[behzinlea]

But we need to respect the office of the Presidency for the good of the nation.

The president is a public servant, not a monarch. He owes a duty of civility to the people he serves. Obama shirked that duty today. His entire speech was one long condescending sneer in which he essentially accused half of the country of dishonesty or worse.

He had no moral claim to civility. After attacking half the country as liars, he had no cause to justly complain that someone called him on his dishonesty in the same speech.

[Theophilus]

It's high time that we define patriotism less by how much we are willing to give and more by how little we are willing to take.

Joe Wilson stopped taking it tonight. When will you stop taking it?

"Oh You're So Condescending
Your Gall Is Never Ending
We Don't Want Nothin', Not A Thing From You"

[Tenacious 1]

"Let me be perfectly clear" We need to respect the OFFICE, the position, not the man. I agree. His job is to serve us. I do not believe we have a sincere leader in office with the good of the nation as his best and first interest. I have little respect for the man. In honor of the founders of this nation and the republic for which millions have given their lives to preserve, I choose to respect the office of the Executive branch. If we collectively right off the government, we are no better than those that trampled the constitution. We need to pull together and fix it. We need to elect the right officials and restore honorable leadership to an honorable status.