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View Poll Results: Should President Barack Obama Have Bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia
Yes 19 17.12%
No 82 73.87%
Other 5 4.50%
Not Sure 5 4.50%
Voters: 111. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 04-08-2009, 06:19 PM
 
Location: Everybody is going to hurt you, you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for-B Marley
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You just don't get it do you? Here's a clue. That is, to them, what a handshake is to us in the US. That doesn't even compare to bowing to them.
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Old 04-08-2009, 06:22 PM
 
Location: Flyover Country
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You just don't get it do you? Here's a clue. That is, to them, what a handshake is to us in the US. That doesn't even compare to bowing to them.
Bowing or kissing and holding hands?

You are obviously going with kissing and holding hands.

Okay, your call.
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Old 04-08-2009, 06:24 PM
 
Location: Long Island,New York
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The dog visited the Obama's a few weeks ago and is being trained, from what I heard on the radio this AM, it's due to arrive within the next 2 weeks.

Why on Earth would you equate a dog arriving with the White House being bombed?
Unfortunately the answer to your question can only be answered by someone stupid enough to make such a ridiculous comment.
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Old 04-08-2009, 06:25 PM
 
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Nothing wrong with that at all.

He was in THEIR country talking to THEIR leader on his own desires. What's wrong with bowing to the king? It's not like we're any more important as human beings as anyone else, and nor are our customs.
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Old 04-08-2009, 06:28 PM
 
Location: Everybody is going to hurt you, you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for-B Marley
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Nothing wrong with that at all.

He was in THEIR country talking to THEIR leader on his own desires. What's wrong with bowing to the king? It's not like we're any more important as human beings as anyone else, and nor are our customs.
And we're not less important either, so you don't bow to them. Bowing to them is showing you're beneath them, subordinate, that's how they see it.

Put it this way, in history, why do you think people were beheaded for not bowing to a king?
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Old 04-08-2009, 06:30 PM
 
Location: Rockland County New York
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Nothing wrong with that at all.

He was in THEIR country talking to THEIR leader on his own desires. What's wrong with bowing to the king? It's not like we're any more important as human beings as anyone else, and nor are our customs.
Nice to see they still are serving cool aid to all the peasants.
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Old 04-08-2009, 06:44 PM
 
Location: South Florida
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LMAO Please tell me you're joking. Who could be stupid enough to make such a claim when it's on video? I bet some of his cabinet ---- their pants when they saw him bend over. How many more ways will he bend over for this country?
The White House official story is that he was not bowing to the King. That is the most frightening part of all .... that they DARE to deny it when all of us can sit and watch the video and it is so undeniably clear he was bowing!

There is no way he was bending to take the hand of a shorter person unless that person was one foot tall!!

How stupid do they think everyone is? If he wanted to bow to the King he should have at least bowed to the Queen as well and he could say he was doing it out of some sort of courtesy.

But this way it's so obvious that I don't even see a lot of Obama supporters showing up to defend him. No one can!!! Seriously, this is a reason for some very real concern. I really do try to keep an open mind, but it's getting more difficult every day.
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Old 04-08-2009, 06:45 PM
 
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He was just bending over to plug in the teleprompter.
ROFL!!!!!
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Old 04-08-2009, 06:46 PM
 
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See if you think he was just "bending over to shake a short person's hand" Such liars.

YouTube - Obama Bows to Saudi King
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Old 04-08-2009, 06:50 PM
 
Location: Apple Valley Calif
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Bowing or kissing and holding hands?

You are obviously going with kissing and holding hands.

Okay, your call.
Now we know who one of the two clowns is that voted it's OK to bow....
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