Should Bush be given the respect the presidency entails?

[Delano]

I hear this a lot: "Regardless of how he took offce or how he's executed his job, Bush deserves the respect his office entails."


Well?

[corporatewhore]

1. i dont respect misogynists racists homophobes or butchers

bush happens to fit all the descriptions

[mhr]

2. Not No, But Hell No!

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[Art_from_Ark]

3. Next question:

Should Mussolini be given the respect that the "duce-ship" entails?

[Norbert]

4. In the nineties freepers would tell me presidents should earn respect

I will heed their advice. shrub has yet to do so. As the usurper in chief I don't think that will ever happen

[Spider Jerusalem]

5. To imply that the presidency entitles anyone to respect is idiotic...

Any respect I happen to have for anyone at all is based entirely upon the individual, and not his or her office or job description.

[ConcernedCanuk]

6. Hmmm - no just plain "no" without comment - hmm

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Answer would have been NO if there was just a "no" option.

Doesn't matter what position one has, there is no inherited respect with it.

That's been the problem with CEOs - they were "respected" just because they had the "position"

We know how well THAT worked out.

And the pResident has just about succeeded in completely ruining the US, so there's no reason for any amount of "respect".

That's My Canuk Opinion

[The Magistrate]

7. Absolutely Not!

The creature is in office as the result of a coup, and ought to be regarded as nothing but the tyrannical usurper that he is....

"Treason doth never prosper, what's the Reason? Why, when it prosper, Sir, none call it Treason!"

"LET'S GO GET THOSE BUSH BASTARDS!"

[JohnLocke]

10. The question is too vague to answer...

What, exactly, does the poster mean by "respect"? Respect in ceremony? address? tradition? Until we define the terms, the question is meaningless.

[Hubert Flottz]

8. No, Respect should NEVER be "Given", it should be earned!

Has Bush done anything to EARN Respect? Lying, Cheating, Killing, and Stealing are not things respectable people do, where I come from!

[checks-n-balances]

9. NO! Does * respect the average US citizen? Even average rethugs?

He only respects the wealthy & privileged. His actions scream louder than any lame words he could ever speak!

[gulliver]

11. He has legal authority, that's all.

A president needs to have more than legal authority and the blessing of his core supporters. Bush doesn't have that. He is a failure as a leader.

[SnohoDem]

12. Even a legitimately elected president

is just a man and a servant of the people.