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First Lady Flops in Japan

Posted: Mar 21, 2015

Mrs. Obama, who is 5ft 9in tall, also caused embarrassment earlier in the day when she grabbed Akie Abe, wife of Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in a hug-and-handshake combination while the Japanese First Lady was trying to bow.

In Japan, you bow. You don’t try to shake hands, curtsey, lurch for a hug, and bow simultaneously, especially when you tower over the Emperor of Nihon. But hey, FLOTUS gonna do what FLOTUS gonna do:

Michelle Obama has had an awkward start to her visit to Japan as she was pictured towering over Emperor Akihito and stumbling as she tried to bow, shake his hand and curtsey at once.

The First Lady, dressed in a florid combination of a blazer and skirt, dwarfed the Emperor in her silver stilettos, while he maintained his composure and smiled politely. She then squatted slightly while shaking his hand, seemingly trying to disguise the difference of height between them.

Mrs Obama, who is 5ft 9in tall, also caused embarrassment earlier in the day when she grabbed Akie Abe, wife of Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in a hug-and-handshake combination while the Japanese First Lady was trying to bow.

Excessive physical contact is frowned upon in Japan, and strict traditions govern the practice of bowing. Despite intensive etiquette coaching, successive U.S. officials have famously gotten it wrong. In 2009, President Barack Obama was photographed bending to nearly a 90-degree angle when he greeted the Japanese Emperor at the Imperial Palace. His efforts were widely mocked. In another example of over-enthusiastic bowing, the President was pictured bowing to a robot in 2014 while the Japanese people around him remained upright.

In 1994, then-President Bill Clinton went to the other extreme, causing offense by inclining his head and shoulders forward and mysteriously pressing his hands together when he met the Emperor.

Awkwardness and tension underpins much of the First Lady’s visit. Her three-day trip is being described as a ‘makeup call’ after she ‘snubbed’ the Japanese by failing to accompany her husband during his state visit to Japan last year.

What an embarrassment to the United States of America the Obamas are. And to think there’s another two years of this ahead of us.

Link: http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2015/03/20/did-the-white-house-fires-its-protocol-officer-first-lady-flops-in-japan/

It would appear someone needs lessons in class and etiquette.

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An outrage, I tell you! - smh

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She has the gall to tower over the Japanese prime minister! That Jezebel! Seriously, though, if this is what someone is reduced to criticizing, it would appear someone needs lessons in class.

Haters will hate. nm - smh2

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Etiquette - NPC

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The pair of them definitely needs an etiquette coach or someone to instruct and educate them on the customs of other countries. This is not the first time that this is happened. And yes, it is a monumental embarrassment.

Yep, as we say Mooch - put her "____" all over it

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Love that word "____" to describe BO and MOOCH - Describes them perfectly BO^u-yo-i^

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Our diversified community uses that to describe a multitude of behaviors, activities, situations. People attacking post that probably do not understand the meaning/context, but that's okay...we diversified, ethnic urban dwellers fully understand.

Not in my neighboorhood...BTW - it is "STANK" not SKANK - as misrepresented

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Distortion/spin of an urban term to fit someone's agenda - is a mark of intolerance

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That term is commonly used here and does not carry the "definition" posted. Clearly an attempt to distort and discredit original OP. I know exactly what it means and it is not the definition provided. My homies will get a good laugh out of the definition though, especially since it is so far off the mark.

According to the urban dictionary it appears... - sm

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stank is pretty similar to skank but used more as a southern white ghetto expression.

As a black woman, I am offended by the comments posted here - with "definitions" that are so out of

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line with that term. "S___" does not carry the connotation that is being pushed here in any way, shape, or form. Maybe if others were in a mixed race neighborhood as I am, they would not only understand what that term means, but would be able to define it correctly. I am not going to dignify the erroneous definitions. I know what it means even if the feeble attempts to describe it here are way off base...Me knowing the truth is what is important, not someone's distortion of it.

