Social Studies teacher: Don't you dare say bad things about the President!

[Elok]

Did she point out that the previous president used his power to sexually harass interns while his wife was in the White House?

If somebody had thrown a used condom, or a pair of women's undies, at Willy, that also would have been amusing to me.

Irony, isn't it, that throwing a shoe at Saddam would have gotten that guy and his entire family executed and decapitated. Because Bush cleaned up Iraq, which was barely a third world nation in 2003, he's now out of jail on probation.

Well, that proves me wrong. Hooray for the White Man's Burden!

[Wiglaf]

If somebody had thrown a used condom, or a pair of women's undies, at Willy, that also would have been amusing to me.

You need to LEARN THE DIFFERENCE between saying someone is disrespecting the OFFICE up in here (E.g., using the office to get someone to blow him several times in the Oval Office) and saying someone is disrespecting your point of VIEW up in here (E.g., when you retroactively disagree with the bipartisan decision to go to war in Iraq).

Well, that proves me wrong. Hooray for the White Man's Burden!

It proves Iraqis are at fault for their problems. After 9/11, Bush made it very clear he would not be jerked off ever again.

[Elok]

It proves Iraqis are at fault for their problems. After 9/11, Bush made it very clear he would not be jerked off ever again.

See, there's the problem: Willy not only got jerked off, he got oral sex and probably a number of other things I avoided reading about because eww. As a result, his military interventions were relaxed and uncontroversial. Shrub had all that sexual tension going on, and he fought rough, angry wars to get it all out in sublimated form. No good.

[rah]

As a result, his military interventions were relaxed and uncontroversial.

Hmm, I remember Clinton's Debacle in Bosnia being often referred to as a WAG THE DOG move.

[Wiglaf]

See, there's the problem: Willy not only got jerked off, he got oral sex and probably a number of other things I avoided reading about because eww. As a result, his military interventions were relaxed and uncontroversial. Shrub had all that sexual tension going on, and he fought rough, angry wars to get it all out in sublimated form. No good.

If by relaxed and uncontroversial, you mean very controversial and consistently botched, then yes.

[Ben Kenobi]

Ben was using it to poke fun at a President. Despite anything that he's claiming now. He forgets that I have read his posts at another site that leaned to the right more than Poly. He took pride in it there since most agreed with him. So I won't believe anything he says if it's about giving the office of president an amount of respect since his action prove he doesn't believe it is due.

That's my objection.

So comparing Obama with Jimmy Carter is disrespectful to the presidency? Are you asserting that Jimmy Carter was a worthless president and Obama is not?

[rah]

No i'm asserting that the comments that you're saying here are totally different then what you said about that avatar on the other site. So don't bother.
Are you denying here that you didn't mean it as an insult?

[Straybow]

Insult =/= disrespecting the office of the Presidency. One would have to refuse to use the title and other official signs of respect due for that.

I would stand up when he entered or left the room I'm in and obey security related restrictions about behavior in and in preparation for his presence. That about sums it up. Oh, and fly a flag at half staff when he croaks, hopefully of nonviolent cause years after being voted out of office.

[Ben Kenobi]

No i'm asserting that the comments that you're saying here are totally different

It's only disrespectful to Obama if one believes that Carter is a worthless president and Obama is not.

Are you denying here that you didn't mean it as an insult?

To Obama? No. Carter? Yes.

I'm arguing that he would actually feel honoured to be compared with Carter. Ergo - no injury was done to the office of this presidency.

[DinoDoc]

No i'm asserting that the comments that you're saying here are totally different then what you said about that avatar on the other site. So don't bother.
Are you denying here that you didn't mean it as an insult?

I'm confused how this is an insult to the office of the Presidency. Explain please.

[Elok]

Hmm, I remember Clinton's Debacle in Bosnia being often referred to as a WAG THE DOG move.

Compared to the fustercluck that was Iraq, Bosnia went beautifully--at least for us.

[rah]

It's only disrespectful to Obama if one believes that Carter is a worthless president and Obama is not.

Or if you believe that both are/were worthless presidents, which you have expressed your thoughts on many times.

To Obama? No. Carter? Yes.

You lying sack of ****, your intent was to insult both.

[Ben Kenobi]

Or if you believe that both are/were worthless presidents, which you have expressed your thoughts on many times.

Then it's not an insult to president Obama, then is it?

You lying sack of ****, your intent was to insult both.

Carter did many things. He didn't force the Catholic church to pay for contraception. Ergo, the comparison is an insult to Carter, by comparing him with a worse president, Obama.

[rah]

Ergo, the comparison is an insult to Carter, by comparing him with a worse president, Obama.

But no insult to the "worse" president. Do you even read what you post?

[MikeH]

Obama has no right to tell Catholics to fund contraception.

This is right isn't it? He can only sign a bill that Congress and the Senate have ratified. But they have the right to tell Catholics to fund contraception.

He could just pretend that the catholic tax money is spent on defence or something.