One more proof that the MSM are tools and the balloonboy hoax was more relevant than the Bow-Gate. Americans replied to the media : Who cares ? and get a life ! I guess that americans are weak according to the neocons. Jumping on the "Obama embarrassed us" bandwagon, Fox News conducted a poll about Obama's bow. I'm not kidding. I guess that Fox News thought that the majority of americans would have been "outraged" to see their president showing respect to the Japanese Emperor.
According to TPM , Fox News conducted a poll asking :
When the president of the United States is traveling overseas, do you think it is appropriate for him to bow to a foreign leader if that is the country's custom or is it never appropriate for the president to bow to another leader?
After the noise made by the pundits on cable news, you would think that Americans would crucify their President once back home. Karl Rove called him "Weak" for respecting over culture. Dick Cheney came out from his undisclosed location or cave to blast the POTUS arguing that "No POTUS should bow, it shows weakness to our allies", Bill Kristol said that "President Palin would have never bowed" (I guess that's why about 60% of American think that Palin isn't qualified to be president), Wolf Blitzer played the tape over and over again in the Situation even though Jack Cafferty told him that People don't care...etc.
Here the "surprising" response from the American People, and I remind you that was a PoxNews Poll, not some "Liberal biais" poll.
Appropriate 67%, Never appropriate 26%. Even a majority of Republican respondents were okay with the bow, by a 53%-40% margin. Democrats weigh in at 84%-9%, and independents 62%-30%.
I guess that's why PoxNews, CNN, MSNBC stopped their stupid coverage of their Bow-Gate, but they all thought that the American people deserve to watch the "Palin Chronicles" 24/24h---snark---