https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2009/11/14/flashback-nyt-blasts-clinton-for-almost-bowing-to-akihito/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 16:13:46 -0400<![CDATA[Both Allahpundit and I referenced this blast from the past at the time Barack Obama bowed to Abdullah earlier this year.  It&#8217;s worth posting again, not just because Obama pulled another boneheaded protocol violation and bowed to an emperor, but in this case bowed to the same emperor with whom Bill Clinton almost committed the same protocol violation.  Douglas Jehr, in a 1994 New York Times report, made it clear that had Clinton actually executed a full bow, it would have destroyed a precedent dating to the founding of the Republic:]]>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:40:43 -0500<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2009/11/14/flashback-nyt-blasts-clinton-for-almost-bowing-to-akihito-n165667