[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

I don’t care about the fly part of it, but how far have we come from the dignity of Ronald Reagan when this smug jackass kills a fly in a public interview then says, “Pretty impressive, huh?”

It really turns my stomach that such an immature jackass is in the WH.

[JudyinCanada]

It’s like having somone go right from 10th grade to the White House. What a joke - I STILL can’t believe he’s the leader of the free world. God help us.

[thecodont]

I don’t care about the fly part of it, but how far have we come from the dignity of Ronald Reagan when this smug jackass kills a fly in a public interview then says, “Pretty impressive, huh?”

It really turns my stomach that such an immature jackass is in the WH.

George Washington had something to say about killing bugs in public: if you must, do so in a gentlemanly fashion.

"13th Kill no Vermin as Fleas, lice ticks &c in the Sight of Others, if you See any filth or thick Spittle put your foot Dexteriously upon it if it be upon the Cloths of your Companions, Put it off privately, and if it be upon your own Cloths return Thanks to him who puts it off."

Source:

Colonial Manners

Based on the Exercise of a Schoolboy*

George Washington, sometime before the age of 16, transcribed Rules of Civility & Decent Behaviour In Company and Conversation. (Original errors in numbering have been corrected; original spelling is unchanged.)

http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/manners/rules2.cfm