9Apr/090
White House: Bow? What bow?
On HotAir.com:
I really wasn’t going to write about this again, mostly because I was convinced that the national media had let Barack Obama off the hook completely for his tradition- and protocol-breaking bow to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. However, Ben Smith reports that the White House has now been asked about it, thanks to a Washington Times editorial scolding Obama for the move — and that they’re denying it ever happened:
I don't know why this is surprising to people. Why shouldn't the first Muslim U.S. president pay deep and profound respect to a king of Islamic nation, i.e. someone of clearly much higher spiritual status than himself?