IMO there has not been a non-narcissist President, Vice President, Governor, Senator, Congressman, or candidate for any of those offices in the history of the Republic.

@nancy,

In my experience the troops can speak for themselves.

And for the record I have seriously tried to get into the military. The Marines, Army, and Navy. They aren’t comfortable with sending depressed people into combat. I’d need a waiver from some important guy (Surgeon General of the Army was his title IIRC) and none of the people I’ve talked to have even bothered calling back.

I would have tried to get into the Coast Guard but it turns out they’re even more selective than the combat services.

We all care about our country. That’s why we’re here.

And I dare say any man or woman who has fought to preserve this country would agree.

I respectfully disagree – and so do my active military family and friends.

This is just one of many acts of ignorance on Obama’s part. This act was not only an embarrassment to our country, but so embarrassing to Japan that they made a decision not to publish the photo in their newspapers.

A bow is not an ignorant thing if on equal level, but note how much the Emperor bowed… hardly. And that Obama was not sensitive to that tells the Emperor a lot. It means you don’t know what you are doing, “president obama’ and apparently don’t care enough about how you represent yourself or your country.

I find it ironic how low he will bow to Japan, but when he visited our men and women in Iraq last year while he was campaigning, he didn’t even acknowledge them as he passed them by. Heck, he didn’t even look at them.

It scares me that he is our representative, apologizing to other countries and talking to mass murderers with more respect than he gives our troops. Despicable really.

I commend you for taking pause on this one. It’s important. And I dare say any man or woman who has fought to preserve this country would agree. I doubt any of the squealers on here have ever considered being in the military.

Bush dancing in Africa, funny as it was, does not carry the same political undertones as bowing to another world leader. As for the Nixon picture, there are two items to note. First, Nixon. Really? That’s the best reference? Second, compare the depth of the bow between the two presidents. Nixon’s international “protocol” has it right. As noted on another site, “the correct protocol in Japan is to bow, same depth, same duration. What The [President] is doing is tantamount to prostrating himself.”

Hopefully we citizens will continue to be attentive to our many domestic issues, but I believe international diplomatic missteps such as these are also noteworthy.

Of all the things to criticize this President for, this one seems really petty and desperate. Where are the pix of Dubya kissing the Saudi king, so we can have some context and comparison? ;)

Oh wait, maybe you meant I was the “JACKASS”. You should remember to put a comma in there so no one associates the nickname VETERAN with the kind of disrespect for the office of President of the United States that we associate with the left during the Bush years.

As to the President bowing to the emperor of Japan, how about checking out the pictures of President Dwight D. Eisenhower bowing to French PM DeGaulle and the Pope in Justin’s post. Man, I’ll bet even the ACLU would have a fit if Obama bowed to the leader of a church (wait, didn’t he meet the Pope earlier this year … quick someone, search for a bow!)

Of all the issues we could spend time on, like the delay in Afghanistan, the worsening jobs picture, huge government subsidies to giant multinational corporations, the health insurance reform debacle … we are focused on whether or not our President is adhering to protocol and embarrassing us on the world stage.

the bow obama gave is one a subservient gives to a superior. low. from the waist. eyes and head facing the ground. and the handshake while bowing is just incorrect form.

and no, its not the end of the world. its just tacky. the bow is inappropriate. the handshake is incorrect. the whitehouse explanation that obama was following protocol is a fib.

rank it with belching at the dinner table, and then explaining that it was meant as a compliment to the chef.

Nixon bows to Japanese Emperor. OWNED!

Why oh why can’t we find enough conservatives to speak deeply about real issues.

AND THE PRESIDENT IS NOT A CEO… HE IS THE PRESIDENT JACKASS. HE REPRESENTS OUR COUNTRY.

IM SURE OTHER COUNTRIES KNOW ITS NOT OUR CULTURE TO BOW………………..ITS JUST A JACKASS MOVE….BUT IM SURE HE IS DOING IT FOR THE CASH… IM SURE HE IS HOPING JAPAN KEEPS BUYING UP OUR DEBT…

PEOPLE NEED TO REMEMBER OUR HISTORY WITH OTHER NATIONS AND REMEMBER OUR PAST. LETS NOT LIVE IN THE PAST. ITS NOT AMERICAN ARROGANCE “WE JUST DONT BOW” NOT 10 DEGREES NOT 15 DEGREES… WE DONT BOW TO ANYONE.

This is not a big deal. It isn’t even a little deal.