Is this for real?

[masuki bance]

[Barack_America]

1. What? That the President and others bent down to look at something?

Apparently.

:shrug:

[tridim]

4. Someone lost a contact?

[Thrill]

2. What ?

[MercutioATC]

3. No. It's an obvious photoshop.

:eyes:

[Jackeens]

5. delete

[redqueen]

6. look on ... ?

[masuki bance]

11. This video shows it at 1:37

maybe something did drop on the floor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgDsXbThvv8

[Just-plain-Kathy]

17. Thanks for pointing out the exact time. The exchange was short and innocent.

[951-Riverside]

20. No, that looked like a bow

He was probably caught up in the moment and bowed as a sign of respect because the queen was there and everyone else bowed. It looked completely innocent.

[BklnDem75]

39. Looks like it was cut off on purpose.

Like he was about to pick something up and they cut it off to a different scene.

[CreekDog]

42. i'm sure you added it to your photobucket account because you thought it looked innocent

which is also why you've got the photo of Obama scratching his nose in there too --because you thought that looked innocent too.

i mean i WOULD think that if i was born yesterday.

[Abq_Sarah]

87. No, that was a bow

He took his hand and then clearly bowed.

It's time to put a foot up the ass of whoever at the state department is advising him.

[csziggy]

90. In this video, it looks like President Obama was just leaning down while laughing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdWM_m8aXjE

Look at about 0:25 and again at about 5:00

[Just-plain-Kathy]

12. On lookers seem to really like seeing Obama bowing down to Saudi's king. n/t

[CreekDog]

33. and posting it here

:eyes:

[masuki bance]

15. Where was that picture from?

[Connie_Corleone]

7. Is this supposed to be the next outrage?

I can't keep track. I think we just finished the last one about Michelle touching the Queen even though the Queen did it first.

[Solomon]

25. Yep. The freepers are going berzerk about the prezdent bowing

to foreign powers.

[CreekDog]

43. freepers? how about former members of DU?

:o

[Stephanie]

84. it's on every wingnut blog - they are going nuts over it

I just viewed some youtubes and it does look like a quick bow combined with handshake, but all the vids are from the same blocked angle so it's hard to see what's really happening

[bluethruandthru]

8. At least he didn't kiss the king on the lips like Bush did! n/t

[Connie_Corleone]

10. Or walk around holding hands with him.

[redqueen]

16. That wasn't a king... just a prince.

[ksoze]

9. Getting lots of mileage on the RW circuit right now

guess the forgot about Bush's hand holding strolls.

[Just-plain-Kathy]

14. RWers love it when Obama does anything similar to Bush. ...I hate it. n/t

[NYC_SKP]

13. I think it's likely that each took a bow, the photo captures only our president bowing.

And so this is how the media stirs shit.

Leave out the context.

Nothing to see here except for people looking for an excuse to feign outrage.

:patriot:

[Mrs. Overall]

18. Nice try.

[masuki bance]

24. I have absolutely zero photoshop skills.

[CreekDog]

37. we don't think you made the image

someone on your reading list did though.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

30. That one is trying all the time....

Looks like you noticed, too.

[NYC_SKP]

32. .

No mention of the source of the photo, but it comes from a photobucket account once used by another member, now gone, if you know what I mean.

[Mrs. Overall]

36. A few others are trying today as well with this non-story.

At least it's bringing them out into the light for all to see.

[CreekDog]

41. i'd like to know who

can you point me to the threads? thanks. :)

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

19. No, it's a photoshop.

I can tell because I've seen quite a few shops in my day.

[masuki bance]

23. That's what I thought

but the video does show him bending over, so he probably was trying to pick something up that fell.

[Name removed]

27. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

34. I think you should alert the mods.

Present your evidence. Let's see if they boot the fucker.

[Jackeens]

35. Hmm....curious?

[CreekDog]

38. good work! something smells.

:eyes:

[Richardo]

49. Nice investigative work.

Provocative!

[otohara]

21. At Least He's Not Holding Hands

with the King, like Bush did.

If he is bowing, it's a bad bow.
Why is everyone chuckling - which makes me think, he's not bowing.

[iamthebandfanman]

55. or kissing! lol! n/t

[rvablue]

22. I think it's quite obvious that something was dropped or fell on the floor

as everyone's gaze is downwards and Sarkozy and the two guys behind the Saudi prince have little smiles on their faces, as if something was said in jest about doing so.

And check out the posture of the guy to the right of the President -- he's got one foot off the ground as if he were trying to attempt the pick-up at the same time the President did.

If someone actually wants to convince themselves that this is a bow they are nuts and there is no helping them.

