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Barack Gets Rebuffed on Saudi Welcome Line (VIDEO)

June 3, 2009 Cool Stuff, Don'tcha Just Love It?, Humor, Just Plain Fun, Obama, Saudi Arabia, Video Comments

***UPDATE/SEMI-CORRECTION BELOW***

Today POTUS, or PrezBO as I like to call him, paid his first visit in the Middle East this week to Saudi Arabia. This video from a bit of him on the “Welcome Line” with King Abdullah CLEARLY shows that few there want to acknowledge him on that line.

Watch in slow motion that Barack clearly extends his hands several times, yet nobody accepts his hand. He finally does get a response from the last man in this brief clip. I’ve recorded it in slow motion so you can clearly see that he gets no love from the first 3 or 4 folks in the line. If you watch the woman, it appears she takes his hand, but as she pulls hers back, you can clearly see she was grasping Abdullah’s hand and Obama is pulling his back to his side. They only extend their hand for King Abdullah.

Poor Obama…not feeling the love you thought you would? He’s DEFINITELY not feeling the adulation he enjoys in the Western world. Guess he’s the Rodney Dangerfield in The Kingdom today. ;-)

***UPDATE***

It does appear that a couple of these folks might be Axelrod and Valerie Jarrett (part of his staff), but my point remains: why does Obama try to shake their hands then? Secondly, if he’s just trying to point them out to the King, wouldn’t he use his dominant hand (his left)? He’s using his right hand, which is what is universally used to shake hands, so I’m not buying the intro thing either.

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  • His website is a shrine to his elementry understanding of HTML code (really when he pats himself on the back for stuff that kids are doing in jr high...its pretty sad) and his laughable idea that he is a 'photographer'.
  • loretta
    dorks, the video is edited. he was not snubbed. you all write about and believe video's without checking them out. kind of like being stupid. research is key. so research and you will not appear as stupid as you are. plus some folks still believe he is a Muslium and that is false as well.
  • Nikki
    " wouldn’t he use his dominant hand (his left)" *Shakes head* Absolutely Not! The left hand is taboo in many parts of Africa and the Middle East! Please do some research, your stance makes you seem childish and petty! The fact that Obama used his right hand is him being respectful which is clearly a lost art in the west.
  • Mike
    are you serious? please stop wasting people's bandwidth.
  • Guess what!
    You're a dumbass!
  • William
    you played yourself lady. give it up, apologize for you ignorance, and move on.
  • Oh, really? You played yourself for even reading this post/viewing this
    video. You, sir, are the one who needs to apologize for your ignorance.
    Douche.
  • Pat
    GWB may have been a goof but he was never a traitor...I am really wondering where Obama's loyalty lies.
  • old one
    Maybe Bararky is introducing his people, not attempting to shake their hands. (He can't utilize his left hand to do anything in the ME, you Know why.
  • jt
    In Saudi you do not use your left hand for anything, it is considered bad manners due to the left hand is used to wipe yourself when you go to the bathroom. Along the streets in the cities are streams of water coming out of the wall, where you go to the bathroom and rinse your left hand after you are finished.
  • Gerald
    you're a fucking idiot. I grew up in saudi and you're talking out of your ass.
  • Ewwww... that's just plain gross.
  • Nikki
    ...if you take into account that they wash their hands after using the restroom it's not gross at all, just custom. For some reason it's still hard to get folks here in America to practice sufficient hand washing but then again folks in the west kiss animals, let dogs sleep in their beds and eat off their plates and think comedy skits about feces are funny... now THAT'S gross!
  • K in VA
    When I saw this on the news. it was my impression (as others have said) that these were Obama's staff and he was gesturing to them as he introduced them to the Saudi king. There was an obvious difference in my view of how he responded to those he was intorduced to, and shook hands with, and the next group of people who were part of his group and he was naming each of them for the king, and he was pointing them out as he named them.
  • I'm no supporter, but...

    You would never use your left hand in any arabic country. It is the unclean hand that one uses to wipe your...assets...after using the restroom.

