2007-12-07 08:44:04 · 55 answers · asked by Bush Invented the Google 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Deek: I didn't mention the office.
But since you did... how'd you feel about Bill Clinton??? ;)
2007-12-07 08:47:06 · update #1
HELLA FALSE
he is running out country into the ground, how am i to support that?
2007-12-07 08:47:48 · answer #1 · answered by Ashes 2 · 4⤊ 3⤋
Just because someone is president doesn't mean we must mindlessly support him. That is what they do in a dictatorship.
Here is what great American President Theodore Roosevelt had to say about this matter:
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."
2007-12-07 09:06:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well,the government is made to serve the people. If the government does not fit the needs of the poeple, the people have a right to overthrow it and form a new one, according to the words of the constitution.So,rather than the people support and follow the ideas of the president, the president should support and follow the ideas of the people.
2007-12-07 08:48:43 · answer #3 · answered by Rozu-chan 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
False. And to all the conservatives claiming that we should always support the president no matter what and stand united, will you feel the same way if Hillary is elected president?
BTW, *LOVE* the Roosevelt quote from the first poster. Isn't it interesting how today's righties seem to have absolutely nothing in common with this countries great past leaders and founding fathers?
2007-12-07 08:52:19 · answer #4 · answered by Eric 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Short Answer: False
Long Answer:
"... — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it...."
You see as a governed, It is not only my right to not support a person or government who I view as destructive to my rights and the constitution, but it is my obligation as a citizen of the United States of America to stand up and fight for a new government.
I often see the so called Conservatives saying how we have to support the President because if we are not with him we are against America.....I wonder if they were a German citizen in the 1940's if they would have had the same position....you see that is how Hitler came to power, and we know the result of that.
2007-12-07 08:58:35 · answer #5 · answered by mad embalmer from the north II 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
False.
2007-12-07 09:37:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
False. That would be un-American. The right to dissent, even with the person holding the highest office in the land, is one of the things that makes this the greatest nation on earth. You can respect the office even if you don't respect the holder of the office.
2007-12-07 08:47:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
False. GWB is a moron who consistently makes bad decisions and is destroying this country. I cannot support torture, wars over nonexistent WMDs, or bailouts for the stupid/greedy.
2007-12-07 09:00:19 · answer #8 · answered by Kaptain Krakatoa 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Respect for the office and support for the person and the policy are different things. The answer is false. No president deserves unconditional support.
2007-12-07 08:47:26 · answer #9 · answered by Rasputin 5 · 13⤊ 1⤋
True: he is our president (not really)
False: I cant support the murderer of our Nations soldiers for no reason. I cant support someone who wants to cut budgeting for protection of America soil (Homeland security), while asking for money to protect the soil of another (Iraq)
2007-12-07 08:55:26 · answer #10 · answered by Grape Stomper 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
False. They weren't saying that about Clinton, the hypocrites.
2007-12-07 08:54:57 · answer #11 · answered by Damian M 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