If the white house chooses to lie about little meaningless things like...

[FaithInOne]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0409/White_House_No_bow_to_Saudi.html

The White House is denying that the president bowed to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia at a G-20 meeting in London, a scene that drew criticism on the right (http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/02/video-obama-bows-to-saudi-king/) and praise from some Arab outlets.

[Yonivore]

Because it wasn't meaningless.

Breaking over 200 years of protocol isn't meaningless.

And, it was a bow.

S60U-hl35Gw

What.an.idiot.

[boutons_deux]

In Japan, do American president bow to their Japanese hosts as is standard throughout Japanese society.

klutz duyba try to whoop it up dancin with Africans, is that breaking protocol?

[JohnnyMarzetti]

Because it wasn't meaningless.

Breaking over 200 years of protocol isn't meaningless.

And, it was a bow.

S60U-hl35Gw

What.an.idiot.

You are such a dumbass.

[sook]

Wow its a sign of fucking respect. No wonder we are hated so much around the world

[Yonivore]

In Japan, do American president bow to their Japanese hosts as is standard throughout Japanese society.
Not unless you're Bill Clinton and he caught flak over that.


klutz duyba try to whoop it up dancin with Africans, is that breaking protocol?
No.

[FaithInOne]

Because it wasn't meaningless.

Breaking over 200 years of protocol isn't meaningless.

And, it was a bow.

S60U-hl35Gw

What.an.idiot.

Who is breaking it Yoni? Same ol' Washington Scum that gladly fucks over it's citizens? Big F Deal imo. He could have blown him for all I care.

[JohnnyMarzetti]

Yoniwhore bowed down to King George so what is the big freaking deal.

[Yonivore]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0409/White_House_No_bow_to_Saudi.html

The White House is denying that the president bowed to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia at a G-20 meeting in London, a scene that drew criticism on the right (http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/02/video-obama-bows-to-saudi-king/) and praise from some Arab outlets.
Watch the video. It's a bow.

And, if the reason we're hated is because previous presidents haven't subjugated themselves in this way, why is the White House denying it? Why not just say, "Yep, it was a bow; the President was showing respect for a monarch."

[FaithInOne]

Not knowing Presidents don't bow to "royalty" I would not have thought this a big deal. I still don't. I figured it was a show of respect when meeting others who carry out different customs. Much like American businessmen when meeting Japanese partners for dinner.

I just found it funny the yahoos in D.C. felt the urge to outright lie about it when it's right there on tape.

I thought these guys were more in tune with the current generation than that.

[Winehole23]

Rook move. Lamer alibi.

It's undignified and it sends the wrong message, but its just a point of protocol. Obama was bound to miss a few in his first overseas trip. He'll learn.

[ChumpDumper]

It's important!

[FaithInOne]

Why deny it happened when it is clearly on tape over such an unimportant happening?

[JoeChalupa]

Perhaps it would have been better if he vomited on him instead.


Impeach!!!

[JoeChalupa]

Hey, Obama deserves to take a bow after the great job he's done.
Yeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

[ChumpDumper]

http://www.catholicvoiceoakland.org/images/061807Pope_Bush.gif

[JoeChalupa]

http://www.catholicvoiceoakland.org/images/061807Pope_Bush.gif

Holy shit!!!!

[ChumpDumper]

It's not like Obama made out with the guy....

http://www.hermes-press.com/bush_kiss.jpg

[Yonivore]

Holy shit!!!!
Not a monarch. Next.

[ChumpDumper]

Afterglow.

http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/bush%20abdullah%20twn.jpg

[ChumpDumper]

Because it wasn't meaningless.

Breaking over 200 years of protocol isn't meaningless.

And, it was a bow.

S60U-hl35GwLooks like he was putting something on the floor before he shook hands.


What.an.idiot.Yes.you.are.

[JoeChalupa]

Not a monarch. Next.

Still a leader and still a bow. NEXT!!!!

[Winehole23]

Why deny it happened when it is clearly on tape over such an unimportant happening?Mystifying. Maybe they thought a candid disclosure would be like handing Yonivore another club to beat the Obama with.

[ChumpDumper]

He was obviously putting down his can of nanothermite paint so it wouldn't be caught on video.

