I am by no means a politically savvy person and I don’t pretend to be. But, one thing I do know is that appearances and respect are everything. The world already has a skewed view of our country. We are the overly powerful meddlers and self-proclaimed world police. I know we have the best intentions and do much more good than harm yet how can other countries respect us when we don’t respect ourselves?
What I mean to say is …lay-off personally insulting the president!
I’m not a big fan of the man…but having people call him a “slow learner” (*like the Mayor of Las Vegas did http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-obama-las-vegas/story?id=9885429 *) is inexcusable! You most certainly can disagree with Obama and voice your opinions. Resorting to name calling is immature. We look like a country that appointed a man that none of us respect to govern us. So how can other countries take him or us seriously? We are only hurting ourselves and our foreign relationships.
By all means, disagree with the president’s decisions but please do so respectfully. Don’t just say he is dumb because he is dumb. That just makes us look dumb…
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