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Michelle Obama Handshake the Latest First Family Greeting Mishap
By David Knowles - AOL News(Nov. 9) -- Greetings, salutations and controversy. For the Obama family, a cordial show of respect has often led to blaring headlines and ruffled feathers. The latest instance of this phenomenon occurred in Indonesia today, when first lady Michelle Obama shook hands with Tifatul Sembiring, a conservative Muslim and Indonesia's information minister. Because of his religious beliefs, Sembiring tries to avoid contact with women who are not in his immediate family. Video of the meeting ran on Indonesian television and was posted to YouTube. Sembiring quickly took to Twitter to make sure that ...
White House Repeats Discredited Explanation for Obama Bow
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyAt the White House press briefing this afternoon, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs tried to repeat the Administration's discredited explanation for an apparent bow that President Barack Obama gave to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia at the G-20. The reporter wasn't buying it, as evidenced by video of the exchange.LOTHIAN: When the President met with King Abdullah, there was something that took place which I believe the White House explained was just the president being taller than the king. We took a look at the video, and it does appear that the president actually bowed to King Abdullah. Did he bow ...
Video Catches White House in a Lie Over Alleged Bow
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyThe White House is denying that President Obama bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia at last week's G-20 summit in Europe. The official explanation is essentially that the president was simply caught in awkward moment (0:54 in video at link)."It wasn't a bow. He grasped his hand with two hands, and he's taller than King Abdullah," said an Obama aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity."But the gathering was caught on video, and a still frame lifted from that video proves that the White House explanation is a fabrication. In the picture below, Obama's two hands are clearly seen inside the ...
Obama Administration: There Was No Bow
By Dave - Politics DailySEE ALSO: Two Handed Shake? Really? and Yep. Two Handed Shake. POLITICO.com"It wasn't a bow. He grasped his hand with two hands, and he's taller than King Abdullah," said an Obama aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.Yeah, right. Watch the tape at 0:55. No, it wasn't a bow, Obama just wanted a really good look at the King's belly button... Har!As Ben Smith points out, the Saudi media knows it was a bow, but says, what's the big deal?!President Barack Obama's bow in front of King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz during their meeting at the sidelines of the G20 conference in London has aroused ...
Everyone Has a Man-Crush on King Abdullah
By Dave - Politics DailyObama bows to the Saudi King and it's the hot pic of the day.Power Line has the standard right-wing critique and I don't disagree:What's wrong with this picture? Americans do not bow to royalty. In my view, when the royal is the ruling tyrant of a despotic regime, the wrong is compounded. Putting aside the breach of American protocol, it is akin to Jimmy Carter succumbing to Brezhnev's infamous kiss at the signing of the arms accord in Vienna in 1979. It is a disgrace. As in Carter's case, Obama's supplicant attitude signifies his spirit. In this respect I distinguish it from George Bush's ...
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