Respect For the Office of the President

 

There is no excuse for the Republicans' lack of respect for the office of the President. The unwarranted personal attacks on President Obama, by the leaders of the Republican Party, are unprecedented. The media often attacked presidents, but I cannot remember office holders of the opposite party attacking a sitting president.

The present crop of Republicans and their leadership is an embarrassment, and their lack of understanding the art of governance is a danger to the country. If government leaders in our country, Democrats as well as Republicans, are disrespectful toward our President, he becomes weak in the eyes of other world leaders. That this is done purposely to weaken President Obama, in order to defeat him in the coming election, is even more reprehensible.

In the past, the Republican Party has not only stood for smaller government and lower taxes, but also for civil rights and the equal rights amendment. Party leaders were men like Robert Taft (Mr. Republican), Everett Dirksen, Dwight Eisenhower and Gerald Ford. These were Republican Party Leaders and leaders of our country, and they recognized the need for leaders of both parties to respect one another.

 

Harry E. Berndt