I don’t usually cut-and-paste an entire post from another blog, but this one is so brilliant, so searingly insightful, that it deserves as wide an audience as possible. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you legendary uberblogger and current Wonkette custodian Ken Layne, responding to my previous post.
(WARNING: ADULT LANGUAGE AND SOPHISTICATED POLITICAL REASONING AHEAD)
Wingnuts Angry That Obama Didn’t Suck Off Saudi King, Like Bush Always Did
Oh noes the wingnuts are very, very upset! Why? This street negro, Barack Obama, allegedly kowtowed to the Saudi King while meeting said Saudi King at the G-20. (The White House says, “Uhh, Obama is a lot taller than that old dwarf, so he bent down to look at him.”) It is shameful for an American president to politely bow one’s head while being presented to a Saudi Prince/King. You are supposed to smooch him up and hold his hand and walk him around your ranch and then give him a loving blowjob, like George W. Bush Junior always did! Let’s remember the good times, together.
See, black people nod politely to the Royal Head of State Monarch, while white people romantically caress the fat old dude’s hand — foreplay, it is called — and then robustly lick his ass for a few hours.
And then you just get in close with that Grecian-formula goatee and jam that tongue in there, old school:
[Pictures of Bush and Abdullah holding hands and making kissy-face, as I noted in my previous post]
Thanks, Wingnuts! Without you people, American might’ve forgotten the proper way for an American president to deal with the Arab Monach [sic]: just cold suck on his peter.
[Stands and applauds] Bravo! Bravissimo!
Very, very well done. Although I do have one nitpick: If you’re going to accuse somebody of racism for judging people by their words and deeds, you should try to get your terms right. The wingnuts who live in your head don’t think Obama is a street negro. They think he’s a house negro. We can’t move into this exciting new age of post-racialismness unless we can have an open and direct dialogue, honestly attributing to each other the correct slurs.
Personal note to Nick Denton: Is that job offer still open? Looks like you could use the help!
Update: Gawker weighs in as well. It doesn’t matter that he bowed, because it was just a sign of respect or a back spasm or something, plus the White House isn’t lying when they say it didn’t happen at all. Also, George Bush.
Update: White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs confirms that the official stance on this is, in sum, “We messed up and our lie about it is ridiculous, which is why we’d like you to drop it.”
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Geez, Simon, she’s so right! How could you be upset about Obama “nodding politely” after all the well-documented examples of graphic sexual acts that Bush performed on the Saudi Prince? You’re such a hypocrite!
good job alienating your readers.
you just lost a subscriber.
Where should we send your refund?
Sooooo, Bush holds hands and gives the guy a peck on the cheek – polite actions between *peers* in Middle Eastern culture with no sexual undertones in that culture – and Ken goes on a graphic homoerotic and homophobic screed worthy of a fratboy losing a Halo match.
Our first black president prostrates himself in front of another ruler. But pointing this out makes *you* the racist.
And another thing, where is Obama looking exactly in this picture? His head is considerably lower that Abdullah’s and he isn’t looking up. Is that really how black people “nod politely”? I think I’d get strung up by my heels and beaten with an oar if I suggested that this picture up above represented the way that black people are supposed to “nod politely” to an equal.
There are subscriptions to Deceiver?
TP, get a grip. Looking at the picture, the knee is bent, the head is bowed. What more can you say.
From your post, it appears that you have no knowledge of the customs of other nations. In SA, it is customary for males to hold hands while walking and kiss the cheak upon meeting each other. This is done in other European countries as well. France comes to mind. The “graphic sexual acts that Bush performed” was in line with host country customs and the far left lunatics had a field day with it. But when the “choosen one” does it, gets called on it, the left screams “RACISM” and “how dare you pick on him!” This twatwaffle and his Klingon wife have done more damage to the status and prestige of the United States of America in the first 100 days that Bush the younger did in eight years. BHO is more like Carter than Lincoln. If you remember, Carter was a left wing pussy who gave everything away, couldn’t make a good command decision and let a bunch of Iranian terrorist kick his, and by default, the USA’s collective asses for how many days? It wasn’t until Reagan got into office the mullah’s said “Wait a minute, here’s somebody who will have no problem coming over and lighting us up like a pinball machine! We better let the hostages go.”
My orginal post on “When is a Bow not a Bow?” I defended the action. Looking at new pictures, I would like to retract my initial statement on that thread. Wingnut-in-Chief is sucking up/off the king.
Wow, who would have thought that stooping meant that there was no eye contact? And yes, kissing cheeks and holding hands is the right way to do things in Saudi Arabia. Too bad Obama did not read up on protocal before behaving like an ass. I believe that whenever anyone points this out, they scream racism yet cheered on MSM when everyone came to Bush Bash.