[humbled_opinion]

26. Personally I think Obama should have

snubbed the Saudis. I understand why Bush the Conservative sucked him off but I don't get Obama entertaining this idiot who sends the Religion Police to harrass and kill anyone that disagrees with his edicts.

I just don't get it, I had higher expectations for Obama.

[NYC_SKP]

28. Hey, masuki bance, are you the DU member formerly known as 2rth2pwr???

The OP photo is from a photobucket account with the name "dualdiagnosis"

A former, now TS'd member, 2rth2pwr: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=user_profiles&u_id=207583
had a photo in an old thread from the same photobucket account.

Here is that thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5568117#5568239

hxxp://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t179/dualdiagnosis/37992962-1-1.jpg

hxxp://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t179/dualdiagnosis/bowingtoSaudiKing-1.jpg

Just wondering where you found the photo in your OP.

:shrug:

[firedupdem]

72. No response huh? n/t

[NYC_SKP]

89. just a coincidence....

....not.

eventually, maybe not today, but eventually.

[tekisui]

92. They've been on my buddy list since their first day.

BTW, my buddy list is the longest its ever been.

[tekisui]

93. HA!

Good work. This one never passed the smell test.

[asphalt.jungle]

29. everyone is looking down so something must have dropped

does everything freeptards make a big deal out of need to be posted here? jebus.

[CreekDog]

31. why do you post this BS?

note the title of the image: bowingtoSaudiKing-1.jpg

how about some explaining?

[indimuse]

44. lol!!!!

agreed! ugh..

[masuki bance]

45. Obama meeting heads of state is no BS. This came in my email

I receive mail from many, many people. This photo came over and I questioned whether it was real, DU seemed like a logical place to find the truth. Is this better?


hxxp://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090401/capt.773ffd671ed94927aa537d663380c4cd.britain_g20_palace_lon305.jpg

It looks pretty obviously like something fell on the floor and people are looking down at it.

[CreekDog]

46. but the link is to a photobucket account

and that's where it gets interesting my friend. :P

[NYC_SKP]

47. Was this one in your email, too?

It's from the same photobucket account, one used by former DU member 2rth2pwr, who just happened to "leave" shortly before you arrived.

And do you bring every freeper email you get to DU, or just the anti-Obama ones with pictures?

:shrug:

[masuki bance]

48. I post photos all the time, I don't keep track of where they are hosted.

I browse the internet, I am a member of other forums, I receive email, I watch the news, I am on listservs etc..

I don't have time to do a whois lookup on every scrap of info I run across.

[CreekDog]

50. it's not your photobucket account?

and are you saying you don't remember where you got this even though you just posted it and it can't be more than 24 hours old?

are you really saying that?

[masuki bance]

51. You seem a little slow, I have been very clear that this came from

an email blast. Do you know how to post an image? All you need to do is copy the link location and place that address in your post.

[CreekDog]

53. you mean just that picture with no explanation was sent to you?

AND it's not your photobucket account?

[masuki bance]

56. An email claiming that Obama bows down in subservience to the King

of Saudi Arabia. It seemed fishy to me, with input from other DUers I agree that there is probably something on the ground that they are looking at. It's not my account, I don't even have a photo bucket account. What difference does it make where the photo is hosted? That photo is at yahoo, getty images, google etc.

[CreekDog]

57. I'll accept your explanation. I've been played for a fool so many times here...

and it usually happens in a certain way.

:hi:

[masuki bance]

58. no problemo

:toast:

[CreekDog]

40. i don't understand how people have so little in their lives that they post to cause trouble

and i don't understand how they can have so little conscience that they are comfortable misrepresenting themselves here in order to do that.

:eyes:

[Liquorice]

52. I don't think America should treat Saudi Arabia with anything

but disdain for the horrific human rights violations against women in that country. We should shun completely them because they are participating in gender apartheid. Of course we like their oil, so as a country I guess we will excuse it. :thumbsdown:

[lunatica]

54. What? That Obama isn't kissing the King on the lips like Bush does?

But he seems to be willing to pick something off the floor.

[firedupdem]

59. How was it presented to you? President picks something up off

the floor? Bows to his arab buddies? What do you think it is and why bring it here?

[Seen the light]

60. It's absolutely real, there's video of it and he's clearly bowing

It's sad that the Saudis STILL have us over a barrel like that.

[asphalt.jungle]

64. pure fiction, in the video he's bent over much too low to be a bow.

he was reaching for something.

[Seen the light]

65. Are you seriously kidding me?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WlqW6UCeaY

His other hand stays at his side the entire time. Just what exactly would he be reaching for?

