Video: Obama’s deep bow to the Saudi king
I have expressed my disgust many times over the years with the Bush administration’s kowtowing to Saudi Arabia. That notorious image of Bush holding hands with Saudi royalty in 2005 and doing sword dances with Wahabbists in 2008 sparked outrage on both the left and the right. The hand-holding has gotten us nowhere — and in fact, has made us less secure.
So I hope all the lefties who tore into Bush over his Saudi prostration will express equal disgust with President HopeAndChange’s literal bowing and scraping to King Abdullah. When JWF sent a link to the photo with Obama bent down like a serf (further than either he or Michelle dipped for Queen Elizabeth, by the way), I tried to give the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he dropped a contact lens or penny?
But no, here’s the video. Warning: Emetic alert!
Bleccch.
Is this diplomatic protocol?
And if so, when did diplomatic protocol start mattering to Obama, anyway?!
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Har. Doug Powers figured it out:
My theory is that the president was only somewhat stooped over because he was trying to show King Abdullah what was on the iPod he brought over for him as a present.
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He is leaning over the wrong way. I believe he needs to turn around and grab his ankles.
On April 2nd, 2009 at 1:39 pm, jbh45 said: “He is leaning over the wrong way. I believe he needs to turn around and grab his ankles.”
And then say: Thank you sir, may I have another?”
What I was going to say our dear Leader was doing in front of the Saudi King would get me banned for life.
I think they couldn’t get it started. The King’s isn’t electric – it’s gas powered and has a pull cord like a cheap lawnmower.
jb…
BWAHAHHA AHAAHAAAA! nice one…
seriously though.. gimmee an effin break, it is undeniably clear where BO’s allegiances lie…
I thought he was just demonstrating how he wants people to respond when Teh One approaches. That and they should wear yellow robes and chant “Obama Lama”
I guess we know which is the oil and which is the dipstick…
See his smile at 2:30? Ick…
Just have a cup of coffee and the ole Saudi King gives his foot a push, just King Abdullah and Obama over by the Dental Floss bush.
Sad thing in all this, Odumbo understimates everyone.
I do not bow to anyone! I don’t expect the President to do so either.
What i don’t understand is why this man even cares…i mean his cap & trade bill will pretty much have us all riding bicycles to work. He and his kind hate fossil fuels….
In following with his “Blame America First” foreign policy I wonder what he will apologize to the Saudi’s for…that somehow we caused the 19 Saudi’s to kill 3000 US citizens on 9/11/01?
This is VILE! Obama is the first US President to bow to a king. Is he bowing to Abdullah as a dhimmi, or is he bowing to acknowledge the king’s possession of Mecca?
I dislike this conduct intensely.
chsw
Not necessarily. Looks like he’s about to introduce King Abdullah to Neil and Bob if you ask me.
You know JB, I wonder. I learned to ask who benefits not why something happens or is happening. All of this thats happening and at such an expedited pace makess me wonder what will be the ultimate outcome and who will benefit.
This will be taken as another sign of weakness.
MM site been invaded by someone without a sense of humor….
A moment begging for a shoe toss.
Good News: He’s The One with all the codes and intelligence, and the finger on the red button.
Bad News: The whole world knows he’ll never use any of them.
Am I the only one cringing because he is scheduled to go to Russia as well. Oh, what … just what will he do there?
Absolutely disgusting. The path he is taking this country down is frightening.
On April 2nd, 2009 at 1:50 pm, Schweggie said:
Looks like he’s about to introduce King Abdullah to Neil and Bob if you ask me.
HA HA !!! It looked that way to me too!… please guys, I’m drinkin coffee heeaahh!
30, may I introduce Maria?
No way. Is he really the first? Bush never bowed to him? That’s a serious question, no sarcasm.
See what the NYT got into a tizzy about back in 1994 when then-President Clinton “inclined his head” to the Japanese Emperor. Wonder what their response will be to President Obama’s obsequious show to the Saudi king.
http://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/19/weekinreview/the-world-the-president-s-inclination-no-it-wasn-t-a-bow-bow.html
He’s talking nonsense at the G20 now. He’s taking questions and he brought his “list” of people to call on. How spontaneous. The uh, uh, uhs are flowing.
She is MINE!!!
You keep your Italian strumpet.
