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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (62747)	4/9/2009 8:14:20 AM
From: lorne	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224717

White House: No bow to Saudi Ken IMO he...barrak hussein obama was doing what he believed or was taught...show respect for someone that you believe is better than you. Now he is going to have to stoop much lower to get at (a ma gin a dad's) butt area to really get the respect he seems to want so badly from the moslum world. Is this an accurate assesment ken? White House: No bow to Saudi Categories: Barack Obama April 08, 2009 politico.com See the obama bow. youtube.com The White House is denying that the president bowed to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia at a G-20 meeting in London, a scene that drew criticism on the right and praise from some Arab outlets. "It wasn't a bow. He grasped his hand with two hands, and he's taller than King Abdullah," said an Obama aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The Washington Times called the alleged bow a "shocking display of fealty to a foreign potentate" and said it violated centuries of American tradition of not deferring to royalty. The Weekly Standard, meanwhile, noted that American protocol apparently rules out bowing, or at least it reportedly did on the occasion of a Clinton "near-bow" to the emperor of Japan. Interestingly, a columnist in the Saudi-backed Arabic paper Asharq Alawsat also took the gesture as a bow and appreciated the move. "Obama wished to demonstrate his respect and appreciation of the personality of King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz, who has made one of the most important calls in the modern era, namely the call for inter-faith and inter-cultural dialogue to defuse the hatred, conflict and wars," wrote the columnist, Muhammah Diyab. The video shows Obama dipping toward the king as G-20 leaders greet one another at the ExCel Centre in London.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (62747)	4/9/2009 8:16:46 AM
From: lorne	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224717

ken...I know you like polls so just for you.... MSNBC poll of 1.8 million: Obama earns 'F' In less than three months in office, president gets failing grade April 07, 2009 By Chelsea Schilling © 2009 WorldNetDaily wnd.com With more than 1.8 million responses to a MSNBC poll, President Obama has earned a grade of "F" for his performance in office. He received a failing mark in an MSNBC unscientific online survey after having spent less than three months in the White House. In its "Give President Obama a Grade" survey, MSNBC asked nearly 2 million respondents, "If you were grading Barack Obama on his performance as president, what would he get?" The largest number of respondents – or 43 percent – gave Obama an "F." Approximately 31 percent said the president has earned an "A," while 6.5 percent gave him a "B," 5.3 percent answered a "C" and 14 percent said he has earned a "D." Meanwhile, Rasmussen Reports' daily presidential tracking poll for April 7, 2009, shows that 37 percent of voters strongly approve of Obama's performance. A full 29 percent now strongly disapprove of his performance. The poll was conducted via telephone surveys of only 1,500 respondents. Nearly 58 percent of the voters somewhat approve of the president's performance, while 41 percent disapprove. According to Rasmussen Reports, Michelle Obama's favorable ratings have jumped six points to 67 percent.