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Originally Posted by Senior Chief What I detest is people that are openly critical of the president (any president) of our country. You don't have to agree with their policies nor their political affiliation. But you should respect the position and the office. No other American has the responsibilities of the president. Regardless of his actions and how you feel about them he is the elected leader of our country and our military. It's not a respector of a person but of the country. Other people see what we say and do and come to the conclusion that America can't be very good because a portion of the people are publicly attacking the leader of the most free nation in the world. Shameful.
As stated before, I did not ridicule Clinton while he was in office and I will follow the same set of rules for our current president as well as the next president whomever that may be. | Where on earth does it say one cannot criticize the POTUS? That is completely contrary to the tenents of the First Amendment, and frankly sounds more like rules that would be applied under a dictatorship. And yes, that means I respect every rightwing blowhard right to criticize Bill Clinton.
Teddy Roosevelt once wrote (I'm paraphasing here, but its something like)
"Its is the patriotic duty of every American to criticize ones government"
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"My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack." -Foch
I get this question a lot. I am from NYC. I fly a French flag because I work for the Paris Office of a International company.
Last edited by mmarsh; September 27th, 2006 at 11:36.
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