[JoeChalupa]

:sleep

[01.20.09]

http://imagesource.cnn.com/imagesource/player.swf?streamer=rtmp://isfms.cnn.com/vod&file=mp4:895/05281895&type=video&controlbar=none&autostart=true&width=480&height=324

[Yonivore]

Mystifying. Maybe they thought a candid disclosure would be like handing Yonivore another club to beat the Obama with.
And an obvious lie isn't a bigger club?

[Yonivore]

http://imagesource.cnn.com/imagesource/player.swf?streamer=rtmp://isfms.cnn.com/vod&file=mp4:895/05281895&type=video&controlbar=none&autostart=true&width=480&height=324
And?

[Winehole23]

And an obvious lie isn't a bigger club?I would think so. Maybe the last eight years have desensitized the press to bald lies.

[clambake]

I would think so. Maybe the last eight years have desensitized the press to bald lies.

it started when they forced Helen Thomas to the back of the room.

[Yonivore]

I would think so. Maybe the last eight years have desensitized the press to bald lies.
True that. The left has been lying for so long, it's hardly a story.

[clambake]

True that. The left has been lying for so long, it's hardly a story.

poor helen.

[Yonivore]

poor helen.
Yeah...Keith Olberman in drag.

[clambake]

unhappy with your new life?

[Def Rowe]

Relax. He's trying to work an angle, quell some anger out in the middle east. So what if he bowed to the guy, in front of cameras.

Dubya planted a big ole kiss on the guy.

[ChumpDumper]

Nobody puts his arm out like that when he bows.

This is bullshit -- but please, keep talking about it like it is the most important thing in your life.

[Creepn]

They didnt lie. He didnt bow in the sense of what the reporter was asking, like full fledge submission. In the video, they exchanged 50/50 cultural pleasantaries.

[Marcus Bryant]

It's bad enough we have to kiss the Saudis' ass, no matter who the occupant of the WH happens to be. The denial of the obvious is a little amusing.

[Phil E.Buster]

The righties will grasp at anything regardless of how ridiculous it is. The fact that so many are swallowing it is not surprising.

[hope4dopes]

apparently alot of people didn't think it was meaningless, I guess they lied in order to quell the flak they recieved.

[clambake]

they only lied to the sub-humans.

no harm.

[hope4dopes]

they only lied to the sub-humans.

no harm.

yea I'm sure your right about that.

[clambake]

they just want to give you something to gripe about.

isn't that what you want?

[Cry Havoc]

:lmao @ the fact that this is what right-wing political hacks have already been reduced to. Are you guys even trying anymore?

[Wild Cobra]

http://www.catholicvoiceoakland.org/images/061807Pope_Bush.gif
Holy shit!!!!

http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/bush%20abdullah%20twn.jpg
There are things equals do like this and things that subordinates do. President Obama's bow was as a subordinate. President Bush is subordinate to religion as he believes. President Bush always treated the Saudi king as an equal. Not as someone more important.

[ChumpDumper]

This would be a great thread had he actually bowed.

Start a thread about how presidents should not be allowed to place objects on the floor.

[Wild Cobra]

This would be a great thread had he actually bowed.

Start a thread about how presidents should not be allowed to place objects on the floor.
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x262/Wild_Cobra/ObamaBowstoSaudiKing.jpg

Or maybe he remembered Oral Sex wasn't politically correct.

Sorry. He bowed.

[ChumpDumper]

Look at his arm in the video. Nobody bows like that. You can say he's doing the Charleston, maybe.

[LnGrrrR]

yeah, looks like a bow to me. Don't see the big deal, and the White House should have just said he was showing respect to a foreign leader.

[ChumpDumper]

There are things equals do like this and things that subordinates do. President Obama's bow was as a subordinate. President Bush is subordinate to religion as he believes. President Bush always treated the Saudi king as an equal. Not as someone more important.The Pope is a head of state as well.

[Oh, Gee!!]

Because it wasn't meaningless.

Breaking over 200 years of protocol isn't meaningless.

sometimes it's fucking genius.

[Blake]

I'm not sure what that was. I'm not sure I've ever seen someone bow and shake hands at the same time.

Either way, not a big deal to anyone but the vore.

[Crookshanks]

That bow just signaled to the whole muslim world that Obama is their willing butt boy!

[baseline bum]

The Republicans here are more butthurt than Mavfans after blowing the Finals. Are you all going to start talking shit about his dog next week?

[LnGrrrR]

I'm not sure what that was. I'm not sure I've ever seen someone bow and shake hands at the same time.