You know, I remember when I was in Boy Scouts (the paramilitary organization that offends all non-white people) I was grilled about US protocol:
1. Do not bow to royalty or a foreign power.
2. Do not lower the flag to royalty or a foreign power.
3. When in doubt, review items 1 and 2.
I guess if you spent all your youth in Indonesia studying the Koran, you might not have learned that in Boy Scouts.
I am beginning to wonder what this guy actually thinks of himself.
Oh great! BO essentially tells the prince we are subservient to them! He obviously doesn’t listen to the the protocol experts at State! What an A$$! (no, I’m not complimenting his derriere!)
Unless I missed it, you’re all missing it…HUSSEIN Obama recognizes the Saudi king as the defender of the Islamic faith…and that gets a bow from any moslem. Amyone ever see Obama eat a pork chop?
So, the POTUS goes to a foreign country, bows down to dictators and terrorists, and also surrenders the U.S. Sovereignty to the world. Can we try him for treason yet?
Didn’t Obama put his hand on Lincoln’s Bible and swear to PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES? Maybe he didn’t think it was valid because he didn’t have his hand on a Koran.
Three words…OBAMA.IS.A.TRAITOR
I haven’t seen a First Dog yet, either.
I thought all Americans shook hands!
People fought and died for the independance that said you no longer have to bow and scrape! These monsters are going to eat this pantywaist for lunch. In this little Red Riding Hood story, the wolf eats everybody! He’s a total manchild who doesn’t have the backbone of his teleprompter!
Please compare and contrast to Chairman Hussein’s approach with the Queen of England at about 10 second mark…
Nothing else needs to be said.
Apparently he’ll do what he likes, and you will like it too!
At least he didn’t take the Yasir Arafat approach & kiss him full on the lips. I dunno; maybe kissing isn’t allowed in the House of Saud.
Yeah, WHERE’S THE DOG??????
If Obama has his way (no national defense, capitulation to hostile nations) we’ll all be kowtowing to someone like Ahmadinejad.
Yipee.
He learned that move from watching The Beast(Hillary) kiss butt in China, gutless libs anyway.
Is it a prerequisite to be part French(surrender monkey) in order to be a Dimacrat?
TOTUS said the dog is coming after they get back from Europe.
Yes he remembers who has him by his short hairs….The Queen actually likes Obama England is our Ally. Don’t think for a minute that Obama didn’t get why Bush was holding the Saudis hand….different President same hostage posture. The Hand that controls the spicket to the oil that runs the world…yada yada yada.
My take? He’s doing exactly what he did when he sent a video message to the Iranians. Appeasement.
TOTUS would know…hehe
I’m not surprised at all that Obama would perform an exaggerated bow to the Saudi King. In fact, I fully expect Obama to kiss Ahmadinejad’s ring when he scurries off to Iran at some point in the future.
I think he’s showing where his loyalty lies, but maybe I’m just a birther…(h/t Mookie
)
Last I read, the Frrst Dog was coming during the girls’ school break/vacation around the 15th.
Every night I go to sleep thinking, “he can’t top today.”
Every day I wake up and find I’m wrong.
I just watched the “President” of the United States of America make a full body bow to the king of a regime where women aren’t allowed to drive cars, but he couldn’t be bothered to treat with any special respect the queen of a country whose citizens fought and bled alongside ours to stem (however briefly) the tide of socialism.
Someone please wake me when this is all over. Unfortunately I’m convinced I won’t know what country I’m in when I wake up.
Can I interest you in a pair of Zircon encrusted tweezers?
How about $99/lb ham?
I wonder if the Muatawah will be upset with the Saudi King being so close to all of that “skin” in the video. These women should have been in their abaya’s while in his presence.
No no. As granite has pointed out, that was simply Obama being a tricky Muslim practicing taquiya or whatever its called to throw everyone off the scent.
Maybe the Queen likes him, but her husband doesn’t seem to like him. The photo of the 4 of them on the front page of the NYT shows quite the sour puss on the Prince.
As I mentioned on another thread, I served on Embassy duty and what Barry Soetoro did was a deliberate and obvious breach of respect for American sovereignty and values. We were instructed NEVER to bow or curtsy to anyone anywhere, even on that person’s territory. When I was on color guard, the US flag never dipped, ever.
Philip doesn’t like anyone, especially foreigners.
taqqiya
you forgot your /sarc tag
“A moment begging for a shoe toss.”