Actual definition - from dictionary.com, Google = Friend

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verb (used without object), stank or, often stunk; stunk; stinking.
1.
to emit a strong offensive smell.
2.
to be offensive to honesty or propriety; to be in extremely bad repute or disfavor.
3.
Informal. to be disgustingly inferior:
That book stinks.
4.
Slang. to have a large quantity of something (usually followed by of or with):
They stink of money. She stinks with jewelry.
verb (used with object), stank or, often stunk; stunk; stinking.
5.
to cause to stink or be otherwise offensive (often followed by up):
an amateurish performance that really stank up the stage.

FROM OP - WORD REPLACED WITH BLANKS FOR ONE SIMPLE - REASON...IT IS

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very clear that the term was being distorted, misrepresented, and twisted COMPLETELY AGAINST THE INTENT/MEANING OF THE TERM FOR AN AGENDA NOT IN KEEPING WITH WHAT WAS WRITTEN. To avoid confusion and the endless attempts to take this term out of context, since there are so many that truly do not understand what "stank" means, I removed it to accommodate their lack of understanding of this term.

To borrow a phrase from another poster:

CAPS = EMPHASIS.

I saw it when you first posted it. It said "stank." I laughed. - I think someone changed it to make you look bad.

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Yes - it was changed in an attempt to make me look bad - Only showed their lack of understanding - OP

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and tolerance of minorities and what the term means. That's okay..Regardless of what is said, very few are tolerant of other races and cultures, of which I have first-hand knowledge.

Thank you!

So, to clarify, what does it mean when you say Michelle Obama...sm - VTMT

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is a "stank"? I have heard her referred to as a "skank" which I think is untrue and disgusting. Is a "stank" any less obscene?

You're a class act with integrity with so many trying to spin - "The Black Woman"

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this into something it was not, grasping at straws. If people want to find bad and spin it that way, they will, no matter what the truth is.

Guess those of us that really know what this means and how to use the term will continue to use it, just not around those with the intent to spin it into something it is not. Shows you the damage Obama has done to race relations. :))

Boy, that's a fact. I told my husband this morning (sm) - Callie

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I was going to go to Starbuck's and DEMAND one of those silly little questionnaires they are handing out now. He said, well, they are not to be returned, they are just to make you think about whether you are a racist or not. I told him I would demand it and when I was through answering the question, I would write in that there were no problems with race relations until Obama got into the WH with his sidekick Sharpton as an advisor. It was all downhill after that.

Girl, you know it - "The Black Woman"

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There is a powerful myth that black people adore, worship, idolize Barack...I'm here to tell you it is not true!!

Our voices are squelched by people that do not want to hear any truth about this evil man...by the very ones claiming to be so tolerant of others. Simply because we are not the right measure of the blacks they want the world to see...hard workers, God fearing, church going, military, married before having 16 children, not taking government hand outs**. Just look at the fall out over the term "stank" because that term is not understood by some, regardless of color, but the OP writing that knew exactly what it meant and so do I. However, that poster was treated like a lynching party was going to hunt her/him down to protect Michelle's honor. Sad to say, some people have no honor to protect, and that is where Obama's fall in the scheme of things.

It is not a racial term, regardless of the powerful attempt to spin it that way.

I did not live through what I have, to get this old, to have to fight through the hatred and race escalations that the likes of Obama, Holder, Sharpton, Jesse J (to name a very few) have delighted in. They are all prime examples of the ones throwing around the race card, as well as others, being the biggest race baiters of all.

**For those confused as to what a government hand out is, it is a term used to describe someone completely, physically and mentally capable of working, refusing to do so, and then expects the rest of society to carry and support their sorry behinds till death do us part.

I am now off to sing in my church's choir; and yes, I am going to put my stank all over it...Praise the Lord!!!

They probably do not bother to be "coached" because the - two of them think they know

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everything about everything. Two of the most useless people to ever represent USA and ever draw breath.

Oops. Posted before I saw this. - Abby

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Surely there must be coaches for that sort of thing. (sm) - Abby

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Of course, they are probably not called coaches. But as arrogant as those 2 are, they probably send them away. They don't think they need any coaching on anything. Classless, both of them.

OMG. I'm embarrassed for her. She doesn't have the good - sense to be embarrassed for herself. Ugh. (sm)

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These are just 2 of the most classless individuals in the country, I swear. Wouldn't you think they would brush up on protocol before they went anywhere. That's terrible.

