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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What’s one more?He is going to surrender on everything else anyway.
granite, you will never be able to clear the eyes of those who wish to disparage any of us with their attempts to put words into our mouths…They will twist cut and paste anything to their choice. Suffice to say, there is so much of Barry Soetoro’s character than can be attacked and proven, his lslamic leaning possibilities( if any) aren’t needed.
Drill baby drill, that is the kryptonite(sp) to muslims and Obama….Tea Parties should chant….drill baby drill…
Call me crazy – but Obama is communicating to a muslim how a muslim communicates. It’s really that simple. I was never one to accuse the man of being muslim in the past, but honestly, the more I hear and see from this man regarding all things muslim – it is disconcerting. I can already hear what will be his defense. “I never denied I was familiar with the Muslim faith..I have relatives that were/are Muslim yadda, yadda, yadda…”
Obarrassment.
Agreed.
True. I said that Bear1909 has stated this. You and Redpill have your own paranoid schtick going on. You showed plenty in your last post. You mention deception. Tell me, do you think Obama is a muslim engaging in deception towards “the infidels”? Thank you for contributing. Now, if only Redpill and Bear would chime in for their takes on Obama and the MOSLEM issue.
No. As I have stated before, you just engage in your passive aggressive little laundry lists and act shocked when someone accuses you of believing the exact conclusion you are trying to foster.
Which is actually more pitiful than just coming right out and saying you think he is a secret Muslim.
Saudi King Abdullah bans bowing and kissing hand …
http://articles.latimes.com/2005/sep/12/world/fg-briefs12
How is it that we are no longer governed by citizen leaders but rather manipulated and ruled over by socialist autocrats. Who are these creatures?
“And if so, when did diplomatic protocol start mattering to Obama, anyway?!”
When did it start mattering, you ask, Michelle? When Obama started to meet with his Muslim sympathizers.
Hey, MNUSMCDavid, did you read the last post by one of our resident adolescents?
As if on cue…and exactly as you described in your post!
‘Course, I’m not surprised in the least.
I’m sure you’re not, either.
And again, as if on cue, we hear from another of our young fellas!
granite avoiding the question…
Do you think, is it your opinion, that Obama is secretly a Muslim?
Take a freaking stand.
Junior, I just plain don’t know.
What I do know is that I do not trust him in the least…and that certainly includes anything he says.
Now calm down, and try growing up and learning some manners.
Don’t forget that gift for Michelle Mr. President.
I didn’t ask you if you knew. I asked you what you think, based on your “evidence.”
Stop equivocating.
Maybe he was chanting his allah akbars when he was in Rev Wrights church for the last twenty years. Apparently, he wasn’t listening to the preacher.
Another ignorant libtard you are my friend. We have plenty of resources in our own country to go after oil, but lemmings like yourself, the dim party, and the Kenyan Bastard in Chief restrict our abilities to go after our own oil.
BTW He may not be a practicing muslim, but his daddy was one, BO is a male, therefore he would be considered muslim first due to his blood relation to his father.
What about his birth certificate trolls? Why spend so much $$, time and effort to hide his country of birth?
I think that I do not know the answer to your question.
This is such a stupid argument. If some group out there considered anyone that used poultry screennames to be a member of their club, whether they wanted to be or not, would you give it any credence whatsoever?
I don’t think Obama’s particularly religious in any fashion, but I do think out of political correctness he harbors a dangerous soft spot for Muslim radicals.
And that does not bode well for the American people.
Terrorists will see that weakness and capitalize on it. Obama won’t have the balls to stand up to them and defend our nation. Like his sell out of our our free market system, he’ll send us up the river without a paddle if terrorists demand it.
Heaven help us all.
I am with rooster. BO and his ilk hate fossil fuels…his cap & trade policy will have us walking, taking a bus, or riding our bikes to work. That’s why I don’t get why he is kissing Saudi butt.
Speaking of manners (sir/miss?) You accused me of stating that you called Obama a Muslim. That’s not the case. I accuse Bear1909 of calling Obama a Muslim who will reveal himself as one while POTUS. You and Redpill have your own, um, let’s say interesting, takes on the muslim/moslem issues.
