The real problem with Americans and their disrespect for Obama—according to a Canadian

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

American hating, black Muslim, white Christian hating, anti-Christ, Ebola spreading President who's wife is forcing our nation's kids to eat healthy while they are eating fried chicken and pork chops on the White House lawn.

Did I miss anything?

There's more but you hit the highlights.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

There's more but you hit the highlights.

I tried to be selective with my word use. lol

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I read it. your argument sucks. I bet if Hillary got the dem nomination over 0bama, we'd all be sexist right now.

I don't think so. I don't see how there would have been any controversy - let alone legal challenges in court - as to her eligibility to serve as President. Obama, on the other hand dealt with precisely that. Why, exactly? Because of his record in the US Senate? Because of the church he attended? Please!

[SMOKE 1,426]

There's more but you hit the highlights.

like: he constantly demonizes opposition & divides the public with partisan rhetoric?

[SMOKE 1,426]

I don't think so. I don't see how there would have been any controversy - let alone legal challenges in court - as to her eligibility to serve as President. Obama, on the other hand dealt with precisely that. Why, exactly? Because of his record in the US Senate? Because of the church he attended? Please!

quit fixating on the birther nuts. we all agree on that. why is the rest of the opposition racist?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

like: he constantly demonizes opposition & divides the public with partisan rhetoric?

Obama's been demonized by the opposition far more than he could ever demonize them.

[LibCampFireClub 635]

I think the term you were looking for is bi-racial, unless you were purposely trying to be racist. But since you're not a racist, let's call it a simple mistake shall we?

Mistake? Nope. The term still effectively describes a person who has one black parent and one white parent. Because it's an effective and descriptive term for 0bola, I used it. But, when I thought of him I had an overwhelming urge that I would have to wipe him from the bottom of my shoe. Yuck. Even thinking of him makes me feel like I stepped in a big mess and need to decontaminate.

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[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

quit fixating on the birther nuts. we all agree on that. why is the rest of the opposition racist?

It was not just the birther nuts. Republicans largely bought into their nonsense. This from February 2010.

For members of the GOP, not even 1 in 4 (23 percent) believes Obama definitely was born in the U.S.

You get that? More than 3 out of 4 Republicans were at least unsure whether or not the President was born in the US and thus eligible for the office. That's not some fringe element, that's a huge percentage of one of the two major parties having doubts about the legitimacy of the President of the United States. These doubts may have been sowed by a smaller group of people but it is astonishing just how many Americans bought into this birther garbage hook, line and sinker. And it is equally astonishing just how fast so many of you seem to forget.

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[OriZ 3,157]

How long did you serve? And for the record, you know it's in the UCMJ about being disrespectful to someone who outranks you.

Three years in the IDF.

[Merle 458]

It was not just the birther nuts. Republicans largely bought into their nonsense. This from February 2010.

You get that? More than 3 out of 4 Republicans were at least unsure whether or not the President was born in the US and thus eligible for the office. That's not some fringe element, that's a huge percentage of one of the two major parties having doubts about the legitimacy of the President of the United States. These doubts may have been sowed by a smaller group of people but it is astonishing just how many Americans bought into this birther garbage hook, line and sinker. And it is equally astonishing just how fast so many of you seem to forget.

On the flip side, Obama got 96% of the black vote in 2008 and 93% in 2012. What does that say about racism?

[LibCampFireClub 635]

Three years in the IDF.

Awesome! Thank you for your service protecting the people Israel from the common enemies of the US.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Nope. I CHOOSE not to do that because they might be offended. I reserve use of the term only for the derriere crack who received a mandate from the American people last Tuesday.

So you know it's considered derogatory, yet you choose to say it in reference to the president of the united states. Something that you said would be considered treasonous. I guess that's how some people roll.

Three years in the IDF.

Okay.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

So you know it's considered derogatory, yet you choose to say it in reference to the president of the united states. Something that you said would be considered treasonous. I guess that's how some people roll.

It's spelled troll.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

On the flip side, Obama got 96% of the black vote in 2008 and 93% in 2012. What does that say about racism?

What's racist about that? When the president was white did we break down how many white people voted for him?

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

There was a time not so long ago when Americans, regardless of their political stripes, rallied ’round their president. Once elected, the man who won the White House was no longer viewed as a Republican or Democrat, but the president of the United States. The oath of office was taken, the wagons were circled around the country’s borders, and it was America versus the rest of the world, with the president of all the people at the helm.

Suddenly president Barack Obama, with the potential to become an exceptional president, has become the glaring exception to that unwritten, patriotic rule.

Four days before Obama’s inauguration, before he officially took charge of the American government, Rush Limbaugh boasted publicly that he hoped the president would fail. Of course, when the president fails, the country flounders. Wishing harm upon your country in order to further your own narrow political views is selfish, sinister and a tad treasonous as well.

