April 3, 2009

With bowed head and bended knee

By Thomas Lifson
Has anyone ever seen Barack Obama publicly bow and bend his knee when meeting someone  prior to yesterday? I don't recall any photos of such a gesture of greeting, but I would be very happy if some of the President's defenders on the left could provide such evidence that his striking body language yesterday before the monarch of Saudi Arabia and custodian of the holy cities of Mecca and Medina was simply a habitual gesture of warmth.(See also: Obama bows down to Saudi King and Would Abe Lincoln bow down to a slave-keeping Arab king?)When meeting the Saudi King for the first time at a reception in London, the President of the United States unmistakably bowed deeply and even bent his knee. (at 1:37 in the following video)The same bow seen from another angle here:The American mainstream media apparently paid no heed, and instead focused on Michelle Obama casually touching the Queen of England when introduced to the United Kingdom's monarch. If anyone has seen MSM paying attention to...(Read Full Article)