Exactly. It seemed like an awkward semi-bow. Obama probably couldn't remember whether or not he had to bow, so he fudged it. It happens.

[LnGrrrR]

That bow just signaled to the whole muslim world that Obama is their willing butt boy!

That doesn't sound like the respectful tone I've come to expect in you Crookshanks. I mean, think of the children!

[Crookshanks]

That doesn't sound like the respectful tone I've come to expect in you Crookshanks. I mean, think of the children!
You're right - that wasn't very respectful. I despise Obama, but I still respect the Office of the President and I shouldn't have made that comment.

But I'm just so fed up with all this hero worship of Obama. He made numerous gaffes on this European tour, he apologized for America everywhere he went and he accomplished absolutely nothing!

The subservient bow was just the last straw!

[Cant_Be_Faded]

So we submit to the Saudis. Big surprise. Bush family practically do the Saudi's sock laundry for them.

[Blake]

The subservient bow was just the last straw!

I'm thinking you never gave him any straws to begin with.

Yaaaaaaayy Rush!

[Blake]

So we submit to the Saudis. Big surprise. Bush family practically do the Saudi's sock laundry for them.

zing

[baseline bum]

So we submit to the Saudis. Big surprise. Bush family practically do the Saudi's sock laundry for them.

:lol

[JoeChalupa]

You're right - that wasn't very respectful. I despise Obama, but I still respect the Office of the President and I shouldn't have made that comment.

But I'm just so fed up with all this hero worship of Obama. He made numerous gaffes on this European tour, he apologized for America everywhere he went and he accomplished absolutely nothing!

The subservient bow was just the last straw!

Which Bush gaffe was the last straw for you?

[Oh, Gee!!]

I'm not sure what that was. I'm not sure I've ever seen someone bow and shake hands at the same time.

Either way, not a big deal to anyone but the vore.

yoni is a big proponent of tradition and protocol when it comes to the big issues like how the potus greets foreign dignitaries, but not so rigid when it comes to the little things like habeas corpus, warantless wiretaps, torture, invading sovereign nations, etc. you could say he’s managed to strike the perfect balance.

[FaithInOne]

Since everyone here is ignoring on commenting as to why the White House is lieing about something caught on tape..

I'll go with trying to divert attention away from the damage to America's sovereignty given away by Obama on the international scene.

Continue bitching about the stupid fucking bow...

[ChumpDumper]

Continue bitching about the stupid fucking bow...Yeah, what kind of fucking idiot would start a thread about an alleged bow?

[JoeChalupa]

Since everyone here is ignoring on commenting as to why the White House is lieing about something caught on tape..

I'll go with trying to divert attention away from the damage to America's sovereignty given away by Obama on the international scene.

Continue bitching about the stupid fucking bow...

Oh please... :rolleyes

[Creepn]

Conservatives are like animals because they don't seem to be able to seperate respect from dominance. Animals are not able to distinguish the two.

A guy once kissed my hands (Im a guy too) because I made him laugh so hard. He probably didnt mean to kiss my hands because he did it while he was laughing and was in the moment so it was impulsive. I did NOT think that was a show of submission because I'm so dominant. NO WAY. I just took it as a gesture of thanks. Simple as that.

[George Gervin's Afro]

The only lies conservatives support are the ones that start a wars.

[koriwhat]

If the white house chooses to lie about huge things like wmd...

[hope4dopes]

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x262/Wild_Cobra/ObamaBowstoSaudiKing.jpg

Or maybe he remembered Oral Sex wasn't politically correct.

Sorry. He bowed.

I disagree he was clearly genuflecting

[Creepn]

I disagree he was clearly genuflecting

Ya I disagree that he was genuflecting as well.

[Winehole23]

Ya I disagree that he was genuflecting as well.At first I thought Obama had dropped a dime on the floor. But look how he holds his left hand in front of his body while he extends his right for a handshake.

[JoeChalupa]

He bowed and should be impeached.

[Winehole23]

For a little faux pas like that?

[JoeChalupa]

For a little faux pas like that?

I was being sarcastic but from all the hoopla that Sean insHannity and Rush and all the other right-wing pundits this is an impeachable offense. :lol

[Winehole23]

Hannity did say it threatens our sovereignty. Maybe it is impeachable.

[JoeChalupa]

Hannity did say it threatens our sovereignty. Maybe it is impeachable.

insHannity can kiss my ass.

[Winehole23]

Hannity is a moron, but he is a great American.