How Low Can You Go?
What’s he looking for, a cigarette butt on the ground to smoke?
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.
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Seven months ago, the White House insisted that Obama didn’t bow to Saudi King Abdullah, understanding the terrible breach in presidential protocol that it represented. They tried to tell reporters that Obama was picking something up off the floor, which the video clearly shows was a lie (at the link). Take a look at the picture of Obama’s bow to the son of Hirohito. Do you see anything on that immaculate floor that requires retrieval?
American Presidents do not bow to royalty. In fact, heads of state do not bow or genuflect to each other in the normal course of diplomacy.
Hey, he can bend over and lick the emperor’s shoes for all I care—they’re not enemies.
This, on the other hand, I have a problem with:
Obama’s team said he wasn’t bowing to the Saudi King; he was merely fellating him. Entirely different thing.
Joe O'Neill said,
November 14, 2009 @ 11:53 am
Did you notice Sarkozy in the background laughing at the spectacle ?
BTL “Fellating him” come now (oops) you can do better than that .