Respect For The Office of President...

I have always been disappointed with the respect that is shown to a great many things including The Office of the President of the United States. We may disagree with George W. Bush...and I currently do by the way but that is no reason to be disrespectful of him as a human being or his current office. You can show your disdain in a variety of ways but why soil the man, the office, and the country at the same time?

I was never a fan of William J. Clinton and I chuckled at the ethical dilema's he created for himself when he was President. That said...I never publicly disrespected him or his office. He was The President of the United States. He and his office deserved that much...even if you disagree with him completely. The job is probably the hardest imagineable. Look at the toll it took on past Presidents...Clinton was in for eight years and looked like he aged twenty or more. Bush was in for eight years and he looks like he's also aged another twenty years. That job is not easy.

No problem with speaking out against a President but it should be done in a professional manner respectful of the office. Many people today...children and adults are stuck in this 'it's a free country so let me spit right here' thing and spout off whatever they like. What happened to Mother's advice...'If you do not have something good to say, do not say anything at all'. Maybe I miss the good old days when advice like that was taken to heart.

I do not think kids in the 1950's made comments like The Dixie Chicks did...Why would you call your President an idiot, etc. in front of a foreign audience? That is beyond my comprehension. While you disagree and many others will too...Just do it in respectful manner. Look what they achieved with that disrespectful tirade...Burned records and a career cut short. They have never been the same since. I do not wish ill upon them, I actually like their music but I do not think it's remotely acceptable to call the President an idiot in any way, shape or form.

Let's work the problem and the solution. Another piece of Mom's advice...'Treat others as you would have others treat you...' Better yet...'If you have nothing good to say, don't say it...' Hmmm....I think that covers it.