According to anonymous Obama official, bowing to kings and emperors is protocol now

No U.S. President in history has bowed before anyone, well all except the 44th which has now bowed THREE times. Once to the muslim Saudi King, and to the Emperor of Japan AND his wife. Bill Clinton in 1994 was slammed by the media and especially the New York times for ALMOST bowing to Japan Emperor Akihito. But according to one cowardly Obama senior administration official who refuses to disclose his name to Politico, Obama was simply observing protocol when he bowed to Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko. Exactly, WHAT protocol is there for an American President to bow before ANYONE? According to the “anonymous” senior official (who i’m willing to bet was either Axelrod, Emanuel, or Gibbs), these bows are simply being “politicized”. I’ll wait for the Fox News blame next.

“I think that those who try to politicize those things are just way, way, way off base,” the official said. “He observes protocol. But I don’t think anybody who was in Japan – who saw his speech and the reaction to it, certainly those who witnesses his bilateral meetings there – would say anything other than that he enhanced both the position and the status of the U.S., relative to Japan. It was a good, positive visit at an important time, because there’s a lot going on in Japan.”

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November 15, 2009 · Filed Under General Politics


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