As if the media's attention paid Barack Obama's recent greeting of the Japanese Emperor Akihito with a bow wasn't stupid enough, here comes LA Times blogger/former Laura Bush press secretary Andrew Malcolm to dumb things down even further:

What makes this one especially dumb? Obama wasn't bowing in the photo Malcolm was referring to. He was leaning forward while speaking, just like roughly everybody does every day.

Which Malcolm turns into this: “Obama leaning way over to stress his point isn't technically a bow...”

Like the difference between a bow and leaning forward in your seat while talking is a technicality.