Once again, Obama shames his fellow Americans, the Americans he claims to lead, even rule, by bowing before a foreign Emperor.
The first time he did this, it was before the filthy tyrant king of Saudi Arabia, a man who might charitably be called an enemy of the United States; certainly someone who is openly contemptuous of American ideals.
This time it is before the figurehead of a nation which, although it was once our declared mortal enemy, is now our true political ally, a nation whose scientists, engineers, artists, and writers have been prodigiously fruitful and influential.
It doesn’t matter, though. Of all the people in the world, the American President, acting in his official capacity, ought bow to no one. Nor, I must add, require anyone, citizen, enemy, or ally, to bow to him.
No, wait, that’s not strong enough.
No American ought to feel bound to bow to anyone else.
No, wait, not even that suffices.
No one, no one, ought to bow to anyone, except as a deep, personal expression of profound earned respect for the person receiving the bow. The person, mind, not the office.
For anyone to feel obligated by protocol to bow before anyone else, simply by virtue of the respective dick-drips that quickened them, and the twats that squeezed them out, is disgusting.
For the President of the United States, acting in his official capacity as our leader, to bow to any such person, is utterly at odds with the founding principles of the nation he pretends to lead.
And that’s all Obama does. Pretends. He has absolutely no understanding of or respect for the principles he has taken a sacred oath to defend.
If he should bow before anyone, it should be before us, The People, his masters. And he should bow, kowtow, deeply, kissing our feet, wailing in shame, to apologize for this insult to us. He is bowing for us. When he bows, it is as if we all bow.
I will not bow, Mr. President, you low life little putz. And I will not have you bow on my behalf.
Obama’s personal respect is his to bestow towards whomever he considers his betters. His official respect he owes to no one but us.
[Picture from SondraK at Knowledge is Power, who also has some photos of other world leaders not bowing to the Emperor of Japan. Sovereigns, potentates, and Presidents do not bow before each other, except in surrender.]
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