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TM
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07 May 2012, 9:00 am

It's like when you salute a superior officer in the military, you're not saluting the person, you're saluting the uniform. In the same note, you don't show respect for the person who is president so much as you should show respect for the office of the president.



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07 May 2012, 12:31 pm

TM wrote:
It's like when you salute a superior officer in the military, you're not saluting the person, you're saluting the uniform. In the same note, you don't show respect for the person who is president so much as you should show respect for the office of the president.
Yeah, I think we all get that. But one can still respect the president himself without agreeing with everything he does, or what party he belongs to. There is something to just being a human being trying to do the right thing that deserves some modicum of respect.

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The two best presidents in my lifetime, in my opinion, are Eisenhower and Kennedy.


I'm not American and he's waaay before my time, but, I'd have to agree with you as far as post-1945 goes. Actually they'd be my all-time favourites but admittedly there are many I don't know from previous eras.

I particularly like Ike. It doesn't seem to have been a very dramatic presidency, and so he often gets overlooked - but it's exactly why I like him. The guy simply did his job to the best of his ability, on the behalf of the people who chose him to do it.

Yes, and wonder of wonders Ike was a Republican - during the Cold War - who actually thought Social Security was a great idea.



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07 May 2012, 1:23 pm

TM wrote:
It's like when you salute a superior officer in the military, you're not saluting the person, you're saluting the uniform. In the same note, you don't show respect for the person who is president so much as you should show respect for the office of the president.


There is no law requiring a display of respect. And why should we respect the office? It has been filled by human scum so many times.

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07 May 2012, 1:44 pm

For some reason, the president that seemed to be the most idolized in my lifetime was Dubyah. Go figure. :roll:



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07 May 2012, 3:57 pm

Let's be fair here, by stepping down from office, Washington set the precedent for presidents leaving office. Unlike many (most?) revolutionary leaders, he did not assume indefinite dictatorship. I don't think he gets enough credit for this.