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SpankMe

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9. B...b...but what about Obama? Waaah!

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Tue May 13, 2025, 12:55 PM

May 2025

When Obama bowed to the emperor of Japan, the right came unglued:

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna33978533 (article is from 2009)

Suddenly, a similar gesture to a foreign entity is OK?

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