Subsequently, during his State of the Union address, which is pretty much a pep rally for America, an unknown congressional representative from South Carolina, later identified as Joe Wilson, stopped the show when he called the president of the United States a liar. The president showed great restraint in ignoring this unprecedented insult and carried on with his speech. Speaker Nancy Pelosi was so stunned by the slur, she forgot to jump to her feet while clapping wildly, 30 or 40 times after that.

Last spring, president Obama took his wife Michelle to see a play in New York City and Republicans attacked him over the cost of security for the excursion. The president can’t take his wife out to dinner and a show without being scrutinized by the political opposition? As history has proven, a president in a theater without adequate security is a tragically bad idea. (Remember: “Apart from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?”)

At some point, the treatment of president Obama went from offensive to ugly, and then to downright dangerous.

The healthcare debate, which looked more like extreme fighting in a mud pit than a national dialogue, revealed a very vulgar side of America. Obama’s face appeared on protest signs, white-faced and blood-mouthed in a satanic clown image. In other tasteless portrayals, people who disagreed with his position distorted his face to look like Hitler, complete with mustache and swastika.

Odd that burning the flag makes Americans crazy, but depicting the president as a clown and a maniacal fascist is accepted as part of the new rude America.

Maligning the image of the leader of the free world is one thing; putting the president’s life in peril is quite another. More than once, men with guns were videotaped at the healthcare rallies where the president spoke. Again, history shows that letting men with guns get within range of a president has not served America well in the past.

And still the “birthers” are out there claiming Barack Obama was not born in the United States, although public documentation proves otherwise. Hawaii is definitely part of the United States, but the Panama Canal Zone where his electoral opponent Senator John McCain was born? Nobody’s sure.

Last month, a 44-year-old woman in Buffalo was quite taken by president Obama when she met him in a chicken wing restaurant called Duff’s. Did she say something about a pleasure and an honor to meet the man, or utter encouraging words for the difficult job he is doing? No. Quote: “You’re a hottie with a smokin’ little body.”

Lady, that was the president of the United States you were addressing, not one of the Jonas Brothers! He’s your president, for goodness sakes, not the guy driving the Zamboni at “Monster Trucks On Ice.” Maybe next it’ll be, “Take Your President To A Topless Bar Day.”

In president Barack Obama, Americans have a charismatic leader with a good and honest heart. Unlike his predecessor, he’s a very intelligent leader. And unlike that president’s predecessor, he’s a highly moral man.

In president Obama, Americans have the real deal, the whole package, and a leader that citizens of almost every country around the world look to with great envy. Given the opportunity, Canadians would trade our leader—hell, most of our leaders—for Obama in a heartbeat.

What America has in Obama is a head of state with vitality and insight and youth. Think about it: Barack Obama is a young Nelson Mandela. Mandela was the face of change and charity for all of Africa, but he was too old to make it happen. The great things Obama might do for America and the world could go on for decades after he’s out of office.

America, you know not what you have.

The man is being challenged unfairly, characterized with vulgarity and treated with the kind of deep disrespect to which no previous president was subjected. It’s like the day after electing the first black man to be president, thereby electrifying the world with hope and joy, Americans sobered up and decided the bad old days were better.

President Obama may fail but it will not be a Richard Nixon default, fraught with larceny and lies. President Obama, given a fair chance, will surely succeed, but his triumph will never come with a Bill Clinton caveat—“if only he’d got control of that zipper.”

Please. Give the man a fair, fighting chance. This incivility toward the leader who won over Americans and gave hope to billions of people around the world that their lives could be enhanced by his example just has to stop.

Believe me, when Americans drive by the White House and see a sign on the lawn that reads, “No shirt. No shoes. No service,” they’ll realize this new national rudeness has gone way, way too far.

First of all. Who gives a rats poottie what some Canadian thinks. Article is a Joke. I can't believe anyone would take this racist pile of warm hoarse poop serious.

1. "There was a time not so long ago when Americans, regardless of their political stripes, rallied ’round their president"-- Yeah right. No time in my lifetime. What a joke. Heck not even in this article

2."In president Barack Obama, Americans have a charismatic leader with a good and honest heart". Unlike his predecessor, he’s a very intelligent leader. And unlike that president’s predecessor, he’s a highly moral man.-- None of that is true, but in an article demanding respect for Presidents you attack Bush. So freaking typical Denier.

3. "President Obama may fail but it will not be a Richard Nixon default, fraught with larceny and lies. President Obama, given a fair chance, will surely succeed, but his triumph will never come with a Bill Clinton caveat—“if only he’d got control of that zipper.”" Once again Attacks 2 other President". Denier Gold

4.-". It’s like the day after electing the first black man to be president, thereby electrifying the world with hope and joy," The real truth comes out, all the writer cares about is his blackness. Why would the color of his skin fill the world with hope. More racist garbage

5-"In president Obama, Americans have the real deal, the whole package, and a leader that citizens of almost every country around the world look to with great envy"-- You to be F'ing kidding me. He is seen as a weak bumbling laughing stock by most of the world.: