[mvpel]

Oh baloney.

When you step into the storied halls of Congress, you are awash in history. The memories are so thick you have to brush them away from your face. Extraordinary, legendary men strode those halls, and world-transforming decisions have been made within those walls.

Sophomoric outbursts such as Wilson’s have absolutely no place there. Centuries of tradition DEMAND it be thus.

It’s not about the person of Obama, it is about the Office of the Presidency, and the Congress of the United States, and the respect due those establishments, regardless of the name of any given individual who happens to be standing in them at any given moment.

It’s not a matter of disrespect to Obama, because Lord knows he deserves it, but disrespect to the hallowed halls in which Wilson stood and to the memories of all the exemplary gentlemen who have stood there across the ages.

You can most certainly call Obama a liar in the halls of Congress, but the only proper place to do it is at the podium, under the gaze of C-SPAN cameras, after having been recognized by the Speaker of the House.

[MaggieCarta]

Ah, yes, decorum was always awash in those hallowed halls. For example: the Caning of Sumner in 1856.

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Extraordinary, legendary men strode those halls, and world-transforming decisions have been made within those walls.

The extraordinary, legendary men have left the building. The halls are now hallowed in memory only, and are currently stuffed with rats and cockroaches.

[SpeedRacer]

Centuries of tradition DEMAND it be thus.

If the original colonists held your ideals and attitudes, we would be singing "God Save the Queen", and not "The Star Spangled Banner".

The extraordinary, legendary men have left the building. The halls are now hallowed in memory only, and are currently stuffed with rats liars and cockroaches thieves.

[conservativegranny]

I’ll bet that if you were alive during the Revolutionary War you would have scolded the patriots for sneaking around hiding behind trees and firing at the British instead of marching in formation properly and politely like they did.

Our liberty and lives are at risk here. I am not worried about any perceived respect given to plaster and marble. I’m more concerned about my children and grandchildren who will have to live as slaves under this tyranny. If a few protocols have to be broken in the process so be it. Better than a few million heads in civil war.

When I hear people speaking like you are I fear that you have no real grasp of the seriousness of the situation.