by Lina :-p
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May 11, 2006

R E S P E C T...

October 09, 2009 03:25 PM EDT (Updated: October 09, 2009 03:34 PM EDT)
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When President Bush dodged a shoe everyone was all offended and saying that regardless of our opinions he was President and deserved our respect...

So why is it okay to disrespect The President now?

Today people are buzzing about the Nobel Prize and Obama saying:

 

Um, our leader just was given the Nobel Prize guys. Shouldn't we be proud of him and our country. He is our leader doesn't he deserve our respect and support even if we don't like him?

Respecting Bush was a huge deal then... When it comes to respecting our current President why is it no longer a big deal?

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Comments: 25

and do you think you are really going to get an intelligent response from those opposing? Nah, soon they will hit your post with all the nay-sayings they been throwing around the past few months
Lina :-p Oct 9, 2009, 4:08pm EDT
I think their responses will only prove my point.
Peter Joseph Swanson Oct 9, 2009, 3:31pm EDT
They complained when Bush was criticized as if they were on moral high ground. They were standing in a gutter the whole time, it seems.
Lina :-p Oct 9, 2009, 4:08pm EDT
Exactly.
Marilyn M. Oct 9, 2009, 3:32pm EDT
I respect the office of president. The man occupying it has not done anything to earn my respect. And the committee that chooses Nobel Peace Prize winners? They're a laughing stock.
Lina :-p Oct 9, 2009, 4:09pm EDT
How do you respect the office of the president but not the person? They are one and the same for the next 4 years, like it or not.
LEЯA © Politcally Incorrect M. Oct 9, 2009, 3:55pm EDT
It's all Bush's fault!

Smileycons!
LEЯA © Politcally Incorrect M. Oct 9, 2009, 3:57pm EDT
OK, what has he done to earn my respect? Just asking. Or do people still have to actually DO something to earn that? It seems they can get a Nobel Peace Prize these days for doing nothing.
Lina :-p Oct 9, 2009, 4:06pm EDT
Um.. He was elected by the majority of the voting USA as our leader.
Today's Illusion Oct 9, 2009, 4:09pm EDT
Lina :-p

Elections don't make presidents,
Faux Fox, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glen Beck.
They are the only ones who get to decide who gets to be president, who is to be respected!

Back to indoctrination class for you! You are failing!
Lina :-p Oct 9, 2009, 4:11pm EDT
LOL @ Today's Illusion. Silly me, what was I thinking?
C Dee Oct 9, 2009, 3:58pm EDT
I agree 100% ... I have read so many absolutely disgusting comments regarding the President that had nothing to with health care or winning the Nobel Peace prize and everything to do with being uneducated and undercover racist.
Lina :-p Oct 9, 2009, 4:06pm EDT
It's sad but it speaks volumes about those who are saying it...
LEЯA © Politcally Incorrect M. Oct 9, 2009, 4:20pm EDT
I was just waiting for someone to pull out the race card.

Ding. Ding. Ding! You win!
Today's Illusion Oct 9, 2009, 4:06pm EDT
Lina :-p,

You forgot the m a i n thing. Liberals must never be respected!
Lina :-p Oct 9, 2009, 4:07pm EDT
That is your opinion and I am respecting that...
Today's Illusion Oct 9, 2009, 4:20pm EDT
Lina :-p,
that is sarcasm,
I love the Obamas as a family and President Obama as the President of this nation and I voted for him.
Lina :-p Oct 9, 2009, 4:22pm EDT
Even if you were serious I'd respect you. Amazing concept huh? LOL.
Today's Illusion Oct 9, 2009, 4:19pm EDT
Lina :-p

It is shameful when the official leader of the Republican Party cannot even say "congratulations", but must make a nasty, tacky remark.
When the President of the U. S. A. is awarded an international prize.

LEЯA © Politcally Incorrect M. Oct 9, 2009, 4:22pm EDT
Um .... it's an embarrassment in my opinion. An embarrassment that he won when he didn't deserve it.
Lina :-p Oct 9, 2009, 4:24pm EDT
It's an award that someone else decided he should win. Why should we be concerned about whether or not he deserved it? We are not the ones who are tasked with awarding it.
Chris W. Oct 9, 2009, 4:32pm EDT
It should be mentioned that Obama himself was not cocky about getting the award. He seemed to be saying, hey guys, I don't really merit this, YET.
But it seems to me, good form would be for everyone ELSE to congratulate him. "I do not view it as a recognition of my own accomplishments"- he struck an appropriately humble tone himself.
Lina :-p Oct 9, 2009, 4:35pm EDT
Agreed!
Halli Casser-Jayne Oct 9, 2009, 6:21pm EDT
No one should be criticizing Obama. Just the Nobel committee for using Obama to make a political statement.
Steph-in-NE ..... Oct 9, 2009, 10:20pm EDT
I agree with Lina, he did do something the commettie would not have pick him for the hell of it, They have the right to pick who they want and done so,, there were 3 other president winning this before, why should he be oust,,

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