I believe the bowing is something he was taught by Frank Marshall Davis...
We should call 0b0z0 as the world leaders must be calling him now, 0b0wa.
How’d they spin this one?
IT'S BOW-DEE DUTY TIME!
Obama bowing before Saudi King!
In the past certain politicians have gotten me angry, but lately I have a new reaction to Obama--weariness. I am so deeply sick of this guy and his crap. It's his and Pelosi and Reid's and Barney Frank's and all of their dismissiveness towards the rest of us that gets me--particularly because this jerk made a point of saying on election night 2008 that he wanted to hear from those who disagree with him. A liberal I know recently said he was so pleased because Obama obviously thinks (I said "Teleprompter?" No reaction) and listens to those who don't see things his way--I thought I was in a Twilight Zone episode, where everyone sees one illusion and only I saw reality.
All of this adds up to a constant despair, but again, it's his elitist 'tude which really makes my teeth itch. I know if I mentioned this incident, he'd roll his eyes and say I just didn't GET it, that America is so flawed, and I was so dumb that I didn't understand he HAS to bow to everyone because of how awful the country has always been...and I'd see his lips move but I wouldn't be listening, I'd be thinking, "I'm at an age where I could concievably die while this dude is president...and that's the world that's going to be left behind when I go?"
I take comfort in one thing, and that is that Obama is so obviously what he is that by the time he gives his concession speech in 2012, it won't even be controversial to point out that the man is a socialist. Small comfort for the years until that blessed night, but it's all I've got right now while I'm thinking of this freakin moron and how he's trying to wreck the machinery so the only way for anyone to follow him is to continue down the road he's sent us down.
He pointed his finger at a Canadian leader... and bows to the Chinese? WTF?
Not again. I’m getting tired of this crap.
How vice presidential of him.
Got an interesting freepmail this morning from a noob who signed up in the early hours of the morning to send it to me (and most others on this thread, I suspect).
One time exception regarding etiquette (although I will not post noob’s name) here is the freepmail in it’s entirety.
Because the freepmail is so rich in educational content, I think we all can learn from the noob. /sarcasm
It’s because Chinese people are so small and so their teleprompters are lower to the ground and Obama had to bend over to read his greeting to the Chinese leader, which was, “I humbly thank you for deigning to see me, O great Chinese overlord.”
See, it’s not as bad some of you guys think.
oh my, some people... I know many Americans are totally ignorant about other cultures, but you know, if one is not smart or educated enough, at least use Google before making bulshit comments which only expose your ignorance
“Bowing (also called stooping) is the act of lowering the torso and head as a social gesture in direction to another person or symbol. It is MOST PROMINENT IN ASIAN CULTURES but it is also typical of nobility and aristocracy in many countries and distinctively in Europe. Sometimes the gesture may be limited to lowering the head. It is ESPECIALLY PROMINENT IN CHINA China, Korea, India, and Japan where it may be executed standing or kneeling.”
one has to wonder if other countries have these kinds of loony nationalistic egotists that get so worked up when their leaders shake hands with ours or if it’s only an american form of ridiculousness to demand that our leaders only shows signs of respect that fit their standards.
http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/redeye-royalty/2009-11-17-Obamabow1.jpg
http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/redeye-royalty/bow.jpg
http://blog.reidreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/bush-abdullah.jpg
hell, Nixon bowed before the guy that bombed Pearl Harbor
of course Obama could have acted like that last Bush moron sneaking from the back grabbing Angela Merkel on the shoulders. but thankfully the new president isn’t a classless retard like the previous one. he knows about standard etiquette in other cultures. unlike the majority in here.
Typical “in your face” for Americans.