And Chronic – I am with ya. I never knew we could subscribe to be enlightened
Dude.
Now, he’s just paying homage to those that helped get him in office. All politicians play kissy face with the Saudis because they own the oil. Some do it in private, some publicly.
Drudge had a field day with this pic.Where the hell was Rahm or some other protocol wonk BEFORE this meeting?
Wait a second. You copied and pasted a post from a different site and laura’s mad at YOU? Or is she mad at the post from the other site?
And I’d be happy to sell everyone a subscription! Just send your money orders made out to cash to me. I promise you’ll get to read Deceiver everyday!
Well look at that I spelled my own name wrong.
Love how we’re supposed to be racist, but they’re the ones who don’t understand the etiquette of a foreign culture.
Also, side note: in order to be so-and-so junior, you have to have the exact same name as so-and-so senior. So George W. Bush is not George W. Bush Jr.
No rare fruits from our highest mountains for Wonkette. King Thingy-Whatsit does not approve.
I like Patsfarian better. More mystique.
I heard today that they said that BHO dropped something and was only bending down to pick it up. Lie much there? Um, yeah and the King was just holding onto your hand so you did not slip and hurt yourself.
Rules have shifted since last November, so I gotta know:
Racism, bad.
Blatant homophobia, good?
Minnow, I guess since BHO has mostly Cintonites around him we’re resorting back to the Clinton rules. In the Navy it was “You can smoke a bone, but not a ‘but”.
Simon, was that a “good” dude or a “Shut the hell up” dude?
AH! Sorry, Swede! I wish there was something like italics that you could put your post in when you’re doing it all in a sarcastic tone. I was totally trying to sound over the top, like the writer that Simon was quoting. Great response, though!! No, I am right with you on the fact that people (like Ken) need to understand other cultures before they categorize kissing on the cheek in the same column as giving blow jobs. I go to Japan often and bowing is completely essential for meeting people, but it would be really weird to initiate physical contact like hugging or anything. It all depends on where you are. And for the president to bow to someone in this context is totally inappropriate.
Umm, Swede? I think TP was being sarcastic. Just sayin’. Please don’t yell at me too. Oh and ‘twatwaffle’ is spectacular, it’s going straight into my personal verbal rotation!
Obviously I submitted the above comment about a millisecond too late.
It was a “shakes head sadly” dude.
Minnow: “Rules have shifted since last November, so I gotta know:
Racism, bad.
Blatant homophobia, good?”
Seriously. You think the left would be praising Bush for his progressive attempts to promote the beauty of homosexual flirtatiousness. And you think they would be the first to cry fowl that a black man bowed down to someone. The rules really have shifted…
I am now really confused. Good point gang. The left is now upset about Bush being kind to those that like the same sex and showing it and they are not upset that BHO bowed down to someone else. Man, I think I need a break.
Oh, and this is the best thing today – I almost “choked” on my water though!! What is sex?
“You can smoke a bone, but not a ‘but”.
It’s okay, Pastafarian. Hallow’d be Thy Name, however you spell it, LOL.
TP I owe you an apology then. I thought you were being serious. Sometimes the rage gets to me and I forget that this is a fun site.
And Simon, why the “shakes the head sadly” dude? I thought my points were well founded and defended. Is it because I seriously missed the heavy sarcasim?
Winewife I would never yell at you for making a point. And I wish I could claim twatwaffle as my own, but Holly coined it a few weeks ago about Octomom.
Swede, I was just poking some fun at you and hoping you’d smile! I hear you about the rage though. I’m not a doctor but I’ll play one for this post and write a rx for you: at your next opportunity grab a glass of wine (preferably from SE Washington state, but I’m biased that way), sip slowly and step away from the news for a while. I know this works from personal experience.
No harm done, Swede! In fact, it resulted in a great post by yourself. Twatwaffle is great, but the “Klingon wife” was dead-on. Even one of my best friends (a liberal black girl, of all people) is convinced that Michelle is actually a man. Klingon man.
Winewife, I will take the rx from you, but it will have to wait for another two hours (work has a way of getting in the way). Living in the Paso Robles, CA area, I prefer the big bold reds that the region produces. That said, I really like Hinzerling Tawny Port, Covey Run, and Portious Cabs from the Yakima Valley.
And I did smile after it was pointed out that I missed sarcasim and tee’d off on TrojanPrincess.
Dude.
