Nov 16 2009
‘A new international standard in self-abasement’
Jules Crittenden on Obambi’s embarrassing (to the U.S. - Obambi’s too oblivious to care) “full dork-drop” to Mr. and Mrs. Akihito: “Obama clearly sets a new international standard in self-abasement before their imperial majesties.”
It was sufficiently inappropriate that even the usually Obama-phylic L.A. Times called it a “wow bow” and asked just how low [...]
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Nov 15 2009
The Bow as “Protocol”
Politico reports that “A senior administration official said President Barack Obama was simply observing protocol when he bowed to Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko upon arriving at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Saturday.”
Why won’t that “senior administration official” come out from behind the curtain and make that assertion in his own name? Because [...]
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