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Rightist Conservatives go insane after Obama Bows to the Japanese Emperor
Monday, November 16, 2009 1:05 AM
PARTICIPANT
Monday, November 16, 2009 1:09 AM
Quote:Andrew Malcolm compared the President's waist-bow to the upright greetings of Dick Cheney and Douglas MacArthur -- the latter observed during the occupation of Japan after WWII, which Malcolm apparently considers an equivalent situation to Obama's. MacArthur, he wrote, "was not particularly deferential" to the emperor, but "decided to allow Japan to keep its emperor as a ceremonial unifying institution within a nascent democracy. Tojo, on the other hand, was hanged." Obama hanged no one, and bowed to the emperor. The implication is clear: Barack Obama would have surrendered to the Japanese....
Quote:“Kyodo News is running his appropriate and reciprocated nod and shake with the Empress, certainly to show the president as dignified, and not in the form of a first year English teacher trying to impress with Karate Kid-level knowledge of Japanese customs. “The bow as he performed did not just display weakness in Red State terms, but evoked weakness in Japanese terms….The last thing the Japanese want or need is a weak looking American president and, again, in all ways, he unintentionally played that part....
Quote:Crikey, is there a single adult in the White House who can teach the commander-in-chief some presidential protocol? The Left complained that George W. Bush was too much of a cowboy on the global stage. It’s better than having a waterboy:...
Quote:President Obama has been branded the ‘Groveller-in-Chief’ after giving an exaggerated bow to Japan’s emperor Akihito - the son of the ruler who authorised the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. Coming so soon after Remembrance Day, the deep bow caused an outcry in the U.S. While it was seen as a sign of respect in Japan, Mr Obama was attacked in America for ‘bowing and scraping’ to a foreign leader, particularly a Japanese one. Wartime scars are still raw for many Americans. The 6ft 2in President’s mark of deference to the 5ft 5in emperor in Japan on Saturday dominated discussion in the U.S. media about the trip....
Monday, November 16, 2009 2:49 AM
KWICKO
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)
Monday, November 16, 2009 3:19 AM
JAYNEZTOWN
Monday, November 16, 2009 8:26 AM
NIKI2
Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...
Quote:You're never going to have a reasonable discussion with these people. It's a waste of time to try. Instead, point, laugh, and mock incessantly. It doesn't really help, but at least you'll get a chuckle out of it.
Monday, November 16, 2009 8:38 AM
HERO
Quote:Originally posted by participant: Obama bows to show respect to the Emperor of Japan
Monday, November 16, 2009 8:57 AM
Quote:The 6ft 2in President’s mark of deference to the 5ft 5in emperor in Japan on Saturday dominated discussion in the U.S. media about the trip....
Monday, November 16, 2009 9:21 AM
RIPWASH
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