Bow? What bow?
Hello, my name is Tommy Flanagan, White House spokesman.
I wanted to clear up some misconceptions about the president’s meeting with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.
You see this picture? Some have said that the president is bowing to King Abdullah. Well, that’s just not true.
The president did not bow. No, he, um… he was bending down. Yeah. Bending down so he could look King Abdullah in the eye. Yeah. That’s what he did.
Then he … saw a ninja. Yeah, a ninja. The ninja was hiding and the president feared for King Abdullah’s safety. So he dove after the ninja and beat him up. With one han… one finger. That how powerful Barack Obama is. He beats up ninjas. With one finger. His pinkie finger.
Look at the picture again. See the ninja? Of course you don’t! It’s a ninja! But the president saw him. Because he has x-ray eyes. He can see ninjas. Yeah.
Then he saw the king choking. And gave him the Heimlich Maneuver. Yeah.
See? He’s giving him Heimlich Maneuver from the front! It’s a secret, special Heimlich Maneuver. And I taught him how to do it. Yeah. It’s called the “Flanagan Maneuver.” That’s the ticket.
The president is a hero. Because he saved the king. King Abdullah will probably give him his daughter to marry. Kings do that, you know.
Then, to top it off, he auditioned for Dancing with the Stars right there on the spot.
See? He’s dancing. And he won! The president is the best dancer ever. Yeah.
So I hope this has cleared things up. The president didn’t bow to the king of Saudi Arabia. No, he would never do such a silly thing.
Barack Obama knows what he’s doing. He’s … experienced! Yeah, that’s the ticket. He’s the smartest, bravest, most qualified man ever to sit in the Oval Office. Or my wife’s name isn’t … Morgan Fairchild.
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April 8th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
I can only pray that Dick Cheney issues a sanction soon to save us all !
April 8th, 2009 at 11:30 pm
This might be my favorite post ever.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
Dummy Conservatives, Lightworker didn’t bow to a kleptocrat monarch, he just dropped a Marlboro.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
“You, uh, don’t have to wear those table cloths
on your, er, head to cover, um,male pattern baldness.
Try Rogaine, I did, and um, look.”
April 8th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
You left out “cool.” America *really really* needed a president who was “cool.”
You know, for the first time in my adult life I’m…
Okay, forget it.
April 9th, 2009 at 12:05 am
The more I see that photo the more I think he’s probably saying, “Did a bird just poop on my head?.. I think I bird just pooped on my head!.. Is there bird poop on my head???”
April 9th, 2009 at 12:13 am
He’s saying …. ABDULLAH! My Brutha from another Mutha, It’s been too long.. let me kiss your ring…..
April 9th, 2009 at 12:16 am
You nailed it Basil! In fact, I’m starting to think this is how they explain away everything….I knew I saw it somewhere before!
April 9th, 2009 at 1:22 am
ninjas!!? A pirate would have gotten the job done, or a lumberjack.
April 9th, 2009 at 2:03 am
Is it bow..? Is it a kiss..? Is he kneeling..?
No, he is displaying he’s feminine side and multitasking, doing all 3 at the same time…
Love from the cartoon country… Denmark
April 9th, 2009 at 2:08 am
This is a pretty good impersonation of Bob Beckel.
April 9th, 2009 at 3:36 am
@James Flames
Bush was a former pirate, so ninjas feared to come near him
although, the say, he was also a former ninja, and he ended the pirate ninja war of the late 90s, it wasnt untill he gave up hiw ways, to become president, that the war broke out again
April 9th, 2009 at 6:17 am
Unless Obama was bending down to look Abdullah in his ‘third’ eye, he needs an anatomy lesson.
April 9th, 2009 at 8:27 am
A bow that isn’t a bow, a tax that isn’t a tax and a president that isn’t a …
April 9th, 2009 at 9:16 am
It wasn’t a bow, it was a curtsy!!
: an act of civility, respect, or reverence made mainly by women and consisting of a slight lowering of the body with bending of the knees
April 9th, 2009 at 10:02 am
Ah Tommy! Where have you been I’ve missed your way of straight talking, so!
More Tommy! More Tommy!
April 9th, 2009 at 11:08 am
He very obviously wasn’t bowing or curtsying. This was the picture snapped just after King Abdumbass helped Jug Ears get the bucket off his head.
April 9th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
Guy in cheap suit: My king, I am afraid my cover worked to well
Guy with towel on head: Just bow, you moron
Guy in cheap suit: but my king , I got elected
Guy with towel on head: Abdul, you dope, you told me I was going to meet with joe biden, not his man servant. look at that suit.
Guy in cheap suit: Can I stand up yet?
April 9th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
It was not a bow. This was simply a courtesy felatio.
April 10th, 2009 at 12:03 am
No he was just trying to kiss his ring.
April 10th, 2009 at 6:17 am
Obama, the President of the United States and leader of the free world, bows to a Saudi King who represents a despotic regime noted for its’ human rights violations, a birthplace of terrorists, a symbol of everything that is an antithesis to our system of government, and it’s no big deal?
I consider myself fortunate to have been born in a republic. I appreciate that as a citizen of a republic, I need not bow to any man or woman. We are all created equal, and blood lines do not make one person superior. This gesture by Obama should rankle every citizen for when Obama bowed as President of the United States, we all bowed.
He did bow, see the video from the latest angle:
http://tinyurl.com/obamabowedtowow
April 10th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
I’ll bet he looked like a “Got MilK?” ad after he didn’t blow er .. bow.
April 12th, 2009 at 11:19 pm
I had a little fun making this, maybe it’ll go viral
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbXyxH_4Ww8