[Zynx]

66. So?

[Seen the light]

68. I don't like the President of the United States looking subservient to someone as tyrannical as....

Abdullah.

I know it's just symbolic, but never underestimate the power of imagery.

[Liberalalltheway]

71. I agree with u

I wish Obama wouldn't have done that, not even in a joking manner.

[rvablue]

82. It wasn''t done in a joking manner and did it bother you when Shrubbie was walking

around and kissing the Crowned Prince of Saudi Arabia on the White House lawn?

Doubt it.

The video is clear. President Obama, being the humble and gracious person he is, was picking up something that was dropped.

You are a very transparent person, FYI.

[masuki bance]

94. exactly

[Zynx]

73. It's polite.

I would do it too, even though I hate that fat bastard.

[firedupdem]

69. Why is this an issue? Who cares other than right wingers looking

for a story.

[Seen the light]

74. Do a DU search for "bush saudi prince hold hands"

A total of *901* threads pop up with hundreds of posts for many of them and plenty of pictures of Bush kissing the Crown Prince and holding hands with him. Plenty of people were outraged (AND RIGHTFULLY SO BEFORE SOMEONE FLIPS OUT) over him doing that. So why would this be different? It's not the end of the world, but it's embarrassing nonetheless.

[CreekDog]

85. he really did hold hands, Obama did not really bow

i think that's one difference. there are others.

[rvablue]

83. I think the length of this thread

has more to do with the very recent (and potentialy distant) history of the OP rather than the content.

[santamargarita]

61. Someone drop a quarter?

:argh:

[LynnTheDem]

62. He was not bowing to the King. Yet another "outrage" and "gaffe" the rightwingnuttery

are all in a dither about. Funny how they never said boo about George W. bUsh's holding hands and lip-smacking with the Saudi Prince.

Oh wait...HYPOCRISY; the rightwingnut way of life.

Another faux "outrage" and "gaffe" the media will correct in very tiny print on the back of page 85.

[Danger Mouse]

63. What is thy bidding, master?

[Sheepshank]

67. if you can...skip the language/text

it's more rw offensive crapola. I was merely looking for a video of the event...it's toward the bottom of the page
http://sandrarose.com/2009/04/02/obama-bowing-down-to-saudi-king-was-not-protocol/

It was a momentary thing...it's looks more like a respect thing rather than a subservient thing.

[LynnTheDem]

70. Sigh.

The poor rightwingnuttery. Poor foolish little idiots.

[humbled_opinion]

76. Double sigh!!!

Those that make excuses for the President entertaining relationships with barons of the worlds oil supply even if those very people are guilty of atrocities the likes of which haven't been seen since Hitler.

Where is the outrage?

Or has outrage against this administration been outlawed?

[cliffordu]

75. That's why everyone is looking at the same spot, right where Obama is

looking...

:eyes:


The haters and neonazi freeper fuckwits are going to cream thier jeans over this...It's going to be loads o' fun!!!

[JimGinPA]

77. That Proves It! Obama's A Muslin!

[LynnTheDem]

78. Oh noes!!!1!

We're all gonna DIE!!1!!

[eridani]

91. Well, at least he isn't a Satinist n/t

[Stephanie]

79. Ahem...

[Stephanie]

80. It's a real photo, but I don't know what was actually happening

They seem to have dropped something.

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//090401/481/773ffd671ed94927aa537d663380c4cd/

US President Barack Obama, center, back to camera, greets King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, center, before the official G20 leaders group photo with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at London's Buckingham Palace, Wednesday, April 1, 2009. (AP Photo/John Stillwell/pool)



But World Net Daily is sure pushing the "bow" meme:

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=93696

[ohheckyeah]

81. Nobody stands like that to bow.

He's bending over looking at something or to pick something up.

[asphalt.jungle]

86. the guy to the right of him, the one in back that's lined up with him

and the other saudi guy is the biggest clue for me. they both are looking at whatever he's looking at.

[ramondajk24]

88. Maybe he just sneezed

I heard he has a cold, so maybe he bent over to try and stifle a sneeze. I really hope that's it because then all the nutjobs spreading this thing around on the rightwing sites will look especially stupid. I like when they look stupid, but I like it even more when they look especially stupid.

[JayMusgrove]

95. Yes, Really, Obama has a cold.... according the Fox News' Major Garrett...

Obama is reported to have sneezed TWICE in London....


I kid you NOT! I heard it with my own ears. Yes, I was flipping channels and this was this morning just before
the Press conf in France, and Garrett was on... he said Obama looked tired and "sneezed twice" in London.

Honest truth...I kid you not.

Fox news, all the important stuff you need to know.