It reminds me of that line in Band of Brothers; "You salute the rank, not the man." No matter what your political leaning or personal enmity towards any President, having the rank of "President of the United States" is bigger than both, and deserves the accorded respect.

Spoiler alert: he's black, he's only 3/5th human!

When the President stands, nobody sits.

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It has been overly clear that since the impeachment of Clinton the Republicans have increasingly become hypocrites in every conceivable fashion. They prosecute others for laws they have broken themselves, they demand respect that they do not give, they cannot open their mouths without lies spewing forth then accuse the opposition of misleading the public.

And they do it because the idiots in their camp eat it all up and ask for more.

When are the taxocrats going to take receipt of their fookups, aka 'sh1t that doesn't work and never will'? Do we have to end up like Europe before anyone wakes up?


>> ^MaxWilder:

It has been overly clear that since the impeachment of Clinton the Republicans have increasingly become hypocrites in every conceivable fashion. They prosecute others for laws they have broken themselves, they demand respect that they do not give, they cannot open their mouths without lies spewing forth then accuse the opposition of misleading the public.
And they do it because the idiots in their camp eat it all up and ask for more.

I really want to like Bill Maher, but he so often resorts to the race gags. This is apparently to be ironic, but as someone from another western country where we have a different history of racial oppression, it nearly always feels like he is actually reinforcing the stereotypes. It feels like he is trying to show that he is left wing and cool, so he can get away with it. But to me, it just feels racist! I and many others don't care about Obama's colour, so why don't we start to make THOSE assumptions rather than the assumption that "oh, it must be because he is black".

>> ^quantumushroom:

When are the taxocrats going to take receipt of their fookups, aka 'sh1t that doesn't work and never will'? Do we have to end up like Europe before anyone wakes up?

>> ^MaxWilder:
It has been overly clear that since the impeachment of Clinton the Republicans have increasingly become hypocrites in every conceivable fashion. They prosecute others for laws they have broken themselves, they demand respect that they do not give, they cannot open their mouths without lies spewing forth then accuse the opposition of misleading the public.
And they do it because the idiots in their camp eat it all up and ask for more.



What the hell do you have against Europe? No question that a few of the countries have screwed up their economies (because the bankers drove the global economy into the ground), but aside from that, what is it? They talk funny? They smell bad? They don't make good cheeseburgers?

You keep talking about Europe like it's some hellhole, but it's actually beautiful, and many of the countries over there provide a vastly better standard of living for their citizens.

I love the US, no doubt about it. But I'm not gonna stick my head up my ass and pretend we're the best at everything, because that is nowhere near the truth.

You want to talk about shit that doesn't work and never will? Let's talk about supply side economics.

Obama is such a bad President he makes President Carter look good. Never has there been such an Anti American Anti Constitutionalists in charge. He has absolutely no regard for this country. He just wants to bankrupt it.

this: http://www.theonion.com/articles/i-got-what-america-needs-right-here,11356/

Congress (any congress) is more responsible for the state of America than the President (any president) ever will be. It's just a simple civics 101 fact

The instant we stop treating the Office of the President the same way we treat a mid day soap opera, the better off we'll be.