When George Bush famously winked at the Queen, the breach of protocol practically set off an international incident. When Barack Obama breached protocol by taking the monarch’s proffered hand in both of his (protocol allows only brief touch) the breach was politely ignored.
It was not an accident — nobody gets near the Queen without first getting a lesson in proper protocol, so Obama deliberately violated it.
Frankly, I’m ok with it — America doesn’t have a queen and American presidents don’t bow to royalty.

Yes, it is President “I’m-Not-A-Muslim” Barack Hussein Obama whose nose is practically scraping the floor as he humbles himself before the Arab-Muslim King. It is small wonder that about one American in ten believes Obama is secretly a Muslim. Perhaps he’s about to come out of the closet, so to speak? I mean, what does he have to lose?
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