalty (although I don’t recall a bow to Queen Elizabeth?), to show that his bow to the Saudi sheik wasn’t anything special.


211 posted on 11/16/2009 9:51:02 AM PST by littleharbour
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives

Thanks for the link to this video. Obie ingratiates himself with the King of Saudi Arabia and the Emperor of Japan and wife and subjugates American status without nary a prick of conscience as to how this appears on the world’s stage. It is all about him, his lineage, his affiliations, his sponsors, his personal beliefs, his agenda, his aspirations for greater status beyond his stint as POTUS. If some objective standard of (albeit, ill-advised)of protocol was being observed he would have bowed to the British royals, our WWII allies, to say nothing as the indelicate and disrespectful way he ejected the bust of Churchill from the Oval Office. One wonders how much bowing and scraping he is going to do before the Chinese. Will he give them some bland videos of himself or his favorite movies as evidence of the degree of regard in which he holds them?


213 posted on 11/16/2009 10:23:38 AM PST by tokerinchiefisanacornamerican (Tokerinchiefisanacornamerican)
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To: justanotheridiot
..To get a bow and hand shake at the same time... a meeting of two different ways of thinking

That is orginal. What is it when a kiss on the hand is thrown in the mix?

214 posted on 11/16/2009 10:44:42 AM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: justanotheridiot

I am curious. Which Asian culture do you originate from? Because everything and everybody from protocol experts to Japanese bowing experts have all said obama embarrassed the Emperor as well as our country.
Except for the white tent spin machine, NO ONE has said it was “delightful,” and if anything, it showed an embarrassing LACK of knowledge of Japanese customs.
Please explain why you think this was just fine when even Japanese newspapers would not print the picture.
Thanks in advance.


215 posted on 11/16/2009 10:47:20 AM PST by MestaMachine (One if by land, 2 if by sea, 3 if by Air Force 1. Afghanistan Updates Daily on My Profile)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

I can’t help but laugh at the visual I got from your post.The next time I see one of those glass ostriches I’ll think of Obama!


216 posted on 11/16/2009 10:58:41 AM PST by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (Blessed Be The Name Of The Lord,For His Name Alone Is Exaulted)
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To: Technical Editor

You look beautiful,Obama!


217 posted on 11/16/2009 10:59:52 AM PST by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (Blessed Be The Name Of The Lord,For His Name Alone Is Exaulted)
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To: MestaMachine

Looks like we are both awaiting a response in facts we won’t get.


218 posted on 11/16/2009 11:02:12 AM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: justanotheridiot; Candor7; LucyT

Japan expert to ABC: Yes, Obama’s bow made him look like an idiot.

So much of an idiot, in fact, that according to Tapper’s source, at least one Japanese paper isn’t running the photo out of embarrassment.

This tool actually groveled himself into a minor international incident.

The good news for O-bots?


219 posted on 11/16/2009 11:04:10 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives

220 posted on 11/16/2009 11:04:25 AM PST by BP2 (I think, therefore I'm a conservative)
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