MacBigot Cached Glances

…but instead chose to kiss the hand of the Saudi leader (a well-understood gesture of submission).

From AtlasShrugs:

“What a sickening spectacle.”

The handlers and the media — all the people who we trust to know these things, and not to be questioned — they all scolded the ‘foolish’ and the ‘conspiracy theorists’ who raised an eyebrow at Obama’s assurances that he was a Christian (no, really, he went to that church for more than 20 years… everybody there knows him…), and scolded us again when we pointed out that either he was only there because his wife dragged him along (now there is a measure of a leader We Can Believe In) or no, actually, he was fully invested in the Christian Mythos but somehow didn’t manage to perceive after 20 years of sermons that the church was being led by the most charismatic voice under that roof — who happened to be a racist, and anti-semetic, and perhaps a bit batty.

For the record, I would have been more satisfied with an avowed agnostic than a fake Christian — a liar.

Yes, we were scolded for questioning The One’s Character. How Dare We.

A literary work that sometimes gets mentioned on the campaign trail says to watch what a person does, rather than simply believe what they say. (Matthew 7:15-21) We, as a country, failed that test of perception miserably this last November, and it will stand in history as the quiet turning point where America’s good intentions were played by the most obvious of hucksters — on the naivete of both the privileged and the victims of our era.

Although those in the back row were too busy congratulating each other to notice, our new President’s priorities and allegiances to others, rather than to America’s, have been discussed openly — but summarily ignored — for a long time.

The downtrodden were sold an idea, based on a thirst for long-missing hope, that a dramatic Change in direction was worth the Risk of the Unknown. We simply did not want to believe that these personal allegiances mattered.

Below is a picture of your leader. It is upon his back that you cling; waiting for the security, the sensibility, the resurrection of Hope. And in this photo is his backside as he bends to kiss the hand of the sort that just months ago, the blogosphere was mocking Bush for … simply shaking hands with.

Yes, it’s a really good thing he didn’t debase himself by bowing to the Queen of England.

You get what you vote for; not what you’re promised.

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Related reading:

Please Watch The Video — Bush Didn’t “Bow” (LegalInsurrection.blogspot.com)

The following is a snapshot of references in a Wikipedia article (that some opine will get removed in the very-near-future):

1. Obama bows to Saudi king (WorldNetDaily, April 2, 2009)
   
2. With bowed head and bended knee (American Thinker, April 3, 2009)
   
3. Obama and the King: a right royal bow row (Brisbane Times, April 3, 2009)
   
4. Obama’s royal ‘grovel’ (Sydney Morning Herald, April 4, 2009)
   
5. Post Politics Hour (Washington Post.com, April 3, 2009)
   
6. Queen Elizabeth hugs First Lady Michelle Obama? Holy crumpets! (LA Times Blog, April 2, 2009)
   
7. Michelle Obama’s warm touch with queen draws gasps (CNN.com, April 2, 2009)
   
8. The Queen and Mrs. Obama: A Breach in Protocol (Time.com, April 1, 2009)
   
9. Don’t Touch: Michelle Obama Abandons Protocol With the Queen (Fox News.com, April 2, 2009)
   
10. Michelle Obama charms queen away from protocol (Associated Press, April 2, 2009)
    
11. Kiss dis! No lip service for Barack Obama, French first lady (Boston Herald.com, April 4, 2009)
    
12. A French Embrace for Mrs. Obama (New York Times, April 3, 2009)
    
13. Did President Obama dodge a friendly kiss from French First Lady Carla Bruni? (New York Daily News, April 3, 2009)
    
14. Bruni Backs Off From Obama Kiss (Fox News.com, April 4, 2009)
    
15. World watches Obama, Sarkozy _ forget the husbands (Associated Press, April 3, 2009)
    
16. THE WORLD; The President’s Inclination: No, It Wasn’t a Bow-Bow (New York Times, June 19, 1994)
    
17. Kelso: Holding hands with the Saudis for nothing (Atlanta Journal Constitution, May 22, 2008)
    
18. Obama Bows to Saudi King, YouTube, April 2, 2009)
    
19. Queen Elizabeth’s anger at Berlusconi a YouTube hit (CNN.com, April 3, 2009)
    
20. Surveillance Disclosure Denounced (Washington Post.com, June 27, 2006)
    
21. Iraq violence ‘linked to US vote’ (BBC.com, October 31, 2006)
    
22. Bush Slams Leak of Terror Financing Info (Fox News.com, June 26, 2006)
    
23. Drip, drip, drip — the MSM coverup of the Presidential bow before the financier of radical Islam (American Thinker, April 4, 2009)
    
24. The B-Cast: Did ‘The New York Times’ Spike a Story About ACORN? (Breitbart.tv April 1, 2009)
    
25. The Most Biased Name in News (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, July/August 2001)
    
26. A NATION CHALLENGED: THE MEDIA; Network Coverage a Target Of Fire From Conservatives (New York Times, November 7, 2001)

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