Now, after saying that, no, Patton, in my opinion he was not respectful at all. Like you, I believe anyone is entitled to his or her own opinions and as long as they are honest and reasonable, their opinions can be polar opposite of mine and that is ok.
Out of the blue he would throw out statements about the lack of WMDs and how we had been lied to, how the Pope was so opposed to the war, etc., etc. Now, this is JMO...but, I felt like he was almost following a script and he wanted to make SURE that no one mistook him for a Bush supporter in any form or fashion. It was as if he was saying, *wink*wink*nod*nod*, "Yeah, I've made this movie about Christ, but don't think for one minute, that puts me in the cursed Republican, Christian crazies camp...ever." It seemed he really wanted to make sure it was known how 'kool' he was and that promoting his movie and 'using' the Christian support base for it, was one thing, but, make sure he wasn't being confused with those same 'Christian "BUSH" supporters.'
Again my words, not his, just the impression I got.The distinct impression...
Say what you will about his politics, his drunken drivin' & rantin', paranoia, what-have you--I think one thing on which everyone can agree is this man has had the courage to wear some of the silliest hairstyles in film history.