Hmm, 27 out of 28 comments agreeing with the poster . . . way to alienate your readers, Simon! Ugh! I hate it when I agree with everything on this blog! It makes me feel so alienated! Stupid post saying stupid things that 99% of its readers agree with . . .
Wingnuts??? Dude, by us that means your a serious Red Wings fan. And wingnuts can be as bad a soccer hooligan, don’t you know.
It doesn’t even look like a bow in that picture, it looks like he’s about to fall down.
Wow. I thought we rabid, snarling right-wingers were the ones steeped in hatred and homophobia, not to mention racially anachronistic attitudes. But apparently we’re pikers compared to Wonkette. I bow to a frothier rage.
And it also looks like Ken Layne has fantasies about GWB that (I’m pretty sure) we wish he hadn’t shared.
Gawker weighs in.
Simon, all Layne and Gawker are demonstrating is that nothing Barry ever does, no matter how egregious, will be a problem where they’re concerned. For a bunch of guys obsessed with making fellatio jokes about other guys, they’re doing a lot of it themselves.
LN wrote: “Wingnuts??? Dude, by us that means your a serious Red Wings fan.”
Same here. I was scratching my head wondering “when did wingnut become a slam?”
We shall wear our wingnut beanies proudly.
http://www.sports-gallery.com/images/wingnut.jpg
(oh, and it’s nice to see another Michigander on board!)
Listen guys all these Gawker, Wonkette sites are obviously on the internet right? Well it’s in cyberspace that thousands of people still think “Arrested Development”, is the funniest show ever, and that Robert Downey Jr. deserved an Oscar for his part in “Tropic Thunder”, which was seen by a grand total of about 51 people. so I take everything I read on this magical compubox with a huge grain of salt. Just my opinion though.
Hey! HEY!!! There’s nothing wrong with some homoerotic posts as long as they are tastefully written…which Wonkette failed to do. Let me see if I can do any better: “Barack couldn’t take his eyes off of Abdullah’s beard. It excited him, tempted him as he was getting closer and closer to Abdullah. Abdullah was waiting, nervous, his body stiff, his muscles tense. Thoughts were racing through his brain uncontrollably. “The President of the United States! The NEW President of the United States!” he thought. He still remembered the feeling of George’s lips pressed against his and was ready and willing to experience new physical sensations. He didn’t know what to expect. Barack bowed down. The sight of that bow sent Abdullah into an extasy. Never has George given him such pleasure. Abdullah was standing there, contempalting the back of Barack’s neck. The thought of sharp blade has crossed his mind, but he dissmissed it. “Not yet” Abdullah said to himself “Not yet”.
Ah, that’s it I’m getting banned
Geeze, Nati.
Work in the words “burgeoning” and “cupidity” and you’ve got yourself a real bodice ripper.
Oh, wait. This is a LGBT novel.
Okay then, a real BVDs ripper.
Swede, “Is it because I seriously missed the heavy sarcasim?” I think Simon’s double-dude more than confirms it.
I’m almost wondering if laura was kidding, too.
Don’t forget, kids!
Nati, that will replace the whale in my nightmares. (I did lol though)
lol, sorry, Elle.
Actually, Minnow, it’s much easier (for me) to imagine King Abdullah in some sort of a bodice or a bustier rather than in BVDs. I bet his freaky-deaky ass has a walk-in closet full of Victoria’s Secret. Therefore, I think my homoerotic oeuvre fully qualifies to be dubbed a bodice ripper.
On the other note, Wonkette’s commenters AND writers make even me look like a brain surgeon.
I meant, on a side note…all that wonkette reading made me even dumber
I meant, on a side note. comments not going through again ftmfl
Oh come on guys, he really just lost a contact, honestly!
And I love Gibbs saying that there is too much focus on this when the economy is in the shitter. Really? Now, if Bush did this then there would be an uprisal for his head. Even the Arabs are saying it is a bow. Sheesh.
If I promise not to leave can I get a pay raise? lol
As for the supposed kissing that the pasted poster mentions, maybe they need to drop the BDS and look at the fact that Bush was considered an equal to the Saudis, after bowing to them what does that make BHO?
There is a huge difference! President Bush is a mortal and trying to keep the oil flowing so, as is Muslim custom for friendship, holding hands and making kissy-face is just being nice. However, Obama is the Chosen One! Obama is Chairman Zero! Obama is the Anointed One. Not only does Obama not give a rat’s ass about making nice with the Wahabbi Islamists to keep the oil flowing, he wants us to switch from oil to corn-based ethanol and wind power and solar power and fart power. He should only stop short of giving the Islamists the finger, daring them to stop the oil flowing. Showing any kind of deference to the Islamists is treason for the Chosen One.
