The Insiders: President Obama channels President Bush at the United Nations

Washington Post ^

[SoFloFreeper]

Except Bush was a man. This poser is not.

[dfwgator]

Didn’t they both go on about how Islam is a “Religion of Peace”?

[Ray76]

Only one criticized the U.S.

[TomGuy]

Obama is vying to become another of the Bush Bros.

[TomGuy]

Didn’t they both go on about how Islam is a “Religion of Peace”?

Not sure which is more despicable: holding hands and smooching a Saudi prince or bowing to one.

[MeshugeMikey]

[JPG]

the warrior president

[Maceman]

Not sure which is more despicable: holding hands and smooching a Saudi prince or bowing to one.

Easy answer: bowing is worse, since it is a gesture of subordination to a foreign ruler, which is not only "bad optics," but also a slap in the face to the core historical and American values that Obama always likes to invoke when it suits him, even though he has no concept of what they actually are.

Smooching, on the other hand, is an act between equals. Still repugnant, but not the outright affront committed when a U.S. president bows in subordination to a foreign monarch.