Reid is unavailable for comment.
That is EXACTLY what I saw.
Good thing Arafat’s kicked the bucket else his sandal-shine boy would be fired. Be interesting how warm a greeting The Bama has for the Israelis.
James Greenidge
Queens, NY
I concur with MNUSMCDavid in #52.
Thank you sir, for your service to our country.
Someone plese make a t-shirt with that image of Obama bowing to the Saudis.
It shouild be worn everywhere….
As I said in my email to you Michelle, I am enraged that he would bow to an earthly king. How dare he do such a thing! The President of the United States of America does not bow to kings.
Speaketh not ill of the “Won”, nor his wookie, else a calamity of acornian proportion shall striketh from all liberal corners of the internets.—Thugesis 5:2
I can seriously say that for the first time in my adult life—I am truly 100% embarrassed for my country.
This Obama government is very dangerous, and utterly contemptible to Americans that have Constitutional principles and beliefs.
Considering he is Greek, that would be an odd attitude for him to have.
Utterly pathetic and it won’t get any MSM scrutiny.
During the 1936 Olympics, there was a plan for each nation to dip its colors in salute as it passed Hitler’s reviewing stand. Only one nation did not dip their flag; The United States.
We revere our Flag and our Constitution. The military only salutes the President, because he is the Commander in Chief. To all others, he is a public servant. Our President does not merit a bow or a salute and because of that we should never bow or salute any foreign leader.
I can’t figure out WHY he bowed! I mean, he didn’t bow to anyone else. Why that Arab? This is highly suspicious and may have be a reflex action from his childhood. You know he was raised muslim…right?
He HAD to bend over like that!
How else is he gonna kiss King What’s-His-Names butt!?
His conduct looks quite consistent with his mindset and world view. What else would you expect of him? Not saying its ok, nor right. But I mean really, isn’t him bowing as he did consistent with his words and philosophy?
WITH ISLAM.
This was undoubtedly done for the muslims of the world.
Obama is a tool, a fool, and a dangerous deceitful gutter dweller.
WE DON’T BOW TO ANYONE!!!!
Looks like Obama wants to get a head start on vesting his interest in the Saudi gravy train once he leaves office. If it’s good enough for Carter, Bush the Elder and Clinton, it’s good enough for him.
I’ll take tequila over taqqiya any day.
Flyoverman
Precisely… and may it ever be so, even with this loser’s action.
FruNobulux said:
Can I interest you in a pair of Zircon encrusted tweezers?
I would feel mighty grand lol
Disgust with President HopeAndChange is not allowed-He Whose Middle Name is Hussein shall not be mocked–besides he is finally with his ancestral Homies.
His actions with the British-both the PM and Queen can be explained: I developed a certain resentment against my mother’s race. He Whose Middle Name is Hussein is not only a socialist/statist but a Black Nationalist. Fascism is here, the bureaucracy is in place-leaders are being chosen–those government officials not willing to move further left-ignore the law- will be replaced.
You are on you own.
Interesting thing is the handshake (right hand) which is correct, but after the handshake it appears that BHO grasps Abdullah’s arm with his LEFT hand.
SO – in addition to humiliating every single American with his bow to a foreign king, he’s managed to combine it with an offensive faux pas – thereby earning an even higher degree of difficulty…
He’s about as out of his element as a baby rat at a python convention…
from, shinola
More seriously, I didn’t like it when Bush did the sword dance with the Saudis, and I don’t like Barry bowing before the Saudi king. Given Barry’s worldview that we should be subservient to other nations, his obeisance to a foreign monarch, while appalling, fails to shock.
I was too, but I will NOT let obama drag me down thru his gutter.
I’m embarrassed of him and his islamic roots.
I did not vote for him and will now do everything I can do rid our great country of his socialistic fascism he and his ilk so love.
TEA PARTY!!!
it’s just the first shot, another which will be heard ’round the world..
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Obama and his ilk are examples of how the left in this country
morphed from the image of Bull Commor with a fire-hose
to becoming
the new Bull Connor’s with a mega-phone…
Try and tell them anything and you will just be shouted down..
It’s like this: Saudi Arabia has lots of oil. The rest of the world needs oil to survive. The US consumes more oil than the rest of the world. So… in exchange for oil, we ignore their oppressive, archaic, barbaric culture, pretend we didn’t notice that almost all the 9/11 hijackers were from their country, and bomb the bejeepers out of a couple other countries instead.