Since you falsely accused me of making certain allegations about you, I’ll let the psych majors on the board determine why you’d make such a claim. All in all, if you think the POTUS is secretly a muslim carrying out the largest deception in the history of politics, I’d hope you’d come out and say so.
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I’ll give you credit for at least answering the question. Please try to quote me accurately in the future, and I’ll try to return the favor.
You don’t know what you think?
Tell you what… I think you are lying. I think that you do believe he is a secret Muslim on a secret mission. I think you avoid sactually aying this because you have enough self awareness to not want to sound totally ridiculous. I think you wrap yourself up in barely-plausible deniability that is as thin as a 30 thread count sheet.
See how easy that is?
Chap,
Do you actually know any muslims, or muslim customs, or is everything you know from the Daily KOS? Do you know that muslim born girls are considered trash and males born in a muslim family are royalty?
Was BO’s daddy a muslim chap? I am so confused by our Kenyan Bastard in Chief, help a brother out chap!
Idi Amin Dada converted to Islam and found a safe haven in Saudi Arabia. His father also converted to Islam. Just saying.
Obama the coward does not represent me or how I feel. Let him bow and act like a dog. He is what he is.
How is that in any way relevant to whether or not Obama can in any sense be considered a Muslim unless he self identifies as such?
I don’t see anyone else bowing except for Obama.
Wow. You, poultry man, are hilariously unhinged at this point. I take pleasure in knowing that you’ll continue to come apart in pathological hatred for the next 7+ years. I sorta feel sorry for you, but more sorry for those whose lives you directly impact. Enjoy the ride on the Barack HUSSEIN Obama express ole boy.
Perhaps he doesn’t have a choice?
April 15, Tax Day Tea Party in Annapolis.
We are gonna flood the place.
Y’all come now, heah!
So anyone can go ahead and label anyone else whatever they want, and there is nothing you can do about it? You are now irrevocably considered part of that group merely because its members say you are?
That seems, frankly, dumb.
chap,
I believe his religious views are that of Rev Wright, black nationalism/theology. Obama probably didn’t intend to cause a stir, but to show respect by bowing to the king. However, don’t the King’s subjects have to bow to him? It is still odd that someone as smart as our Kenyan Bastard in Chief has no idea of protocol with foreign friendly tyrants.
No President should have to do that C**P
Drill here, drill now. let them swim in their oil.
only a matter of time undersieve until Americans wake up and demand accountability. Besides most of us who have conservative values are usually working and have little time for the violence that you and your brethern have been unleashing the last 8 years.
To someone having grown up with the freedom of religion, speech, etc., it does seem awkward and incomprehensible. (As to whether it’s dumb, I don’t know…)
So we set our standards on this by those that do not enjoy our freedoms say?
If a group of Chinese homosexuals, for whatever reason, claimed you as one of their own, should we just roll over and say “Well, they make the rules. I guess that’s the end of it. Sorry MtsEdge, but you are, by definition, gay.”?
April 15, Tax Day Tea Party in Annapolis.
We are gonna flood the place.
Y’all come now, heah
…or you’ll have to answer to my daugter in law. That wont be fun.
I agree with chap and undersieve. Our Kenyan Bastard in Chief is so smart, he knows everything, including all protocols, therefore he bows because he knows that muslims must bow to a muslim tyrant king.
Thanks you 2 very smart libtards for clearing up is he, or isn’t he?
Chap, for some reason, I was under the impression that once a muslim, always a muslim. And he was a muslim. If he changed religion, he is in grave danger of beheading. That is what muslims do to those who betray the muslim religion. And Barry definitely was raised muslim and learned a lot of their ways as a child. “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it”. Proverbs 22:6
Imaginative scenario, I must say. But wow, I thought that First Amendment stuff just came naturally to you lawyers!!
I’m not accepting any label that I don’t fashion for myself. I have that luxury of liberty, paid for with the willing blood of others. I respect that and am forever grateful for their sacrifice. The very fact that others must spill their blood to preserve my freedom and yours speaks volumes about the nature of evil in this world.
WRT BHO, for me, it’s a combination of the old saying “if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck,” combined with the koran’s own teachings about who is a muslim and what happens to infidels.
Actually, he’s checking to see if he had wet himself.
Why again? Because his dad was? because some piece of paper said he was? Because other Muslims say he was? Because of a myriad of other things out of his control? Know what’s missing? Him ever saying he was.
