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 and praise from some Arab outlets.
“It wasn’t a bow. He grasped his hand with two hands, and he’s taller than King Abdullah,” said an Obama aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
The Washington Times called the alleged bow a “shocking display of fealty to a foreign potentate” and said it violated centuries of American tradition of not deferring to royalty. The Weekly Standard, meanwhile, noted that American protocol apparently rules out bowing, or at least it reportedly did on the occasion of a Clinton “near-bow” to the emperor of Japan.
Interestingly, a columnist in the Saudi-backed Arabic paper Asharq Alawsat also took the gesture as a bow and appreciated the move
According to the White House it was all because Obama is tall. Obama is taller than most people he meets how come we have not seen this bow before? And Politico (above) calls the bow “alleged.” Cripes.
Gibbs acting like he didn’t see the video or knew that much. With a snarky remark to top things off.
45 Stephanie
“…did republican administrations always tell the truth? Does the phrase “weapons of mass destruction” ring a bell?”
As in “We actually didn’t find any WMDs… oh, wait, uh, this just in, yeah, it looks like we found one planted in the desert. Well, how did that get there?”
RBG
haha! Obama’s a Moooslimmm!!! he bowed to an Arab guy!!! see it’s all proven that we’re ruled by a mancurian candidate who will make our women wear burkas force us to adopt sharia law because he was born in indonesia and he’s the anti-christ and will take away all of our guns.
you people are seriously deranged. the guy in pittsburgh who started shooting cops’ll look sane by the time the next four years are done. why not just call the guy a Muslim traitor Nazi and try to secede? at least you’d stop being intellectually bankrupt.
It’s more important he doesn’t bow to their wishes, and acquiesce to the destruction of Israel, or bow to the teachers unions and kick the poor kids out of private schools.
Alphie, the Quaalude Queen,
C’mon Queenie. Are you spouting your effen nonsense again?
You don’t get it. This is such trivial bullcrap you are making a big deal out of.
Hey, I know you haven’t and can’t post some of your other claims about Obama, but jeeze, is this Manchurian candidate just another one of your bold faced lies. You know, the kind where you bear false witness against someone?