I don't know if any of you caught the Obama speech at the Brookings Institute, (a leftist think tank) it was a doozy. He was speaking to a very friendly crowd and the lies were flowing out of his mouth like Bill Clinton during Grand Jury testimony. The one thing that really annoys me about him beyond his radical Marxist agenda, is his lack of respect for the office of President. Over the previous 43 different administrations traditional protocol has been established and there are certain things you do not do. One of them is to bad mouth the previous administration in public. It is a political position but only 43 people have ever been President. (Yes it is 43, Grover Cleveland had two terms that were not consecutive and he is considered the 22nd and 24th President, Obama is the 44th). It is a very exclusive club and policy aside you do not want to be considered to have been a stain on that club, at least I wouldn't want to be. There are always surrogates that can surreptitiously voice your opinions without you having to.

     Most Presidents care about their legacy but Obama has broken that mold. Now that Obama is going to be considered a bane to the office, the other two living democrat former Presidents are following suit. Clinton's legacy was shot before he left office, but Carter despite having one of the most inept administrations ever was still considered a class act. Recently however he can no longer hold back and is showing his true unrefined far left colors and lack of respect for the office he once held. It is undignified to bad mouth your predecessor, but democrats have become emboldened and more and more radical as they can smell the health care bill passing. They hate being held back from being as crazy as they are by something as petty as protocol and etiquette. Forget about legacy, they could care less about legacy if they can get the leftist agenda advanced. The whole thing kind of saddens me because as a child I always looked up to the President. I remember thinking that the office of President was the zenith of accomplishments and only the most intelligent, capable and morally solid men would ever be able to get to that level. So much for childhood innocence and idealism.

     Another aspect of this is the stark contrast between President Bush and President Obama. President Bush never talked bad about Bill Clinton or his administration while in office. I don't think he did when he was campaigning in 2000 or 2004. It wasn't because he didn't want to point out that Clinton was an embarrassment to the office. He simply had the class to focus on what he would bring to the Presidency and not how much he could trash his predecessor. During his years in office he never lashed out at his vocal critics. He was quiet to the point that I think it hurt his presidency when lies were allowed to hang in the air with no response. President Bush was dignified in office and remains so to this day. It is also sad that society in general is not more appalled at the lack of dignity of our current President. 

     To sit there and lie about something that everyone who pays attention for more than a fleeting second knows is a bald face lie, says alot about the man. He has been in office for almost a year and he still is blaming the Bush administration. The one thing Obama is going to learn is failure, because blaming Bush is only going to be able to be used for so long before there is a backlash. It is becoming very obvious that Conservatives were right about him and his radical ties, and what he had planned for us. I have no respect for Obama because to him the Presidency is a vehicle to become a ruler. I am different than a democrat though. If someone from another country trashes my President I would defend them and not let a foreigner talk bad about them. Even if they were trashing Obama. Americans can call them names but for a foreigner to do that is not appropriate to me as I would never trash their leaders.

     Obama himself is the exact opposite in that his job is to promote and stand up for America. He does neither rather goes overseas and trashes America and apologizes for us. It's embarrassing to me. At a time when we need a strong leader, we get an amateur community organizer. President Bush is a good man, a christian and a decent President and regardless of whether you agreed with his administration or not, he doesn't deserve to be trashed by a President. I didn't agree with a number of his policies but he never let me down by not being a dignified President. Obama is letting us all down in nearly every aspect. For all of the hype he has turned out to be an incredible mistake that I hope is burned into the minds of his regretful voters for life.