I think he is pretty safe, after all he travels with 200 Secret Service.
Wait until he apologizes to North Korea if their missle don’t work.
Heh, the quote of the day!
Good one.
Yet you seemingly won’t extend that courtesy to Obama.
chap,
you intentionally miss the point. He is not a practicing muslim, but having been born to one he is considered a muslim first. Remember, muslims could care less what a piece of paper says, they only know blood lines.
Did you read the rest of my post?
Everyday…
he
just
gets
WORSE!
Unhinged. That’s the best way to describe this MM rant. Obama gave a formal bow, presumably the correct formal greeting. He did now whisk a hundred relatives and friends of the Saudi King out of the country without interviewing them hours after the 9/11 attacks.
(You have to admit there were no WMDs in Iraq if you want to complain that Michael Moore’s charge is wrong.)
No, my whole point is “he is considered” by whom? A bunch of crazies? Why do they get to set the rules, in any case. You seem unwilling to defer to the judgment of Muslims in any other case. Why not here?
Yes, and it was very pretty, but ultimately irrelevant. You are saying that we have the right to not be defined by others because of hard fought freedom, but belie that very notion wrt Obama when you keep referencing “combined with the koran’s own teachings about who is a muslim and what happens to infidels.”
BTW, for the record, my personal opinion, that I have expressed before, although Mrs. Obama, ie Stanley Ann, only married Musselmen, and Obama’s own half-sister reports that his step-father took him to Friday prayers at the masjid each week, and Obama can recite the muezzin’s call to prayer in supposedly perfectly accented Arabic, I believe Obama has been an atheist or agnostic since sometime after returning to Hawaii, and quite cynically joined the TUCC and proclaimed to be a Christian, despite the fact he seems unable to keep his New Testament scripture straight (ie, Paul’s Letter to the Church at Rome was a ‘minor bit of Scripture, or that the Sermon on the Mount endorsed gay marriage), but remains, to this day, like his idols Alinsky, Marx, Ayers, Davis and Mao, an atheist/agnostic, and further, likely believes himself the most important figure on the planet. And believed that long before he was elected POTUS.
bizarre…
As an aside, how is it that the U.S. is expected to conform to everyone else’s culture? How about other nations conforming to, or at least respecting, our culture for a change??
Chap you intentionally confuse the point of BO being born to a muslim daddy in Kenya.
Muslims could give a rats ass what some vermin lawyer says is needed to prove who or what they are, no, they simply rely on blood lines for proof of their brotherhood. Much like our Kenyan Bastard in Chief falsely claims the mantle of the first black president. When in fact, his daddy was a Kenyan, of Arabic ethniticity, ergo, our messiah doesn’t have enough blood line in him to be considered a black man. He may have enough black blood coursing through his arabic veins to be an octaroon, or a quintroon!
Just ask anyone in Darfur if there is a difference between black Africans and African arabs.
yes, he is subject to a different set of rules, not of his own choosing.
Whether he is now or not is moot, but he was registered in school in Indonesia as a Muslim. That is on the record, and indisputable, Chap! Give your angst a rest.
I did?
Where?
When?
Funny, I can’t seem to find anywhere that I had accused you of stating that I called Obama a muslim.
Do you think you could find taht statement of mine and post it so that all of us can see it?
Didn’t think so….
All you posted were nice, polite, mature tidbits like:
blockquote>Gawd this is great. Where is Redpill to add to this? Where is Granite? Most importantly where is Bear1909….
(Too much free time? Just tossed out some blog names ’cause you felt like ridiculing?)
and
and
(Again, I’ll ask, wheen/where was that?
And, again I’ll ask, could you post an example for all of us to see?)
and
(Another nice bit – and, yet again, exactly when/where was it that I made such a claim? Could you please post it?)
and
(This is getting tedious…when/where . did . I . state . that . I . think . that . etc…? Could . you . please . post . an . example . ?)
and
(You all know what’s coming: When/where did I inaccurately quote you? Could you please post an example for all of us to see?)
You are obtuse. I know his father was Kenyan. I could not care less. Nor do I care if muslims think that he is one of them or an apostate or whatever. Whatever. You go on thinking he is Muslim because of self perpetuating rules. Cool. Cause know what? At the end of the day he is still President. And if it tweaks you that much more that he is a Muslim President, all the better in my book.
