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Today was day two of Fox & Friends‘ investigation into what the hell our President is doing bowing to everybody, including the Mayor of Tampa, Florida recently.

They had Mayor Pam Iorio on this morning, who didn’t feel like playing along.

Fox News, 8:14amET:

Several blogs picked up the story of Pres. Barack Obama appearing to bow yet again over the weekend. Only this time it wasn’t with a foreign dignitary – it was with the Mayor of Tampa, Florida. Fox & Friends used this opportunity to explore all the bowing this President has done since he was elected.

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2009 has been a year of controversies. Some of them were big, like Climategate. Some of them were not very big, but were nevertheless blown up by blogs and cable news, like Jackass-gate, when President Obama referred to Kanye West as a “Jackass.” Many were united by that ever-persistent “-gate” suffix. In this slideshow, Mediaite fondly looks back on a year of -gates (and wonders if it’s time to give the “-gate” suffix a rest):

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Pres. Barack Obama‘s trip to Asia already has a big media moment, and it’s about the Commander-in-Chief bowing…again.

But this time, is the reaction warranted? Get ready to hear a lot about Bow-gate II.