Obama Bows To Japanese Emperor

The media hypocrisy, the lack of consistency from the media, is shown clearly by the fact that the New York Times blasted President Bill Clinton in 1994 for almost bowing to the Japanese Emperor. The New York Times wrote that it "wasn’t a bow, exactly. But Mr. Clinton came close. He inclined his head and shoulders forward, he pressed his hands together. It lasted no longer than a snapshot, but the image on the South Lawn was indelible: an obsequent President, and the Emperor of Japan. Canadians still bow to England’s Queen; so do Australians. Americans shake hands. If not to stand eye-to-eye with royalty, what else were 1776 and all that about? … Guests invited to a white-tie state dinner at the White House (a Clinton Administration first) were instructed to address the Emperor as 'Your Majesty,' not 'Your Highness' or, worse, 'King.' And in what one Administration aide called 'some emperor thing,' an Army general was cautioned that he should not address the Emperor Akihito at all as he escorted him to the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery. But the 'thou need not bow' commandment from the State Department’s protocol office maintained a constancy of more than 200 years. Administration officials scurried to insist that the eager-to-please President had not really done the unthinkable." President Obama has now done the "unthinkable" twice and for some reason the very same New York Times remains silent. Obama bows to the King of Saudi Arabia, he bows to the Emperor of Japan, and the New York Times has nothing to report. Tweet