Obama’s father had some Arabic blood, but, IIRC, was considered Arab mainly because of his Islamic faith.
Look at Prince Bandar, son of the Saudi crown prince and an African slave girl. (The enlightened Saudis have finally officially outlawed slavery, but still practice it). He is considered an Arab, despite Black features. Ditto the late President Sadat. The ‘Arab’ leaders of Sudan.
Although the Arabs originated as Semitic people in Arabia, being Arab now is as much cultural as ethnic. The ‘Arabs’ of Northwest Africa were originally Berbers. The Assyrians. All of the people originally of the Middle East conquered by Islam are considered ‘Arab’. Islam is not just a religion, it is also the militant wing of Arabic culture.
Of course, at the edges of the Islamic empire, the indigenous cultures survived, to a degree. Hence an Indonesian Muslim culture that isn’t strictly Arab.
But the senior B Hussein Obama was almost certainly, ethnically, more Black than Semitic/Arab.
You mean the document that also incorrectly said he was Indonesian and gave the wrong name for his previous school? And again, I don’t really care how others label him. Nor should you.
He isn’t a practicing Muslim.
He is either an agnostic or an atheist, like almost all communists.
chap, I don’t have a liberal brain! I could care less what BO ultimately is, so long as he protects this country. The fact that he is totally dishonest about who and what he is, should trouble even you. Conservatives do not look at the color of a mans skin but the content of his charachter.
Hell chap, you should know this if you are a lawyer. Didn’t you have to take the standard lawyers oath of hypocrites?
You sure seem to waste a lot of breath pointing out all the things he is or is not, then.
You’re the unhinged one, lgm. The President of the United States doesn’t owe anyone a bow. He meets other heads of governments as equals. You’ll notice that the King of Saudi Arabia didn’t return the bow. Da One screwed up.
ECS
Our messiah sure seems to waste a lot of $$, and resources hiding his birth certificate.
Funny how congress investigated McCain’s citizenship and not our Kenyan Bastard in Chiefs. ha ha ha real funny, oh my bag, democrat controlled congress, democrat rules.
hmmmm
No. Bush held hands with the mutt, he didn’t bow to him. See the difference?
And for the record, I’m convinced Obama is a citizen and a perfectly legitimate US Presidential candidate.
I just happen to think that the guy is a moslem and that time will tell. You’ll see. It’s coming.
Obama may not SAY he is a socialist, but his actions SAY otherwise.
Obama may not SAY he is a muslim,
but his actions SAY otherwise.
And for a US president to prostate himself before a tyrant is definitely an embarassment to all Americans.
Was he born in Queens, Kapiolani or St.Francis? These are the hospitals in Hawaii and it should be easy to establish citizenship.
Saying that Obama is a Muslim or secret Muslim is not totally ridiculous. It’s actually a real possibility. There are enough connections and prior acts to make a plausible link. That’s why it is debated by a lot of people around the world. Obama denies it. Thats why the word “secret” is used.
Chap
Remember Odumbo’s interview with George Stepinit–He said my Muslim religion and had to be corrected. He said it–no one on here made it up. If this idiot doesn’t know his religion what does that say. He is a frickin Muslim leaning pacifist. When we get the crap bombed out of us because of his limp wrist diplomacy then maybe the kool aid types will wake up–doubt it though.
Now that’s funny, I don’t care who you are…
Was Straub around then? If asked, I know the name of the hospital where I was born, don’t recall ever seeing his though.
I suppose when one is in charge of the Kabba stone at zero point all Muslims must bow down to him.
If anyone would have told me on Sept 12, 2001 that the president after Bush would be named Hussein and would have lived and studied in the most populous Muslim country on earth and would refuse to provide substantial proof of his eligibility to be POTUS, I would have said you are crazy, Americans would never be so stupid as to do that. Oh well.
That’s because it was checked out and he isn’t on record as having been born in any of the hospitals.
There’s the rub: Americans bow only in prayer – never to royalty! Even if protocol dictates as much as a slight curtsy, the US President should be the last to break this code.
Bowing to a king is never, ever, under any circumstances, at any place or time, the correct greeting, formal or otherwise, for the President of the United States of America.