    IF he is introducing his staff, he is using the gesture (open hand, pointing is considered very rude) properly.

    It DOES look ackward though.

    Who knows, we'll probably get the spun answer by the end of the week.
  • Judith
    Oh my gosh, when does this crap stop? He looks like a little boy trying to be relevant. Now that we know he is a Muslim, when do we see the bc? (I say his father is Frank Marshall Davis, not Barack Obama Sr. Pull up pics and compare)
  • al
    you're a cotdamn moron...and i'm being nice.
  • joyce
    Must have been a McCain voter. LOL
  • Uh, Clem
    BHO has to be careful to use the correct hand. The Saudis know which one he uses to eat, and which one to wipe...it's a muslim thing, doncha know....
  • It is pretty clear he is intro'ing his staff, but don't worry, this imbecile is just getting started. There will be plenty to talk about soon.....
    yeah, charles johnson is def on the looney wagon.
  • Thanks, Artruen, for at least knowing that this is just the beginning. I
    also understand that it's a bad thing, customarily, for an American to shun
    a white woman in Saudi (or something like that).
  • christy
    Im DEF no Obama fan...I think he is a pathetic puppet.
    but I have to point out that he is just introducing his staff to the king, not outstretching his hand to shake. It is valerie jarret and David Axelrod if you look...he wouldnt be shaking their hands, they are his staff.
  • But why does the LAST one in the shot shake his hand????
  • so what
    GOP is grasping at straws here.
  • Harun
    Left hand is dirty hand in Indonesia, used to wipe your butt. (without TP, so its a serious faux pas to use your left hand to shake hands, etc.)
  • It's also not appropriate to touch the Queen of England, but that didn't
    stop them either did it? Oh, yeah, that's right. The Queen is an "infidel,"
    while these Muslims are his brothers. He knows their cultural norms/customs
    better than Western ones. Same reason why he bowed to Abdullah in the US -
    he's subservient.
  • Gerald
    wow. you're really ignorant. it's a shame that people like you, who know nothing, feel the need to talk the most.
  • Edo
    All white guys look the same to Barry.
  • ray
    It's quite possible he's introducing these people. It's considered impolite in that society to gesture towards someone with your left hand...it's the "poopy one".

    Damn.
  • Cumonayewannaslaya
    "t does appear that a couple of these folks might be Axelrod and Valerie Jarrett (part of his staff), but my point remains: why does Obama try to shake their hands then? Secondly, if he’s just trying to point them out to the King, wouldn’t he use his dominant hand (his left)?"

    Because it's impolite to use the left hand for anything but wiping cracks in Saudi, moran.
  • guesticle
    legion you are legion only inasmuch that you are an idiot and yes you are legion. you haven't a clue about lgf or if you do you are one of 'those' haters. begone legion - i cast you out.
  • art vandalay
    That's his staff he is introducing to the Saudi King you idiots! He is not extending his hand to shake hands with his own staff.
  • See my update, you idiot.
  • GOP
    so three people didn't shake his hand and the 4th one did. That's 25%. He's already doing better than Bush lol!
  • legion
    Love your site Miss, why are you still linking that idiots Charles Johnsons site at LGF?

    Charles of LGF went psycho months ago, now he's banning anyone who dares to question his obsession with Obama, Abortion, the BNP et al...he's gone back to his roots as a washed-up, old hippie wanna-be. He sees a christian, racist, extremest behind every post.

    His website is a shrine to his elementry understanding of HTML code (really when he pats himself on the back for stuff that kids are doing in jr high...its pretty sad) and his laughable idea that he is a 'photographer'.

    Charles is an obsessed, halfwit, meglomaniac...and no friend of conservatives anymore.

    Even Ace did a couple posts about it and basically kicked charles to the curb.
  • legion
    Total Tool gets punked...

    He still hasnt mentioned the terrorist attack that killed one of our soldiers on US soil either.
  • GMRoper
    Cost of bowing to the Saudi King: Mucho political capital
    Cost of Trip to the Middle East: Hundreds of thousands of dollars
    Watching Obama get Rebuffed: Priceless
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