scaramouche

Monday, 23 November 2009

Obsessive obsequiousness: Re Obama's propensity for bowing to regals, Ezra Levant posts a funny cartoon and quips, "He probably would have bowed to Mackenzie "King."

William Lyon Mackenzie King, for those who are not Canucki and/or don't know, was Canada's P.M. during WW2. One of our more, ahem, eccentric leaders, he was a confirmed bachelor who, in his down time, shunned company, preferring to gab with his dog and his dead mother: among his other tics, he claimed to "see things" in his shaving foam--things like portents of the future rather than lather, I mean. Obama may well have been inclined to bow to WLMK not only because of his regal moniker, but because though a white guy, he was so freaking "diverse".

Some other royals, past and present, who might merit an Obama bow: Old "King" Cole; Nat "King" Cole; Larry "King"; Alan "King"; Billie Jean "King"; Rodney "King"; "King" Vidor; and--a rink-load of bows here--NHL team the Los Angeles "Kings".

And let's not forget Sid "Caesar" and "Caesar" Romero.

Update: Oops! Please forgive me "Queen" Latifah, Butterfly Mc"Queen" and Babe Ruth, the "Sultan" of Swat.

Posted by: scaramouche at 13:02 | link | comments (4)

Comments:

#1 23 November 2009 - 15:13

I bowed to Steve Mc'Queen' for years. But Japan's Hirohito successor? Or Saudi Arabia's al Qeada funder?

It's all about humility and submission. What a leader child,

JR

Anonymous

#2 23 November 2009 - 15:46

Don't forget, he bowed to Rev. Jeremiah Wright, too. Obviously, not having a father played havoc with his emotional developement and played out in his search for father figures, naked need for approval and desire to "humble" himself to older men.