Can anyone tell me what Obama was doing prior to his community activism? Like in college and prior to college? Does anyone know who his friends were? Girlfriends? Associations? Jobs? Did he play on any sports teams? Does anyone find this as strange as I do? Apparently, the MSM and the dolts who voted for him don’t find anything strange about that at all. Apparently, there is nothing wierd about a person’s life between the age of about 13 and about 30 being a blank slate. But I would really really like to know what he was doing, wouldn’t you???
When in Rome…
Now kiss my ring. Get out.
lgm, 500 tons of yellow-cake uranium were found in Iraq and transferred to Canada to be converted into nuclear fuel for peaceful use.
Now, a math teacher may ask: “What exactly is yellow-cake uranium?”
To which I would reply: “You’re sure not going to find the answer listening to Michael Moore.”
And Obama bowing to the Saudi King? Just giving props to his peeps that’s all.
perhaps checking to see if the king has a pair?…not talking about shoes.
Ok Chap, you’re a lawyer, I’m a cop, so you know how I feel about you just on general principal. So I’m going to make this simple so you can follow along, ready? Good.
Let’s put this to what we in the field call the “reasonable man test” (sorry if I am getting out of your comfort zone with that) Now, the test goes like this: Would a reasonable man, given a set of circumstances come to the same conclusion as we have, i.e. BHO is acting like a Muslim would when in the presence of a Muslim to whom he owed allegiance or submission based on faith and/or culture? Let’s see:
Born to a Muslim Father?- Check
Lived in a Muslim country?- Check
(you can safely assume he was not studying a bible while he was there)
Worshiped as a Muslim under fathers tutelage?- Check
Uttered the phrase “my Muslim faith” while speaking untelepromptered?- Double Check
When faced with a Muslim potentate for the first time does he act as a person of Muslim faith would be expected to act by bowing and subjugating himself even given his status as POTUS?- Triple Check.
Now given this set of circumstances would a reasonable man come to the conclusion that there is a little bit more to his “muslim faith” than just something from a foggy past? The answer is yes.
It is not an unreasonable conclusion and is supported by facts in evidence of his life up to at least his teenage years.
The POTUS does NOT bow down to any other head of state and him doing so, to that particular person, speaks volumes about what he is trying unsuccessfully to keep under wraps.
Did he kiss his ring and then ask him for a campaign contribution?
Don’t overcomplicate this. We have witnessed obummer’s first display of humility before a muslim dictator.
hey happyscrapper, go here.
One thing the kool-aid does is it destroys your capability to admit you are wrong about anything. When our cities get bombed, the k/a types will say that “it is our just punishment for being an evil people”. When our government destroys our children’s future, they will say “it is all good and we should accept it”. When our president bows down to foreign leaders, they will say “it is long overdue and proper”. When illegal immigrants flood our country and suck up citizens rights and benefits they will say “we need to share and accept our poor brothers”. And so on. . . .
I am sick at this sight. Weak kneed a$$ kissing. This is what we get for electing a president unaware of America’s proud history and equality of man. Somebody is going to attack us because he is telegraphing–we are scared to retaliate.
I think lgm and chap are paid by ACORN on the HopeAndChange payroll—anytime things get a little heated they are here. Do they have real jobs?Ignore them. Good heavens, what stale arguments they have in bringing up Michael Moore and WMD’s.
A President of the United States should bow to no one. A head nod to the Queen of England is ok, but bow to no one.
Couldn’t wear a flag pin.
Wouldn’t cover his heart for the National Anthem.
But upon meeting the leader of that barbarous regime, he bows so low he almost falls down.
Truly, we are blessed by such an inspiring leader.
arab muslims think of black muslims as their slaves….
Lindsay said:
No way – we beat England, and saved their bacon more than once. If anyone should do any bowing, they ought to be bowing to us.
wink said:
Obama’s motto: speak softly, and bow low.
This is the reason it irritates me ever so slightly. Not because of all the secret Muslim stuff, but because it wasn’t necessary to make such an overly obsequious gesture. As for the summit, the markets loved it, but what was really accomplished? These leaders are as clueless as anyone, and it’ll end up being our own hard work that turns this thing around.
Since BHO won’t release his higher education records, could it be he is paying homage to the man who financed his education?