In short: we kiss their @$$, they give us oil. Yes, it’s disgusting. It’s also not news.
Gawd this is great. Where is Redpill to add to this? Where is Granite? Most importantly where is Bear1909 to explain how this is further evidence that Obama will reveal himself a Muslim during his “100 day” reign?
Love it.
BTW it doesn’t matter if he eats a pork chop, because I’m pretty sure that will just be another example of a lie to all you infidels. It’s just further sacrifice.
Allah Akbar, m————-!!!
Says it all.
At some point in the near future, Obama will side with the Islamic fundalmentalists against Israel.
Then we will see just what the democratic party is really about.
The “Won” shall dhimmi in the presence of an isamic ruler. His castrated being shall be evident by a submissive gesture.—Neuteronomy
Folks, this is no accident. This is one moslem paying his deepest respects to a moslem king. Guess what cities are in Saudi Arabia? Mecca and Medina.
To those of you who said that Obama is not a moslem? Take a good look at this video.
how ’bout we “drill here, drill now” instead?
Weren’t the tweezers also gold-plated?
Sorry, Going to Montana and Dynamo Hum just about sum up what I remember of Zappa from listening to the college radio station in the early 70s.
That was my immediate thought. If you want to excuse this bow as observing protocol, fine. But then he should have shown the same respect to the Queen of England.
If you want to justify what he did in England by saying that the US President should bow to no one, fine. Then he shouldn’t be bowing to this backwards savage whose country wouldn’t even have running water if it didn’t sit on oil reserves.
Obama cleverly takes a third choice and embraces the worst of both worlds. He disrespects our oldest, truest ally and prostrates himself before someone spending billions to try and kill us.
Yes, our nation is in the best of hands.
MtsEdge
We are never going to see any drilling for natural gas or oil. Forget coal too.
Tax breaks? With all the unemployed and all the programs this nutty economic plan will destroy down the road we will not last till the next election financially.
Just remember after all it was the Saudis that paid for his education, which the MSM failed to investigate or expose.
I think that’s the plan of the Dems.
Was Bush a muslim too?
Look, guys, there are a trillions of good, valid, easily explainable reasons to despise Obama and hate his agenda. Those are the things we should stick to. All this “he’s a secret muslim” and “he’s not a citizen” talk doesn’t help. It sounds like paranoia and even if it’s true it wouldn’t help because not enough people will ever believe you / care about it.
Then you missed out on some of the best and truely non PC music.
My favorites include:
Cruising with Ruben and the Jets
Burnt Weeny Sanwich
Apostrophe
One size fits all
And those tweezers were Zircon encrusted
James Felix sad “It sounds like paranoia and even if it’s true it wouldn’t help because not enough people will ever believe you / care about it.”
Not enough people thought smoking tobacco was dangerous 50 years ago. I wont make any decisions on his nationality until i see some thing. Anything? transcripts? anyting at all?
Definitely a bow, but why……..
He must be a muslim, cause to me thats the only people bowing to him, in pictures that i’ve seen
Look at that s%&t-eating grin on his face. He was happy as a clam!! Good to be back home, ehh sonny buck!?
Please find and post one statement – one – where I stated that B. Hussein Obama is a muslim.
Not that he was born of a muslim father, and thus is considered by muslims to be muslim;
not that his stepfather was muslim;
not that he was listed as muslim in one of his schools in Indonesia;
not that he attended islamic education classes in Indonesia;
not that muslims practice taqiyya (deception);
not that if a muslim renounces islam, he is considered by other muslims to be an apostate, and thus deserving of death;
not that what matters is not whether a particular individual who was born a muslim considers himself to be a muslim; but rather what matters is what other muslims consider him to be;
not that having the occupant of the White House being considered by muslims to be an apostate, and thus essentially having a target on his back, might be a less than optimal situation….
Also, please indicate where any, or any part, of the above statenments is incorrect.
I have never stated that the occupant of the White House is a muslim.
I know.
It’s just that for 35+ years, I thought they were zicon-encrusted, gold-plated tweezers…
But I checked the lyrics on-line, and there is no gold-plating, just zircon-encrusting.
I regret my error…, and humbly thank you for showing me the correct version!