Posted on 04/15/2010 10:24:02 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
President Obama has disgraced the United States - again. During this week's nuclear summit in Washington, he bowed when greeting Chinese President Hu Jintao.
The act was not only shocking but revealing. Mr. Obama has come under intense criticism for bowing to leaders in the past - the king of Saudi Arabia, the emperor of Japan. But never before has America's commander in chief prostrated himself to a foreign tyrant on U.S. soil.
By bowing, Mr. Obama degraded and cheapened the office of the presidency; as commander in chief, he represents every American when meeting with other heads of state. He is supposed to embody the dignity of the Oval Office, reflecting our collective heritage as a self-governing, constitutional republic.
Republics do not recognize the supremacy of imperial overlords. This is the seminal principle of the Revolution of 1776: Americans do not kowtow to kings or dictators - the nation was forged in opposition to feudal subservience.
Perhaps Mr. Obama was not taught that elementary lesson during his childhood in Indonesia or his years immersed in post-colonial Marxist theory at graduate school. He is, however, learning it now. Americans despise bootlicking - especially when it comes from their president.
Every time Mr. Obama bows, his poll ratings drop and his prestige dwindles. Yet, he refuses to stop. He feels a compulsive, almost pathological need to do it. Why?
His actions reflect a fundamental, reflexive anti-Americanism - a profound contempt and hatred for his own country. Mr. Obama bows because it symbolizes America's need to "humble" itself on the world stage. ....In short, Mr. Obama is bowing to the world. He seeks to establish a post-American multipolar order in which Washington is only one power among equals. ...The very notion of "American exceptionalism" is repugnant to him...
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I’d call him a self-hating American, except that he’s not an American.
The obsequiousness would be more traditional with a frock coat and white gloves.
Like the guys who open the doors at overpriced hotels.
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That would indeed be the perfect job for Obaam — or serving umbrella drinks to tourists at poolside.
He usually embarrassed me every time he opened his mouth. Now he can do so by remaining silent? Wonderful.
If such a thing is possible, this Kuhner guy is tougher on Emperor Bozo the Usurper than Limbaugh or Levin.
Not that I mind.
He only bows to brown people.
What in the hell is with this guy?
America is different by nature and design. She is the daughter of the freewoman, not of the slave. The Obamas are trying to hijack her birthright and distribute it within the collective (with extra helpings for themselves of course).
The defenses have been weakened, and the fight will be long, but America will cast off this loathsome, destructive pathogen. Hashem guards His own. Usurpers are SOL.
Good article. 0 doesn’t seem to understand or respect traditional American values or the authority his office represents.
He may as well have these signs in his office - “Ask Not What You Can Do For Your Country, But What Your Country Can Do For You”, “The Buck Never Stops Here”, “Can I Finish My Waffle?” and “Speak Loudly And Carry A Small Stick.”
Obama does not deserve to be POTUS.
If you have a chance, look at your kid's history texts sometime. I first noticed this 35 years ago and was puzzled by the negative slanting. Since then, our culture-at-large has grown so negative, and nihilistic, that the only thing that's truthful is bad or negative reporting or commentary. If someone's saying "this is good," then they are lying--that's what our culture is telling us, every day.
So no wonder Obama and those who will follow him feel this country sucks--they see its history as a series of lies, double-crossings and greedy maneuvers.
Prolly already has. Obama just hasn’t heard it yet.
In effect, Obama has lowered our flag.
Bad enough bubba lowered his zipper, now we have a president who lowered our flag.
Pray for America.
Right on the money. I would also add he does it as a way of showing contempt to his foes (like giving Hillary the finger). Problem is that he is going to alienate the country loving mainstream Democrats-those mom-and-pop Democrats who "always voted Democrats". In three more years the only thing left of the Democratic party will be leftist radicals.
His Protocol Advisor must be working off a different Book of Protocol from the one in use when I lived and worked abroad in the 80s and 90s.
Americans, according to official US Protocol, bow down to no one. No leader, no royalty, no potentate or sheik. The only exception s made for Roman Catholics with regard to the Pope.
We fought a Revolution to break away from subservience to a King. Bowing to a foreign leader or Royalty is not a sign of respect, it is a sign of submission.
The piddling dog. Not an ounce of backbone in his body. He is a devious crooked, untrustworthy treasonous wretch.
The Chinese will carve him a new one, and then will lay waste the economy of America. This is what Obama wants.
When will the country loving mainstream demoncrats take the 0bama stickers off of their cars?
I liked the idea that if an employer has to fire people he/she should look at the employees bumper stickers first.
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