Do you think just because George W. Bush has the title 'President' he deserves some respect?

true respect is earned, not given, or bought

criminallll i hate him

I respect George Bush for the man he is AND the president he was. I think the office of the presidency should be respected although many times the man holding office does not deserve respect. HInt: his name is Barack Hussein Obama. No respect for that man from me.

Elected ?

He is a war criminal and should be tried like one along with anyone how voted for the war in Iraq!!!

"The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad conduct, his efficiency or inefficiency in rendering loyal, able, and disinterested service to the Nation as a whole. Therefore it is absolutely necessary that there should be full liberty to tell the truth about his acts, and this means that it is exactly necessary to blame him when he does wrong as to praise him when he does right. Any other attitude in an American citizen is both base and servile. 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. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else."
Teddy Roosevelt in the Kansas City Star, 149
May 7, 1918
If his actions earn him respect, he deserves respect. If his actions earn him derision, he deserves derision. Merely having a job earns him nothing, he needs to do that job well to earn respect.

nope

no one deserves respect,
they must earn it...

George W. Bush deserves respect beyond having had the title of President.

Obama on the other hand has made a mockery of the title and the position.

Just no. Its actually laughable....im actually confused at the point you are trying to get at...i surely did NOT elect him so why should i give him respect when i didnt even want him. A teacher is different, if you are not learning anything from a teacher then why should you just sit there and take a whole bunch of nothing? would you stay in a class that you are not learning anything from?

He is a war criminal -> no respect - belongs in prison!

Actually, he's no longer the president and does not retain the title. We only have one at a time; thus, he is now 'former President Bush.'

ehh
everyone deserves to be respected
the whole treat other as you'd like to be treated thing
everyone deserves to be talked to respectfully, but nevertheless i think that this man is just a tad ridiculous. He did too many ridiculous things for me to respect him as a person, but if i were to meet him and talk to him, i would still be respectful.

The office of the President deserves respect. George W. Bush, not so much.

IDK.,.How much Respect does a war criminal deserve? Prison= yes..Respect= No..

Why not? Some people think that just because they have that title,they should be called "Messiah".

He worked for his title and respect

He bought it.

Normally yes, but Bush lied too much.

I find it disrespectful when journalists attempt to be smart asses when they address him as Mr. Bush, or they think they are familar enough to call him George....how presumptious is that?!! who the hell do these journalists think they are? If a person has served as president that is his offiial title til he dies...if people don't like it...then screw them....that's how it is....get over the hate!!!t

Actually, it's not. There is only one sitting President and all the others are former Presidents. Technically (this is the protocol of honorifics), they would revert to the last office held - Governor, Senator, Congressman/woman. Former Presidents are occasionally addressed as Mr. President, by interviewers or the public, but in fact they are no longer the President.

I'm talking particularily while the man was president being addressed or called Mr. President or George...usually they are pretty good at saying "former president" now that he is no longer in office...I didn't clarify that in my first statement...good catch...

Interviewers actually called the man by his first name? That's weird.

Re 'Mr. Bush' or 'Mr. Obama', many news organizations have the policy of using the honorific of President Bush or President Obama in introducing the subject (as in, "President Bush held a news conference...") and thereafter refer to him as Mr. Bush or Mr. Obama. It's not meant to be discourteous and in fact, it's not. I believe it stems from our good democratic tradition of recognizing presidents as our fellow citizens and equals under the law.

I like President Bush so I said yes but Obama deserves no respect...

Why not??? At least he brought our men and women home from a useless war!

There is much more to a President then just bring men and women back from a war! Our country was under attack...Remember 911.... what was President Bush suppose to do? Sit back and do nothing? Granted President Bush was not the most greatest President we have ever had but he did much more then obama has ever done.

Iraq had nothing to do 9/11 and yes I remember I was there on that day! I never said Bush didn't do any good for this country he has and so has Obama! Bush also had 8yrs Obama 19 months!

The office of President deserves some respect, but not the man. When he does something wrong, he should be held accountable like anyone else. He should show respect to the office and resign.

For some reason, I misread the Question - I thought we were talking about President Obama - I guess since it said "President".

The OFFICE YES. The man NO!

Like them, or don't, but anyone who has reached the office of POTUS deserves respect for the office.

Whelp had no respect for the office.

I respect all human beings. I did not so much care for his politics, he was rather dumb. However, that being said, I would LOVE to have a beer with the man. He cracked me up.

he is funny, no argument there.

LOL he is. I always wondered where he got his pot from, I am absolutely certain that man was a stoner.

Same place he got his nose candy - crack hos

LMAO

is they larnin?

I jus' don' kno' mistuh. Is dey?