How low will he go? Obama bows again. This time to Japan's Emperor Akihito
Does this strike anyone else as odd? Three different royal families that he is bowing to? Is this normal?
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How low will the new American president go for the world's royalty?
This photo will get Democrat President Obama a lot of approving nods in Japan this weekend, especially among the older generation of Japanese who still pay attention to the royal family living in its downtown castle. Very low bows like this are a sign of great respect and deference to a superior.
To some in the United States, however, an upright handshake might have looked better. Remember Michelle Obama casually patting Britain's Queen Elizabeth on the back during their Buckingham Palace visit? America's royalty tends to make movies and get bad reviews and lots of money as a sign of respect.
Obama could receive some frowns back home as he did for his not-quite-this-low-or-maybe-about-the-same-bow to the Saudi king not so long ago.
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We'll see how low he gets when he gets to China. The depth of..
bow maybe directly related to the amount of our debt to that country. The bow to China will be the biggest.
If not correct then other factors maybe at work that we are not aware of. This would be a question for Larry Sinclair.