O is just checking his fly, as everyone is laughing at him.
Posted on 04/02/2009 9:35:37 AM PDT by the Real fifi
From Getty Images:
US President Barack Obama (3rd L) bows to Saudi Arabia King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud (2nd R) as French President Nicolas Sarkozy (3rd R) and South Korean President Lee Myung -Bak (L) look on before a family picture with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II (not pictured) at Buckingham Palace, in London, on April 1, 2009. World leaders wrangled Wednesday on how a London summit could fix the global economy as demonstrators attacked a bank in an anti-capitalist riot in the British capital. Demonstrators laid siege to the Bank of England and smashed the windows of a nearby bank that has become a symbol of the financial crisis rescue carried out by the British government which will be discussed at Thursday’s Group of 20 summit in the city. AFP PHOTO/John Stillwell/WPA POOL (Photo credit should read JOHN STILLWELL/AFP/Getty Images)
Check THIS out! Unbelievable!
Hell, he got on his knees for a coke snorting gay guy.
Exactly. Clearly everyone here seems to understand the "wrongness" of this, but can't see this in historic context. Ironically, anti-Monarchism is the root of America's sympathy for calls to soak the rich, for Populism.
An American President to bow to any monarch is akin to burning a flag.
At the opening ceremonies to the Berlin Olympic Games in 1936 the American team refused to follow the protocol of dipping the U.S. Flag as they passed in review by Adolf Hitler. Instead, they brought a disapproving frown from the Chancellor by merely removing their straw hats. There was a lot of frantic discussion about what American should do, since each had been raised to understand such basic protocol. When told what was expected, and what every national team was going to do, the team was in a real quandary.
Dipping the flag below that of any other, let alone allowing it to drag the ground, just was not an option.
A few decades ago this would have resulted in the sacking of the White House and an impeachment, and in short order.
The anti-monarchism in the Constitution is clear and deep and basic. The President's "no-big deal" gesture, in bowing to a foreign monarch, shows his ass to his real king - the American People. You can do one or the other but not both.
At least they are not holding hands.
Wonder if that smarmy jerk Jon Stewart will mention this on his “show’?
A video of Obama’s obeisance won’t be run once, let alone ad infinitum, on Letterman.
“And why wouldn’t he bow to the Queen?”
Because the Queen does not rule over the holy places of Islam.
No American bows down to foriegn monarchs: we are born free and are their equals, by God. BO doesn't understand this. I wonder whose passport he's traveling under.
With those pistol grip ears, he should be very carful about bowing to anyone.... especially a guy that wears a dress.
Is he kissing a ring, too? Cuz if its a bow, it’s a bad one.
Far cry from Jesse Owens at the Berlin Olympics.
BOWING is completely out of line, especially when this shyster didn't treat the Queen of England properly.
This is sick.
No.
Michelle can’t even curtsy to The Queen of England, but the MOSLEM Barack Hussein Obama BOWS to a MOSLEM Saudi King?
A picture is worth a thousand words and if this 1000 word photo doesn’t ‘splain it to people, they’re brain dead.
0bama is going to return to the USofA and have a REVELATION and “re-convert” to his Moslem religious cult.
Obama is bowing to his real boss.
No, she can't. American citizens do not bow or curtsy to foreign rulers. We are not their subjects. They do not rule over us. This is important, it is a big deal, it is not just meaningless symbolism. Nancy Reagan was vilified in the press for curtsying to the Queen. Having the actual POTUS bow to a Saudi King is an order of magnitude worse, IMO.
Here is the video by Michelle Malkin:
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/04/02/video-obamas-deep-bow-to-the-saudi-king/
sa·laam (s-läm)
n.
1. A ceremonious act of deference or obeisance, especially a low bow performed while placing the right palm on the forehead.
2. A respectful ceremonial greeting performed especially in Islamic countries.
tr. & intr.v. sa·laamed, sa·laam·ing, sa·laams
To greet with or perform a salaam.
[Arabic salm, peace, salaam, from salima, to be safe; see lm in Semitic roots.]
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/salaam
O is just checking his fly, as everyone is laughing at him.
Perhaps BO is just looking for his teleprompter...
POTUS bow to a Saudi King is an order of magnitude worse, IMO.
What would a Kenyan hut Mutt know?
I’m sure glad I’m not in London. I would be ashamed to show my face if anyone knew I was an American.
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