Look who else is attacking Obama on his "bow"--FAUX NEWS

[WI_DEM]

The loons at Fox are beating up on President Obama after his bow while meeting the Emperor of Japan...but apparently they forgot their history, because President Obama is not the first President to make such a bow.

Watch a montage of Fox's absurd attacks, along with the video and images they ignored:

As noted in the video, not only did Presidents Nixon and Eisenhower bow to foreign leaders (Nixon to the Emperor of Japan, Eisenhower to Charles De Gaulle), but President Bush actually held hands with and kissed Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah.

Of course, those simple facts didn't stop Fox (including Karl Rove) from jumping in on the Obama-bashing action, once again proving that when it comes to Fox, news has nothing to do with it.

http://www.dailykos.com/

(I wonder if they picked it up from DU?)

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. How about *W* holding hands and kissing the oil sheiks?

That doesn't count, I guess.

[alsame]

8. A Bushie explained to me that the kissing and holding hands was

mutual, so it was okay.

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. Silly me.

I never would have guessed.......

[yellowcanine]

11. Consenting adults makes it OKAY!

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Realize that bowing is the expected custom in Japan.

If Obama HADN'T bowed, and the Japanese took insult and umbrage, Obama would've been blamed for a diplomatic faux pas.

[ixion]

3. It is an absurd charge, as all FAUX snooze charges are...

worthy only of ridicule and mockery.

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. No matter what Obama does, Fux will criticize him.

It's pointless to expect otherwise.

[Phx_Dem]

5. Bush practically had sex with the Saudi prince and they had no problem with that.

I have never given a rat's ass what Faux News thinks about anything so why would I care now. In fact, I'd think there was something wrong with them if they said anything that wasn't hateful about Obama.

[Nyquil Man]

6. There are always going to be people who think America should respect no one.

It can't be helped. Even if someone honestly thinks the President shouldn't bow, it is laughable to suggest that the bow represented anything other than Obama's desire to show respect to another nation's leader.

[yurbud]

7. this is all conservatives have left: grade school gossip

[quantass]

10. Surprisingly took them longer than expected...but alas the world is back in order

[yellowcanine]

12. They got nothin' so they will use what they got.

[Raven]

13. Kissing the Pope's ring.....

I think that's still the Vatican "protocol". This is the ring of St. Peter. I bet that if that is still protocol, Obama would honor it as would George and George ond Ron. Aside from H1N1 concerns, would the conservatives be ok with that? Would we?

[Undercurrent]

14. Sheesh!

Of course Fux could have just hung out on DU and gathered plenty of hysterical AntiBow talking points.

[Thrill]

15. This is stupid.

[rasputin1952]

16. Ike despised De Gaulle, he picked up the dislike in England during WWII...

he figured De Gaulle was little more than a pompous ass.

[Arugula Latte]

17. Well, quelle surprise!

:eyes: