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I can't think of a single President in recent history that didn't have at least one excuse to turn around and whack the Protocol Officer upside the noggin.
I care about the issues and not the "all-important" bad image that a President portrays when he hurls on the guy next to him, falls off a stairwell coming off an airplane or bows to somebody.

simply put IMO yes

A bow is a bow. It shows subservience to a higher authority. NO U.S. President should do so.

wheelgun1958 wrote:A bow is a bow. It shows subservience to a higher authority. NO U.S. President should do so.

they should bow to us, right?

We have to remember its not a subservient thing in Asia if bowed as equals. Its a common greeting. Europe is differnt-no way, but no one bows there anymore. My only issue was that it was done so badly.

frazzled wrote:We have to remember its not a subservient thing in Asia if bowed as equals. Its a common greeting. Europe is differnt-no way, but no one bows there anymore. My only issue was that it was done so badly.

From that point of view he bowed waaaaaay too low. I thought the Emperor might have told him that his shoe was untied.

wheelgun1958 wrote:A bow is a bow. It shows subservience to a higher authority. NO U.S. President should do so.

When two men hold hands does it mean the same thing in the park as it does when A US President does it with the leader of a non-democratic nation??

Yes.

So was Nixon when he bowed to Mao.

No. Respectful, yes.

Late night hosts on multi-billion dollar broadcast networks repeatedly mocked Bush for his mistakes and that was fine, but when a private citizen makes a similar comment about Obama, the thought police try to limit free speech.

Dudley wrote:Late night hosts on multi-billion dollar broadcast networks repeatedly mocked Bush for his mistakes and that was fine, but when a private citizen makes a similar comment about Obama, the thought police try to limit free speech.

who are the thought police? What are you referring to?

The dream police, they live inside of my head.
The dream police, they come to me in my bed.
The dream police, they're coming to arrest me, oh no.
Cheap Trick

Are these the thought police you are fretting about? :-)

SIA

surprise_i'm_armed wrote:The dream police, they live inside of my head.
The dream police, they come to me in my bed.
The dream police, they're coming to arrest me, oh no.
Cheap Trick

Thanks SIA , now I'll be humming that all day.

Dudley wrote:Late night hosts on multi-billion dollar broadcast networks repeatedly mocked Bush for his mistakes and that was fine, but when a private citizen makes a similar comment about Obama, the thought police try to limit free speech.

No we are employing our right to free speech as well. The First Amendment says you have the right to ask why Obama is bowing. It also affirms my equal inalienable right to say the issue is bubkis. Thats the whole point of the thing.

frazzled wrote:

Dudley wrote:Late night hosts on multi-billion dollar broadcast networks repeatedly mocked Bush for his mistakes and that was fine, but when a private citizen makes a similar comment about Obama, the thought police try to limit free speech.

No we are employing our right to free speech as well. The First Amendment says you have the right to ask why Obama is bowing. It also affirms my equal inalienable right to say the issue is bubkis. Thats the whole point of the thing.

Bubkis? Oy!

Shalom