Floor-cleaning or genuflecting?

Posted by: steveegg on April 3, 2009 at 1:20 pm

Ed Morrissey explodes the meme that the left is trying to make reality that President Obama was just trying to pick something up off the floor when he bowed before Saudi King Abdullah. He notes that, throughout the bow, Obama’s right hand is engaged in a handshake and his left hand remains in view.

A bonus item from Ed – Arab News, the English-language mouthpiece of the House of Saud, dismissed Obama’s new Afghanistan/Pakistan policy while praising his fealty to the followers of Islam.

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  1. Nina says:

    a muslim until proven otherwise.

  2. roy says:

    a muslim until proven otherwise.

    How do you prove a negative?

  3. Lorica says:

    All good muslim’s will bow before their betters, it is ingrained into their psyche at a young age.

    As far as why he didn’t give a full bow, I think half way thru it he realized that he IS the President of the United States, and it probably won’t be a good idea to be seen bowing before this man. – Lorica

  4. Dana says:

    Maybe we should just be glad he didn’t perform the kowtow.