In another attempt to belittle President Obama, the GOP is having a fields day with Obama's "Treasonous bow" to Japanese Emperor,  Akihito and Empress Michiko.

The Washington Times called it a  a "shocking display of fealty to a foreign potentate", which ran contrary to American tradition of not deferring to royalty.

I say it was a display of respect and appropriate. This is again another example of the arrogance and ignorance, which seem to go hand in hand, in defining the GOP.

"In a blog post titled “How low will he go?” , the LA Times’ Andrew Malcolm compared Mr Obama’s bow unfavorably to the upright greetings extended to the emperor by Dick Cheney, the former US vice-president, and Douglas MacArthur, the latter observed during the US occupation of Japan following the Second World War.

Mr Malcolmsuggested that Mr Obama’s “wow bow” was undignified and showed a lack of understanding of the history between the two countries.

At least one blogger went as far as to call the president’s actions “treasonous”. Really?

Right-wing commentators unleashed similar criticism in April, when Mr. Obama bowed to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia during the G20 summit."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/6580190/Barack-Obama-criticised-for-treasonous-bow-to-Japanese-emperor.html

I personally prefer the subtle and respectful approach to diplomacy rather than that of the insensitive and arrogant Bush Administration.

Had they had more respect, we wouldn't have had to repair so many relationships with other countries.