Gibbs Squirms Over Obama Bow Question from Press

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs

Watch White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs squirm when confronted about President Obama’s bow to the king of Saudi Arabia. (video below)

He knows they’re busted, and to his chagrin, even some in the American “mainstream” press aren’t buying it.

You KNOW it’s bad when the “mainstream” media isn’t buying the Koolaid.

One might possibly write this off as simply a very bad gaffe in presidential demeanor that meant nothing…were it not for the multiple examples where Barack Obama has depreciated and failed to appreciate America.

  • In America, there is a failure to appreciate Europe’s leading role in the world”
  • Obama clearly sees the United States Constitution as an obstacle rather than something to respect and revere (as his oath of office calls for)
  • The appointment of officials who tear at America’s moral fabric and want to make American law subservient to other world law
  • Obama clearly has socialist goals and ambitions–and the principles of socialism clearly run counter to American values and the United States Constitution
  • Obama spent 20 years in a church where the pastor railed about what an evil, terrible place America is
  • Obama’s Secretary of Homeland Security indicates informing the public of terrorist threat levels isn’t a big deal
  • The War on Terror fades to an unpleasant afterthought in the Obama Administration
  • Obama orders Club Gitmo, the terrorist POW camp, shut down to please a bunch of semi-despotic European socialists and terrorist-sympathizers in the Middle East
  • Obama’s failure to acknowledge national security threats
  • Even Iran realizes President Obama’s buddy-buddy strategy for dealing with threats to national security is a joke

Actually, no.  That bow was so plainly a bow, a gesture of submission and reverence that an ominous truth is clear even without these examples.

So what does all this mean? I think it clearly means Barack Obama’s commitment to the welfare of the United States is questionable.

That is a bad attitude for any American to have…but dangerous in the extreme for the American sitting in the Oval Office to have.

Barack Obama has been figuratively bowing down to interests that are antithetical to America’s interest for a long time.  But last week, we simply saw him do it physically and openly.

And it has brought dishonor on our great nation.

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  • Tom Higgins
    Oh by the way, it's "drink the Koolaid, not "buy the Koolaid". If you're going to try writing witty remarks, don't forget the wit.
  • I combined the saying about "not buying it" and "drinking the Koolaid." Your childishly technical criticism does nothing to diminish Obama's pattern of disregard for American dignity.
  • Tom Higgins
    You write about the conclusion you've reached: "I think it clearly means Barack Obama’s commitment to the welfare of the United States is questionable."

    You have GOT to be kidding. Whatever the reason for his incredibly trivial misstep, you sound absolutely idiotic leaping from that to your statement.

    Could he have simply given the wrong greeting to the next person in the crowd who popped up? (You can see how many Asian people were just nearby -- bowing is the appropriate greeting for them.) No way. It makes far more sense to assume that he bowed because he's more committed to Saudi Arabia than the United States.

    You should be ashamed to publish such drivel.
  • I rather clearly laid out Obama's pattern of contempt for Americanism and disregard for America's safety. I can't help it if some of my readers are gorging on Koolaid and have their head buried in the same sniveling Sand as President Obama.
  • francis
    WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Soon, Obama will have all Americans bowing towards Mecca and to the The House of Saud. Inshallah. Americans are too stupid to see their own greatness and therefore will fail as a great country aside from WALL ST PURE GREED. Soon future presidents will have to take their shoes out before they meet King Abdullah and face Mecca for prayers.

    Dont worry, Obama will lead the way. What a Bow, was he able to touch the King Feet. He did not even reserve that kind of Bow for the Queen of England. At Last Islam has touched the White House.
  • tgallen
    I feel morecomfortable with our President bowing to the king than holding hands.
  • You're not homophobic or insecurity in your sexuality, are you?
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