This White House lied. It isn’t really surprising that they did, what is surprising is that they should have known better. Of course, it will not matter as the media will not cover the story and O’Reilly’s treatment of the topic this evening amounted once again to his perorating and total failure to take a position through all of the caveat potential.
Politico is carrying the story and the video, where all it takes is a slight look at the angle presented by that video and it is incontrovertible fact that Obama not only bowed, but that he did so with the royal curtsy, swinging his left arm under his waist.
The hogwash of a lie told by the White House was that he did not bow but rather stooped down to shake with both hands. The video clearly shows the man bowing, THEN extending his left hand AFTER he arose.
Why does this matter? Well, besides the obvious American Presidents represent an historical revolution to leave the constrains of royalty: it matters more for what the gesture was meant to convey.
SO why did the White House believe it in any way was intelligent to lie about something that could be so easily proved?
The American people elected the man (it is presumed) but to whom does he owe loyalty?
Moe Lane
Neil Stevens
Steve Maley
Dan McLaughlin
Why Did They Lie? Because The Democrats Lie Like They Breathe (nt)
IJB Wednesday, April 8th at 10:10PM EST (link)You beat me to it
bk (Diary) Wednesday, April 8th at 10:43PM EST (link)I was going to say “out of habit”.
I can't think of any other way to put this . . .
phred (Diary) Wednesday, April 8th at 11:24PM EST (link)but it looks like a mouth hug to me.
Liberalism: Equally shared misery.
I don't believe it either.
mom2oneson (Diary) Thursday, April 9th at 12:22AM EST (link)What they are describing would be like something for his grandma or maybe a father to a daughter that just had a baby and she can’t get up, it’s not what two men do in any situation.
Call it what you want: groveling, apologizing, or step'n'fetch it
jonreagan (Diary) Thursday, April 9th at 1:49AM EST (link)The Great Overseas Apology Tour grows more groveling by the day….even Democrats are saying that this was a huge protocol gaffe; the rest of us realize that it’s something more revealing.
Think about it: $4/gallon gas is not far off, given the hyper-inflation that BO’s policies have guaranteed. AND, his executive orders have once again ensured that we’ll have no offshore drilling—even though Norway, Brazil, Russia, China, Venezuela….well, just about everyone else in the entire world drills offshore for oil. Well, I guess Obama/Father/Big Brother knows best; everyone else in the world is just plain wrong. Hmmm….what we were saying about arrogance?
This sickening image of “the bow” will make one great political ad when gas prices spike up again; Obama would rather grovel to the Saudis than offend President Pelosi and her greenie friends. Thanks, Barack…….sometimes a picture like this is all it takes to tell some very dense voters what you are really all about.
the apology tour in toto (LINK) and Newt said what I thought at first: Let's see photos of BHO
Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary) Thursday, April 9th at 10:58AM EST (link)shaking hands with people even shorter than his Saudi king and see if he bends over like that.
BHO as frog asked to jump and he says
How High?
http://www.redstate.com/gamecock/2009/04/07/surrender-frogs/
Mike DeVine’s Examiner.com, Charlotte Observer and The Minority Report columns
“One man with courage makes a majority.” – Andrew Jackson
Many people say all politicians lie.
TNJim (Diary) Thursday, April 9th at 1:59AM EST (link)Well, for the left it’s a matter of policy. Plus, they know the MSM’s in their corner. Don’t let the video evidence stand in your way. Spin it, spin it, spin it.
Oh, btw Lee, your link to the Politico article isn’t working. It shows in the browser as an active link but it isn’t. This is what I think you wanted to link to:
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0409/White_House_No_bow_to_Saudi.html
I had to laugh at someone who commented on Smith's Politico article.
TNJim (Diary) Thursday, April 9th at 2:09AM EST (link)Someone named Jen wrote “I am so regretting my vote”
‘Scuse me, folks while I say something to Jen and others like her.
*clearing throat*
We TRIED to TELL ya!!
Whoops
Lee Hempfling (Diary) Thursday, April 9th at 10:13AM EST (link)Thanks for the tip on the link. It WAS in there correctly, but WP decided to convert it to an incorrectly coded anchor instead of a link. Hmmm.. on purpose? Doubtful.. WP is wonky at times.
http://www.rollovermartin.com Excerpt of Chapter One and the full synopsis of the true story currently in a Federal Secret Court.
No problem, Lee
TNJim (Diary) Thursday, April 9th at 8:20PM EST (link)Hope the link I posted was to the article you wanted
He bowed because this is the master who fed money....
JadedByPolitics (Diary) Thursday, April 9th at 6:38AM EST (link)to him for his Harvard education he is indebted to the Sauds and the WH tools who think Americans do not recognize a BOW are to stupid for their jobs…..The Imitation Christ makes it easier and easier to see a win in 2010 with him being sent home in 2012…..he shows his true colors more and more. What he will find is America is stronger than his ideals and WE shall overcome his leftist agenda.
Unified Patriots – How-To:
Activists Taking Action
Let me kowalski and say if you can grab the video...
JadedByPolitics (Diary) Thursday, April 9th at 6:39AM EST (link)of his shaking the Queen of Englands hand and put it side by side with the King’s video ALL will see that she is shorter than the King and that The idiot did NOT bend to shake her hand!
Unified Patriots – How-To:
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How about an iPod for the King instead of a bow NT
maddog (Diary) Thursday, April 9th at 8:50AM EST (link)A blatant slap in the face.
Common_Cents (Diary) Thursday, April 9th at 10:37AM EST (link)The White House lying about this obvious bow is just an arrogant slap in the face to all those that voted for Obamatopia. They don’t care about you. You are useless tools to the apologist in chief.
If they are going to blatantly lie about this obvious bow, what more important things will they lie about? Scary. It reveals a dangerous mindset.
Obamatopia will not admit any real type of mistake or defeat. Just like refusing to admit on O’Reilly that the surge worked.
Way to go you Obamatopian tools who elected him. You didn’t do your homework. You were used. It’s funny that many Obamatopians think of themselves as independent, open minded thinkers.
LOL, how ironic that they are the most conformist, rigid people around.
Obama=Golfer in Chief, Leading from,
behind, the Back Nine.Leaders don’t create movements. Movements create leaders. Get involved. Your future depends on it.
Govt “invests” YOUR tax money for POLITICAL return rather than economic return.
Lie and cover up
tennreps (Diary) Thursday, April 9th at 10:57AM EST (link)are the problems. Remember Nixon. It was the cover up. Lets hope he continues to incriminate himself.
I'm with all of you,it's a bow,but
Maggie_in_Indiana (Diary) Thursday, April 9th at 11:36AM EST (link)What did the King thing it was? That’s what bothers me.(This guy is a wuss.)
Other than the fact that the POTUS bows to no Earthly King.
Maggie in Indiana
Compare to the Queen.
itrytobenice (Diary) Thursday, April 9th at 2:06PM EST (link)She’s shorter and he didn’t bow down to shake her hand.
Of all the people in the world that I might bow to, this misogynistic pig is the last one.
Proper grammar saves lives.
Let’s eat Grandma.
Let’s eat, Grandma.
The difficulty of defending a hopeless position
McKinley (Diary) Thursday, April 9th at 11:22PM EST (link)Group this under the teleprompter gaffes. Obama is a man uncomfortable in his own skin because he tries to be everything for everybody all the time. The anti-Bush in so many ways.
Freeze Frame
Michael DeWeese (Diary) Thursday, April 9th at 11:53PM EST (link)For those that have not seen it yet.
Brain Dead Republican