Obama perfected the art of bowing to Saudi King Abdullah, does it again for Emperor Akihito of Japan

Well at least Emperor Akihito isn’t some muslim oil king, that liberals all over the placed complained about when Dubya kissed him (btw, so did Obama in his visit to the middle east this year). American Presidents DO NOT bow to anyone, including the Emperor of Japan. But yet again Obama has embarrassed America. You know how they say a picture is worth a thousand words? This picture posted by Gateway Pundit says more than a thousand.

Obama bows to Emperor Akihito of Japan

Even the liberal biased L.A. Times has an article today entitled: How low will he go? Obama gives Japan’s Emperor Akihito a wow bow

How low will the new American president go for the world’s royalty?

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 to a superior.

To some in the United States, however, an upright handshake might have looked better. Remember Michelle Obama casually patting Britain’s Queen Elizabeth on the back during their Buckingham Palace visit? America’s royalty tends to make movies and get bad reviews and lots of money as a sign of respect.

Obama could receive some frowns back home as he did for his not-quite-this-low-or-maybe-about-the-same-bow to the Saudi king not so long ago.
Democrat president Barack Obama bows to the Saudi king

Akihito, who turns 76 next month, is the eldest son and fifth child of Emperor Showa, the name given to an emperor and his reign after his death.

And to any liberal who wants to attempt to defend this latest bow, lets take a tri back in time to 1994 when the New York Times blasted then President Bill Clinton for “almost” bowing to Akihito. Of course ole Billy was too busy going down on White House interns instead.

It wasn’t a bow, exactly. But Mr. Clinton came close. He inclined his head and shoulders forward, he pressed his hands together. It lasted no longer than a snapshot, but the image on the South Lawn was indelible: an obsequent President, and the Emperor of Japan.

Canadians still bow to England’s Queen; so do Australians. Americans shake hands. If not to stand eye-to-eye with royalty, what else were 1776 and all that about? But Mr. Clinton, alas, is not the only one since George Washington who has seemed not quite to know what to make of monarchs.

There was that curtsy, during the Reagan years, when Lenore Annenberg, herself the chief of protocol, forgot herself entirely and did a little dip to greet a visiting Prince Charles. That prompted a stern warning from Miss Manners against those who might mock the effort that “was once put into freeing Americans from the necessity of bending their knees.” Soon afterward, when Nancy Reagan greeted Queen Elizabeth II behind closed doors, her press secretary acknowledged that Mrs. Reagan had bowed her head but insisted, “It was definitely not a curtsy.”

With the imperial visit last week, official Washington was clearly determined to show that it knew well what courtesies should be showered on the 175th inheritor of the most formal throne on earth.

Guests invited to a white-tie state dinner at the White House (a Clinton Administration first) were instructed to address the Emperor as “Your Majesty,” not “Your Highness” or, worse, “King.” And in what one Administration aide called “some emperor thing,” an Army general was cautioned that he should not address the Emperor Akihito at all as he escorted him to the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery.

But the “thou need not bow” commandment from the State Department’s protocol office maintained a constancy of more than 200 years. Administration officials scurried to insist that the eager-to-please President had not really done the unthinkable.

“It was not a bow-bow, if you know what I mean,” said Ambassador Molly Raiser, the chief of protocol.

11/17/09 – A senior administration official called the bow to Emperor Akihito a “sign of respect,” adding that the depth of the bow reflected “the level of respect.” according to Politico.

“This is part of what the president says all the time — that he wants to be mindful of other cultures,” the official said. “That doesn’t take anything away from our culture.”

Similarly, officials professed to be unworried about the possibility of Obama being photographed with the leader of Myanmar (the former Burma), even though a photo with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had caused an uproar last spring. It turned out that Obama did shake hands with the prime minister, Gen. Thein Sein, during a leaders’ meeting of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations. In the past, the U.S. has skipped such meetings in order to avoid consorting with Myanmar.


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One Response to “Obama perfected the art of bowing to Saudi King Abdullah, does it again for Emperor Akihito of Japan”

  1. Michael on November 17th, 2009 6:50 am

    I am appaled at the way this president has shown the world that in fact he is a whimp, and this shows the world that he his weak and very 2 faced. We must make CHANGE in 2010 & 2012, let’s make this man’s term a one term president.. And the rest of those in both the house & senate, your next in line for a term ending… We need fresh faces with better ideas, not like Nancy & Harry, et. all!

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