Thread: President Obama bows to emperor of Japan

We've got along fine for 200+ years without a president bowing, you ask what is the big deal about bowing, I ask what is the big deal about NOT bowing? This is the core tenet of conservatism, keeping things in balance and not going up and changing ***** radically.

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The Emperor doesn't bow back to anyone...it's just the way it is. Queen Elizabeth doesn't curtsey to her visitors either.

@rickahyatt: So when businessmen in Japan meet, they're submitting to each other?

No, the Emperor did not bow back.

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Other national leaders did not bow. http://hotairpundit.blogspot.com/2009/11/president ... Only Obama.

Now where's that "it was a ***** joke" button?

there has got to be some defect in your thinking. He bowed to be polite, it was in no way a symbol for anything other than "good afternoon." Im sure fox news will be all over this, even though fox itself said that just about its entire lineup is not news. The rest of the press will see this and toss it for the meaningless thing it is.