Note to Katie Curic....It's PRESIDENT Obama....not Mr. Obama.

[yourout]

[MadBadger]

1. Mr. Obama is fine. Keith always called Bush Mr. Bush...The mister shows respect.

[suston96]

2. Sorry, you are not quite correct. President can be referred to or addressed as Mr. Obama......nt

[yourout]

5. I dont remember her saying Mr Bush.

[rvablue]

3. Folks need to let the outrage on this go.

Journalistic style dictates that the first reference of the President, is "President Obama" and the following references are either "Mr. Obama" or "The President."

It is professional, long-established and perfectly fine that Couric called him "Mr. Obama."

However, there is another thread where some are defending Tweety for calling him "Barack" and that is not OK.

[KittyWampus]

4. As some knowledgeable DU'ers explained before, the first time you mention POTUS

the title "president" should be used but one can drop it thereafter for "mister"

[blaze]

16. Interesting

I didn't know that.

Thanks! :hi:

[Captain Hilts]

6. You use 'President' only as the first reference. Afterwards, 'Mr.'

Journalistic tradition going back before FDR.

[suston96]

7. And by the way, it's Ms. Katie Couric...not Katie Couric.....nt

[MADem]

8. Either one is fine. "Mister" is uniquely American--we're not royal.

It's use of the last name all by itself, as some papers do when referring to criminals, that is offensive.

[Hannah Bell]

9. "Mister" is approved address form for US presidents, just as "president" is.

[Warpy]

10. All presidents have been addressed as "Mr."

In a supposedly egalitarian country, this is how they're referred to by the press. He might be called "Mr President" in person, but he's "Mr. Obama or "the president" in the press.

Only a few have insisted on being called President in the press, most notably the last illegal occupant of the White House.

Still, the correct form is "Mr.___."

[TreasonousBastard]

11. Besides protocol, every President is asked...

how he prefers to be addressed or referred to.

[NeedleCast]

12. Doens't Bother Me

I think NPR had a peice about this awhile back. In any particular article or segment they call him President Obama the first time they reference him and Mr. Obama after that.

I don't think it's disrespectful.

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. Both usages are correct

sorry

[stillcool]

14. I heard Chris Matthews say..

President Barrack...sounded kind of cool.

[zbdent]

15. I remember Bush lambasting a reporter for saying "Mr. Bush"

"That's PRESIDENT Bush!"

[blaze]

17. Yeah, but bush was a dick

Thank all the powers that be that we have a real President now. :)

[11 Bravo]

20. Yeah, but Bush tried to have "President of the United States" tatooed on his dick. (Sadly ...

he only got as far as "Pre". The jug-eared little prick enjoyed playing dress-up. He never had the desire, the intention, or the ability to actually govern.

[Raine]

21. Yeah but Bush is a morAn

who cheated his way into office, he was completely insecure because he knew he wasn't entitled to be called President. :silly:

[roody]

26. The guy had said "sir" instead of Mr. President.

Bush said, "Who do you think you're talking to?"

[Raine]

18. No, you're wrong Mister is proper

etiquette. There is no point in getting your bowels in an uproar over something that is proper, there is enough real issues to get outraged over without making something over nothing. :think:

[tanngrisnir3]

19. As our employee, Mr. is respectful and just fine.

[zbdent]

24. then why did Bush have such a hissy fit when someone called HIM

Mr. Bush, instead of President Bush?

[Obamanaut]

25. Because he was the "decider." nt

[Thrill]

22. I don't have a problem with Mr.Obama. I do have a problem with Campbell Brown

Who thinks she can call him Barack Obama all the time. How often did she say George Bush?

[david13]

23. Yes Sir Mr President Obama Sir, Right Away Sir

[Shakespeare]

27. AP Style Manual. Learn it, love it, stop freaking out. n/t