But then again, Obama subscribes to the Rodney King School of International Relations. Obama’s philosophy is “can’t we all just get along?” However, the Baathist/Wahabbist Islamists would be glad to “just get along” as long as we appease them by not only bowing to them, but help them wipe Israel off the map (per Iran’s Terrorist-In-Chief), and replace the Constitution with Sharia law (per CAIR).
Once we appease the Islamists by surrendering to their every whim, we will have “peace”. What can go wrong? Appeasement worked so well in in the 1930s!
So they’re admitting their ridiculous lies now. I wonder if they’ve learned anything from the experience. To wit, that most of us aren’t so completely mentally deficient as to believe the completely absurd excuses, so are they going to stop scrambling to cover his ass every time he makes a world-class goof? Or you’d think he’d learn something and stop making them. Like, I don’t know, do a little research on the country or world leaders he’s visiting. How hard would that be?
Speaking of absurd excuses, I would’ve loved to have been one of Obama’s high school teachers or college professors. Can you imagine the creative stuff he would’ve brought in to explain why his assignments weren’t done? “I was too tall to do that homework.” “I didn’t want to create global warming by using paper.”
Minnow, “I was scratching my head wondering “when did wingnut become a slam?”
The wingnut shot was in reference to BHO’s dumbo sized ears and how they flare out even more when he get pissed or excited.
Good morning everybody!
“Bush ate it.”
Habanada – that is the thing, he has a whole department made up of people to research protocol. I mean, they may not pay their taxes or were once in jail, but they still should be able to use google. I mean, Obama’s dear friend Al even created it so it should not be a problem.
And now Obama has a new excuse – “My dog ate it” Especially since we all waited on baited breath for the big announcement that they are getting a dog “soon”. Cause, they are no more important things to work on.
I’ve been hearing the Obamas are a bit busy flying chefs all over the place to custom-create pizzas for them. I think I’m going to eat as much as I want, drive around in an SUV and keep my thermostat right where I want it, thanks.
“Bush ate it.”
I love it.
I’m asking this in all seriousness: Is BHO gay? That bow, with that little lift of his leg, just doesn’t seem to be how a heterosexual man would bow. If BHO is gay, then we can cross out another “FIRST” from his presidency. First homosexual, muslim, African, non-American to become president of the US.
Well, stonegrigio, I don’t know if he’s gay, but he is married to a man . . .
Habanada, I thought he married a Klingon warrior.
Most of the gay guys I’ve ever met know how to conduct themselves. I’d say BHO is straight, all right. Just clueless.
I wonder what lame PR move (if any) they are going to come up with to make up for this blunder. May be Abdullah abd Barack should now go bowling together or something. I wonder how that one will go…Hmmm…
Barack Obama: So, Abdullah, wanna swing by the alley later on? I’ll let you play with my balls.
King Abdullah: Oh, Barack, I thought you’d never ask.
Beige:
You’re right. Gay guys have quick, biting wit, which we all know BHO sorely lacks. Maybe he’s not gay, just neutered. Although I couldn’t stand Bill Clinton, I couldn’t deny his sexuality, however perverse. And GWB, I found very attractive. BHO just makes my skin crawl.
Well, sure, Swede, it’s a dude Klingon warrior ^_^
Let’s see—
As press secretaries go, Gibbs quickly proved himself the most mealy-mouthed example in a profession of the mealy-mouthed. In less than three months, he has probably spun more non-answers than any of his predecessors. Now he has jumped the shark. His lies about Kowtowgate shredded any semblance of credibility that may have remained. What is remarkable is the number of people that are blind to the lies, especially in light of Obama’s campaign promise, in essence, to be the most honest and open President in history. Without the lies, I’m not sure we would still be talking about the bow in spite of the clear violation of protocol and the fact that it was an amazingly stupid thing to do.
So, the real question is, What is wrong with the American people? Most of us in the American Culture were brought up with a rich legacy of “children’s stories” (fairy tales) written to instruct. Hans Christian Anderson wrote a cautionary tale about the folly of accepting the pronouncements of rulers at face value that is familiar to at least the whole of the Baby Boomers–although Anderson may have been scrubbed from their children’s curriculum for political correctness reasons. But today, when the small child exclaims of the Emperor, “But he has nothing on!” the crowd continues to deny the truth.
We are in big trouble.
When even CNN starts making fun of the WH spin, it’s pretty much over. Even so, I think there’s something sorta cute about Wonkette and Gawker’s refusal to give up the ship, particularly given their unwillingness to own the administration’s implausible explanation.