Since they love to spend taxpayer money, you think they - would hire someone to tamp down the "stank&qu

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and at least make a half-hearted attempt at class.

Remember when BO "gifted" the Queen with a complete set of Obama speeches...yet bet she was really pining for that collection....LOL.

Both of them are a huge embarrassment and should crawl back under the rock they came from.

Like I said, haters will hate. nm - smh2

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haters will hate, lovers will love, sheep will bleat. - nm

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Guess the Dictator and Mooch figured they damaged USA a much as possible - Now spreading out to other

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countries to give those countries a taste of the Obama regime and it's total incompetence, lack of class, ineptitude, lack of decorum, lack of protocol or preparation....the list is so long!

Wonder if Japan interested in OBAMACARE to treat - those left in OBAMA AND MOOCH'S WAKE

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Probably not...too expensive, services denied, medications denied, covers things you don't need (like gyne exams for men and dental care for children you don't have..yeah, those are a must for all), and they would to give it to illegal aliens...LOLOL.

CAPS = EMPHASIS.

You might be surprised to hear this. sm - VTMT

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The health care system in Japan provides healthcare services, including screening examinations, prenatal care and infectious disease control, with the patient accepting responsibility for 30% of these costs while the government pays the remaining 70%. Payment for personal medical services is offered through a universal health care insurance system that provides relative equality of access, with fees set by a government committee. People without insurance through employers can participate in a national health insurance programme administered by local governments. Patients are free to select physicians or facilities of their choice and cannot be denied coverage. Hospitals, by law, must be run as non-profit and be managed by physicians. For-profit corporations are not allowed to own or operate hospitals. Clinics must be owned and operated by physicians.

And Japan is led by an emperor. - NPC

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Last I checked, Obama hadn't been crowned yet.

much like the Queen of England, a ceremonial position only. - nm

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I just can't wait to be king... - sm

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THIS IS HYSTERICAL!! - SO APPROPO- CAP=EMPHASIS

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Cannot stop laughing. Finally, a true portrait of the child who would (wants to) be king!

Good pic. Much better than - Mrs. Tingles - sm

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When we saw pics here of President Bush dressed as Hitler.

I can see Obama prancing around the private quarters of the White House - wearing a crown out of tin foil

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Would not put it past O...LOLOL

Japan has a prime minister. - pearl

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As another poster noted, emperor is a ceremonial position.

Too bad Obamacare doesn't allow this -- - Truthhurts

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Patients are free to select physicians or facilities of their choice and cannot be denied coverage.

That's what everyone wanted and needed. Who wants to lose their physician of 25-30 years or more just because of Obamacare?

The Republican plan was going to allow that freedom of choice plus allow people to shop for health insurance across state lines, choose insurance companies across their state border, just like you can other consumer products.

They really had a couple good plans. In fact, the Republicans were working on affordable insurance since 2007 but the lies from the left and the blocking from the Dems in power killed the plans, by refusing to even allowing a minute of debate on them.

Guess you don't remember this, either: Right after he took office in 2008, he stopped any discussions with Republicans by caustically remarking “I won.” Look it up. It did happen.

I remember a big "meeting" in the WH with Republicans (sm) - LM

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it was for show only. He dismissed every idea they brought to the table, and then touted that very meeting as he "tried" to work with them. I have 2 liberal relatives who bought it. Hook, line and sinker.

I watched the entire hearing, all 6+ agonizing hours - of BO obnoxiousness - BO^u-yo-i^

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BO was rude, disrespectful, dismissive, refused to listen to any idea that did not support his own. He ridiculed others while they tried to speak. At end, while a congressman was addressing BO personally, Obama got up without saying a word and stomped out of the room.

So much for Obama reaching across...never happened, will never happen.

Reality check, Obama did listen to the republicans....sm - VTMT

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and as a result the president compromised and took single payer off the table in an attempt to get republicans to vote for the ACA. In the end, not a single republican voted to pass the ACA. What a waste! Since then, "Obamacare" turns out to be quite successful and republicans ans have spent the past five years and introduced 57 bills to dismantle it. How patriotic of them, scumbags all.

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