This really ticks me off. I really didn’t care all that much about the whole “scandal” about Obama bowing to the Saudi king. I think it mattered to those who are worried about the context of the bow in the midst of an unapologetic apology tour. But hey, I figured I’m not going to be too crazy about much that he does.
But what’s happening now is just so egregious.
Here’s the thing. Obama bowed to the Saudi king. It’s on video. It’s that simple. But now he’s denying it and the media’s playing along. When given the choice to believe their own eyes or THE ONE, they’re siding with Obama.
Clearly, Ben Smith of The Politico is clearly running damage control for the White House because he’s essentially saying the White House is saying Obama didn’t bow and that George W. Bush bowed too.
Smith writes:
The question of whether President Barack Obama bowed to the Saudi king stirs some passions, as did the images of George W. Bush holding hands with the Saudi.
And while this White House is denying Obama bowed, there’s also video that appears to show Bush bowing to the king.
The Obama gesture, on the other hand, sure looks like a bow, and Captains Quarters points out that the two-handed handshake begins after Obama has come up from his dip.
And who cares? Well, the broader story of which this is an instance is the gap between warm presidential relations with Saudi Arabia, a helpful behind-the-scenes partner, and popular American suspicion of the country.
Now, please check out this short video below which Smith links to and tell me if this is Bush bowing to the King or bending over to have something placed around his neck. Here’s the picture being pushed around showing Bush bowing.
But go here for the video and see that Bush is simply ducking down while the Saudi king puts something around his neck.For Ben Smith to write “And while this White House is denying Obama bowed, there’s also video that appears to show Bush bowing to the king” is just so ludicrous that if Smith had any shred of integrity he would’ve hit delete on that the second he saw the video.
Now, despite what the media and the White House are saying here’s Obama clearly bowing to the king – which no matter what you see didn’t happen.
Now, how the heck is the White House saying he didn’t bow.
Now, honestly I don’t even care so much about the bow. But for the White House just to lie when everyone can see they’re lying and have the media join him in the lie is just offensive and, I believe, worrisome for the future.
America is not supposed to have state run media but that might be akin to what we have now.
April 9, 2009 at 3:45 am
From the beginning, this has been a campaign and then an administration built on lies, deception and collusion with much of the mainstream media. If the Nazis had our sycophants or the Soviets our own brand of Izvestia, there would have been no need of Goebbels in Germany or the ever fawning communist press in Russia.
April 9, 2009 at 3:55 am
Even my kids recognized it as a bow and they’re between 5 and 11. Though they were far more amused by the zoom in on his captain’s quarters, lol.
April 9, 2009 at 5:20 am
Not only did he bow, on the video shown at American Thinker he is clearly seen drawing back his right foot and bending his knee at the same time. The Anchoress stated on her blog that she thought it was an interrupted bow, basically he changed his mind after beginning the act. Makes sense I guess.
But he definetly bowed. Period. With the MSM so clearly in the tank for him it’s evidently up to bloggers like those posting and commenting on sites such as this to get the truth out.
Say it loud and say it now folks, there will shortly come a time when they’ll try to silence us all.
Let’s not make it easy for them.
April 9, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Oh dear. The Obomination’s pay grade is set by who?
April 9, 2009 at 1:24 pm
If anyone else is feeling crazy over all of the things Obama is doing this is why:
*Gaslighting is a form of psychological abuse or brainwashing where one individual attempts to get another individual to believe she is “crazy”. This is most often done through the denial of facts, events, or what one did or did not say. The gaslighter might also directly or indirectly imply that the individual is defective, crazy, or suffers from a mental illness.*
April 9, 2009 at 2:18 pm
It is plusclear that you need more practice at doublethink.
With well-developed skill at doublethink, you can view the video of the bow, and yet still know that Obama did not bow.
If you practice more, you can be just like the big-name liberal journalists.
Who controls the past, controls the future.
April 9, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Maybe he’s so jetlagged that he thought he was in Japan where it is customary to bow. 😉 I’m not fan of Obama’s, but it does seem like the protocol people in his administration all need to be fired (See: weird gifts at state vists, Hillary Clinton’s “gaffe” at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and now clearly bowing to the Saudi king).
April 9, 2009 at 4:01 pm
The Lying One at work – more of it, be sure!
Blessings and a Holy Easter everyone,
Mum26
April 9, 2009 at 4:38 pm
Why is it that I fear that when Obama arises in the morning, a page runs through the halls of the White House proclaiming “He is risen!”
So he doesn’t bow to the Queen of England (good) but will towards this backroom terrorist financier. “And I’m proud to be an American …”
April 9, 2009 at 5:29 pm
I’m glad you shared the video, I’ve been curious about this. It almost looked unplanned. It was very quick, he didn’t even keep his feet planted. We wouldn’t be all up in arms if he had bowed to a Japanese businessman as is their custom. As for outrage over the bow itself – much ado about nothing.
But the denial is pretty silly. Why lie about it? Acknowledge that it was imprudent, or whatever, and move on.
Likewise, let us conservatives not get all in a tizzy over this. It was clearly meaningless from my perspective, and I’ve got bigger things to worry about.
April 9, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Agreed. Bigger things to worry about than the bow but the White House lying and the press accepting a clear lie is something worthy of being truly concerned about.
April 9, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Nah, Obama must have been making a profound bow to a relic of the True Cross suspended around the king’s neck!
April 9, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Point taken, but this blind obedience from the MSM is nothing new. Don’t worry, they’re all going out of business soon.
April 10, 2009 at 11:17 am
It is the White House trying to cover it up that bothers me, too. Double-speak and all that Orwell-1984 and Brave New World stuff that has me “screaming” on the inside and on my knees praying hard for this country and the world. Subvet is so right!