http://trueslant.com/rickungar/2009/11/16/everybody-gets-it-wrong-on-bow-wowgate/ American health care and political policy - commentary and debate Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:00:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://trueslant.com/rickungar/2009/11/16/everybody-gets-it-wrong-on-bow-wowgate/comment-page-1/#comment-2715 libtree09 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:51:27 +0000 http://trueslant.com/rickungar/?p=6026#comment-2715 I'm not sure about Obama blowing it...in Japanese culture the bow deepens with rank and the emperor is a deity. And this deity broke protocol by offering his hand to the president. It could be worse, at least he didn't have to hold his hand like a schoolgirl. I’m not sure about Obama blowing it…in Japanese culture the bow deepens with rank and the emperor is a deity. And this deity broke protocol by offering his hand to the president. It could be worse, at least he didn’t have to hold his hand like a schoolgirl.

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