We’ve all done things we aren’t proud of for love, Simon. Let’s try not to judge.
Wonkette’s stupidity is legendary, matched only by that of another blog – bossip. They have titled their Obama’s bow-dedicated post “Conservative White Folks Upset Over Obamas’ Bow”…because, as it has alredy been pointed out, being a racist is the only reason one would be upset over Obama’s actions. I’d link you to that post, but bossip’s posts are higly liable to cause brain damage.
And to answer stonegrigio’s question: Sooner or later one of the Obamas is going to have to come out – that closet is not big enough for two.
So, and I already have my flame-retardant armor on, WHY is this a big deal again? Everyone seems to be going on about how “Americans don’t bow to royalty” which I can only hear in my head in a cowboy southern drawl. Isn’t it an attitude like that that made the majority of the world sit up and say, “Well now, maybe you aren’t as important as you made us think you were.”
America was founded on a lot of beliefs, many of which have changed over time. Including the fact that most of the founding fathers would be appalled by the lack of separation of church and state (but that’s another argument). But to shake our fists like perpetual adolescents and shriek that “BOWING IS TEH EVIL! I’M GONNA GO CUT MYSELF!!!1″ seems a bit foolhardy. 200 years ago, we were trying to prove a point. Today, maybe showing some respect would show that we’ve matured as a culture.
Or, I could be a non-American commie anti-hippie that just doesn’t see what the big damn deal is.
Well, if it’s no big deal, how come Obama’s administartion won’t admit to that bow then? They could have just said “Yes, he bowed and it’s no big deal”…if it really weren’t that big a deal…or if they thought that it wasn’t that big a deal. But the fact that they are denying that he bowed at all really makes you think…
I guess if it has to be explained to you, you’re just never gonna get it.
Kaliska, maybe you don’t need the flame-retardant armor nearly as much as your straw men do.
This has nothing to do with church/state separation. It also has nothing to do with communism. It does have everything to do with violating over 200 years of American protocol, custom and ideology by making a show of obeisance to a foreign king–which, whether you like it or not, flies in the face of the very principles on which this country was founded. Then the WH chose to lie about it, despite the fact that DEAD PEOPLE can see, from the clip posted above, that he did in fact bow.
It’s a big deal precisely because he represents us, even those of us who loathe him and did not vote for him. It’s a big deal because his supporters–shoot, forget that, his fan base–spent the past eight years yammering and harping and obsessing over every foot GWB ever put wrong in his life, and now expect their head-bobbing little sockpuppet here to get a pass, and he’s not going to get one, because it turns out we have longer memories than they thought. THAT is why it’s a big deal.
Ahem, what exactly is wrong with a southern drawl? Or cowboys? Does the fact I live below the Mason-Dixon line and enjoy a good rodeo mean that I am not expected to have a thought-out opinion on matters political?
The symbolism of bowing aside it also displays a shocking level of ignorance about proper protocol and etiquette. This is one of those things that is just not done and there are people on staff to tell him that. It’s like blowing your nose at the dinner table or trying to give the German Chancellor a shoulder rub. This is the third time President Obama has been caught in a embarrassing gaffe. (The previous two offenses: Giving PM Brown a crappy Kmart gift and trying to shake the hand of a marine saluting him.)
And back to what the bow means; We were trying to prove a point 200+ years ago. We were a sovereign nation that did not owe obeisance to any foreign power. The point remains valid.
Bowing is not a sign of respect except in Japan were bowing is a general greeting. In most parts of the world it is a sign of subthe middle east it is a sign of subservience, the deeper the bow the lower you are to the person you are bowing to (if that sentence makes sense, ending in a preposition and all). Does the phrase, “All men are created equal”, sound familiar?
I would like to know how come Obama has not fired the people advising him on gifts and protocol (why gifts?..cause the ones they gave were LAME!)? As I said in a previous post, isn’t it interesting that Hilary Clinton is head of the State Department who should have had people advising the POTUS?
yikes my post is hacked up….let me clean that up a little
Bowing is not a sign of respect except in Japan were bowing is a general greeting. In most parts of the world it is a sign of subservience, the deeper the bow the lower you are to the person you are bowing to (if that sentence makes sense, ending in a preposition and all). Does the phrase, “All men are created equal”, sound familiar?
I would like to know how come Obama has not fired the people advising him on gifts and protocol (why gifts?..cause the ones they gave were LAME!)? As I said in a previous post, isn’t it interesting that Hilary Clinton is head of the State Department who should have had people advising the POTUS?
Elle, I’m originally from north Alabama. Please be my friend. Seriously.
Anytime Beige, anytime