Do you remember when disrespecting a sitting president was considered unpatriotic and even treason?

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Do you remember when disrespecting a sitting president was considered unpatriotic and even treason?

by Doodlebug Posted November 03, 2009 21:25:46

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+5 raves Unmistakably Liz November 03, 2009 23:49:51

Answered: No I'm too young to remember that the office ever was respected.
But I do remember when Clinton was in office..
I remember the economy being amazing....
I remember unemployment at an all time low...
Then I remember him getting a blow job....
I think he was the first president to be treated like a tabloid celebrity.
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Pegasis November 06, 2009 18:28:38

Answered: No I'm too young to remember that the office ever was respected.
Disrespecting the current president has always been a national pastime. Remember Will Rogers?

I recall a story about a young man visiting from a foreign country. He was present when a crowd began to discuss politics, and he suddenly jumped up and ran out the door and down the street. When they caught up with him and asked what was wrong, he revealed he thought he had blundered in to an underground movement to overthrow the government and didn't want to be arrested!

He applied for citizenship soon afterward.
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Kerri November 06, 2009 18:07:29

Answered: No I'm too young to remember that the office ever was respected.
Wow...outa touch much?
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Jester November 06, 2009 03:39:49

Answered: No I'm too young to remember that the office ever was respected.
Name me a historical account in which this took place.
Doodlebug to Jester November 06, 2009 04:21:11

You must be a child. The office of president ha been respected for years - during Eisenhower, Reagan, Bush I It wasn't until Clinton that people began being disrespectful of the OFFICE. I'm not talking about the person who occupies it.
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Jester to Doodlebug November 06, 2009 04:22:51

Once again, you are just looking for excuses for all of us to play nice and kiss Obama's ass. He is a big boy, and I assure you he can take care of himself. The alternative is they do like the rest of the Democrats:
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The Bantam Seditioner - Bla... November 06, 2009 02:03:09

Answered: No I'm too young to remember that the office ever was respected.
I'm not sure this was *ever* the case historically. The U.S. has a proud history of vigilance, suspicion, and even outright mockery of politicians (just look at the turn-of-the-century political cartoons of Thomas Nast, for example). State-aggrandizement and general adoration for national political figures (especially the U.S. President) has only grown over the last hundred years.

That's the whole trouble with media today. There are no bold, intrepid muckrakers or satirists anymore. If any figure as openly hostile to the U.S. Constitution as George W. Bush had run for office in 1899 instead of 1999, the H.L. Menckens and Mark Twains of the world would have taken considerable relish in calling him onto the carpet.
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sweetgreatmom November 05, 2009 05:15:55

Answered: Yes, I'm old enough to remember when the office of presidency was respected whether it was supported or not.
Yes it was a fact that all people respected the President whether or not they agreed with their policies. Sadly, this is not true today.
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CHARON November 05, 2009 00:57:10

Answered: Yes, I'm old enough to remember when the office of presidency was respected whether it was supported or not.
yea
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randall g November 04, 2009 22:22:15

Answered: No I'm too young to remember that the office ever was respected.
I don't remember much about politics in the 60's, but I know no president since Nixon has escaped getting trashed by the public.
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Peggy November 04, 2009 20:13:05

Answered: Yes, I'm old enough to remember when the office of presidency was respected whether it was supported or not.
It was just a year ago when the choir was preaching
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GOD November 04, 2009 19:42:59

Answered: Yes, I'm old enough to remember when the office of presidency was respected whether it was supported or not.
yes but that was along time ago
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kevracer November 04, 2009 17:32:01

Answered: Yes, I'm old enough to remember when the office of presidency was respected whether it was supported or not.
In the 60's being publicly disrespectful to the President would have been considered bad form.

You may not respect the man, but you have to resepct the Presidency
Doodlebug to kevracer November 04, 2009 17:41:04

Absolutely. But too many people who have answered said "Obama doesn't deserve respect," which has nothing to do with the question.
Nevermore. to Doodlebug November 06, 2009 03:34:53

I didn't. I didn't say anything about Obama in my answer, but you responded to me as if I had. Why is that?
Nevermore. to kevracer November 06, 2009 03:35:06

why?
kevracer to Nevermore. November 06, 2009 16:59:01

if you have to ask, you would'nt understand the answer
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Nevermore. to kevracer November 06, 2009 18:53:14

that's what you say when you can't answer my question.
Ken November 04, 2009 16:54:52

Answered: Yes, I'm old enough to remember when the office of presidency was respected whether it was supported or not.
but the liberals have sure changed that.
Doodlebug to Ken November 04, 2009 17:42:22

Again, you want to make this political. You are not a critical reader. My question is about the "office of president," not who is occupying it. You need reading instructions.
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Ken to Doodlebug November 04, 2009 23:05:46

Here you go. Why would anyone respect an office that has had nothing but chumps representing it since Reagan, the last people's choice? We the people have no choice in the choice for President, all we get to do is vote against the worst of two evils. So how can anyone respect the office?
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Big daddy November 04, 2009 16:29:24

