I read recently in a Wall Street Journal an article that posed this same question.
"Will those who denigrate our administration, denigration beyond the pale, listen to people who have made it their living to pull down America?
First, denigrate the president and the rest of the world will follow, and as goes the American President so goes the Country.
Disagree, sure, but the current dem policy of personal degredation hurts this Country."
It appears to me that people in the U.S. will go to great lengths to condemn the man THEY voted into office. If he isn't doing a good job, speak out. But does consistently blasting the office of President and your own country make the world see us as a weak nation?
"I spent decades scrutinizing the U.S. from Europe, and I learned that international respect for America is directly proportional to America's own respect for its president. "
- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown
2007-11-17 05:12:24 · 8 answers · asked by Mister Lippy 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I used the quote from the WSJ simply to pose the question - not to support a position one way or the other. Please try to stay focused on the question rather than turn this into just another Bush bash. Arguments can go either way that he has done a ridiculously horrible job as President or that he has done a ridiculously amazing job. Should the OFFICE of President be respected?
2007-11-17 05:35:35 · update #1
Absolutely. He has earned that respect, and until he does something to denigrate the office personally, he deserves to keep that respect.
You do not have to agree with his decisions and policies to respect a person - President Bush has been resolute and determined in his efforts to deal with a very serious and difficult situation concerning Islamic fanaticism - and, agree or not with his decisions, I respect him for his leadership which has surly been shown to rise above any inevitable political backlash.
2007-11-17 05:33:16 · answer #1 · answered by LeAnne 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I respect the OFFICE, but I am not obligated to respect a man I didn't vote for, who illegitimately took office in 2001, and who has done a dreadful job since then. Too bad if having a lousy leader causes the rest of the world to lose respect for us. We will not put on a false front for them.
2007-11-17 13:16:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Why would I respect Bush when 9/11 was an inside job. He may not have planned it himself, but he sure knows who did and it wasn't OBL in a cave with a laptop. So , no I don't respect the people who carried out 9/11 and you shouldn't either. Keep living in your little dream world.
2007-11-17 15:02:25 · answer #3 · answered by Luke F 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I respect the President.
I respect the President about as much as Robespierre respected King Louis XVI...about as much as George Washington and John Hancock respected King George III...about as much as Lenin respected Tsar Nikolas II...yeah, I respect the President.
2007-11-17 13:40:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bush implied that the Democrats act like Nazis.
Only a right wing rag like the Wall Street Journal could defend filth like that.
The phony tears of the prissy right wing are laughable at best.
2007-11-17 13:18:23 · answer #5 · answered by Zinger! 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Shouldn`t respect be earned?
2007-11-17 13:20:44 · answer #6 · answered by robert c 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
He's a politician, what is there to respect?
2007-11-17 13:23:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
yes, blind obedience is much better (?)
i doubt rupert murdoch was saying these same things during clinton's presidency
2007-11-17 13:19:43 · answer #8 · answered by . 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