But it was probably more like a semibored recognition of just how gauche it would have appeared not to shake hands. Folks howl ... on with descriptions of Obama bowing and scraping in front ...

Those who are unaware of the conservative fixation with Obama bowing to stuff might not understand ... You're not supposed to shake hands and bow at the same time. Do one or the other, but not ...

President Obama ... stop bowing? In the revolutionary period, the practice was regarded, by some, as a vestige of a less democratic society. Thomas Jefferson, for example, liked to shake hands ...

From the YouTube description: Compilation of Emperor Akihito shaking hands with other foreign (and domestic) leaders, juxtaposed to Obama bowing before Emperor Akihito.

Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad, U.S. Rep. Paul A. Gosar, R-Az., tweeted a picture of former President Barack Obama shaking hands with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, along with the caption "The ...

KAILUA, Hawaii (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama thought he'd put the bowling jokes behind him. Not likely. On the golf course Monday, a woman waiting at the 18th green reminded Obama of his ...

"It's no secret that Obama admires Castro and wants to re-establish relations with the dictator," said Miguel Saavedra. "To see them on television shaking hands is sickening." "We don't agree with ...

151; -- It was a touching moment: Lester Townsend, a 108-year-old self-described "grandson of a slave" meeting with President Obama. “The grandson of a slave shaking hands with the president of ...

and shaking hands, is a pretty big part of his job description. And there was the predictable Twitter backlash, with antagonists piling on with descriptions of Obama bowing and scraping in front ...