Answered: Yes, I'm old enough to remember when the office of presidency was respected whether it was supported or not.
but...times have changed...
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Consersoldier November 04, 2009 14:34:56

Answered: Yes, I'm old enough to remember when the office of presidency was respected whether it was supported or not.
I respect the office of the Presidency but I don't respect Barak Hussein Obama at all. I wouldn't give him the sweat off my balls if he was thirsting to death. I think anyone who voted for that moron should be flogged. The American people have been told numerous times about the traitorous activity he was in and has never denied, he used drugs (cocaine), and associated with marxists, Rev Wright, Flager, Ayers, etc. He is a product of Chicago politics and it's corruption but no one cares except conservatives. All of this we know, what do we don't know about this imbecile? All this being said, because this is a great country we can say this about the President and people look the other way. I don't think at anytime in our history would someone be dragged away and killed for talking badly about the President. As a matter of fact, this guy is the "first" President to advocate freedom of speech restraints so he can't be ridiculed. He wanted talk radio to be censored and it was discussed. Voting districts are being rearranged to allow more minorities representation which may or may not be okay. How much longer before he takes farmland from the owners and gives it away or abolishes gunrights. He also advocates a "civilian security force" not unlike our military. You know sort of like the Republican guard in Iran or gestapo in Nazi Germany or KGB in the USSR. This guy is seriously bad news.
Doodlebug to Consers... November 04, 2009 17:43:39

Nice crude answer. Typical of repugs. If you had stopped with the first sentence, you may not have appeared so ignorant.
Consers... to Doodlebug November 05, 2009 20:00:59

Conservatives used to pull punches, we don't anymore. You have to sometimes get mean with evil and if you are with them you are part of the problem. Get used to it.
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Piwan November 04, 2009 13:37:51

Answered: Yes, I'm old enough to remember when the office of presidency was respected whether it was supported or not.
I know some people that were mortified when people put Bush down! Talk about being in denial!
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jayc32~Love is the meaning ... November 04, 2009 11:33:36

Answered: No I'm too young to remember that the office ever was respected.
Because there never was such a time...dissent is one of the foundations of freedom...blind subservience has never been part of the American ideology.
Doodlebug to jayc32~... November 04, 2009 17:44:13
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jayc32~... to Doodlebug November 04, 2009 23:45:52

you sure?
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infinityorzero November 04, 2009 11:05:03

Answered: Yes, I'm old enough to remember when the office of presidency was respected whether it was supported or not.
Mocking our President is one of our fundamental rights as Americans. I truly believe that. I often referred to Bush in the phrase of Molly Ivins, "the only President we got".
When we see a hat set at too jaunty an angle, it is our prerogative as Americans to knock the hat off their head. I've laughed at plenty of Obama jokes which cleverly and with wit poked fun at his quirks and foibles.

But that is much different than denying the validity of a President. Much different that impugning the humanity of a President. Much different than much of the bile that has risen to far too common public discourse during this Presidency.
Doodlebug to infinit... November 04, 2009 17:45:48

You are wrong. People used to respect the "office of the president" whether you agreed or not with who occupied it. Dissent and disrespect are two entirely different things.
Nevermore. to Doodlebug November 06, 2009 03:29:39

but what does it mean to respect an office?
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Nevermore. November 04, 2009 05:34:44

Answered: No I'm too young to remember that the office ever was respected.
Respect must be earned.
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infinit... to Nevermore. November 04, 2009 11:06:08

Respect for the man can be lost. But there is a level of respect for the office that should remain.
Doodlebug to infinit... November 04, 2009 17:51:04

Thank you. You're someone who knows the difference between the office of the president and the person who occupies it. Too many people are so full of hate they don't understand the question.
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Nevermore. to infinit... November 05, 2009 02:22:09

why should that respect remain?
Doodlebug to Nevermore. November 04, 2009 17:49:41

Why can't anyone understand that the "office of president" can be respected without respecting the person who occupies it. What Joe Wilson did during Obama's speech was disrespectful to the office of the president. He could hate everything about Obama but the "office" deserves respect.
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Nevermore. to Doodlebug November 05, 2009 02:21:05

I'm not sure I can separate an office from the person who is holding that office. I don't really see the point in honoring or respecting an office but not respecting the person in it. That makes no sense. the office of president is nothing without the person who is holding it.

And I am not full of hate. You shouldn't assume I hate Obama just because I don't think disrespecting the person in the office of president should be considered unpatriotic and treasonous. My goodness.
Lisa~in... to Nevermore. November 06, 2009 04:25:21

My respect for the office was lost for the very first time in history, this year.
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james November 04, 2009 04:58:34

Answered: Yes, I'm old enough to remember when the office of presidency was respected whether it was supported or not.
Yes but still people have disrespected many presidents in the past, you just didn't hear about it so much because back then the press didn't have access the way they do now and also the internet was not around in which people talk all kind of trash about others.

Vietnam was really bad and it was a bad time to be in office and then you had watergate with Nixon, that whole era was very hostile.
Doodlebug to james November 04, 2009 17:51:48

I am NOT talking about presidents, I'm talking about the office of the president. There is a difference.

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