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The 10 worst moments of disrespect towards President Obama

It starts with the Superiority Syndrome: People acting as if they’re more important than a U.S. president—when they clearly are not—to fingers in the face, to people questioning his already established and proven citizenship.

The incidents of disrespect towards President Obama continue.

When people criticize administration policy, that’s just politics. But, several incidents directed at this president appear to find new lows. Of course, people can disagree with the president. But, why can’t people respect the office of the presidency?

The very public nature of disrespect towards President Obama is noteworthy. Did Gov. Jan Brewer (R-Ariz.) have to conduct business with the president in front of reporters?

Wasn’t there a better time and place? Would a visiting leader from a foreign country be greeted with a finger in his face by a governor? If not, why would it happen to the leader of our own country? Could a hockey goalie have executed a quiet no-show for a White House invitation honoring his team? See Facebook for the answer on that one.

That the list below can even be compiled is telling.
The birther fiasco (2009-2011). No evidence. No proof. No documentation. But, the story traveled on for years. Yes, Hawaii is part of the United States of America.
“You lie” (Sept. 2009). That any individual— no less Joe Wilson, a member of Congress watching a U.S. president during a joint session on live national television— is so lacking in self control that this moment was made possible is incredible—even in an age of incivility. Remember this happened only nine months into Obama’s presidency and is another “we can’t remember that ever happening ever before” moment. Close your eyes and pretend Rep. Maxine Waters was doing this to President Bush and imagine the reaction.
Signs of the Tea Party (July 2010) and Naked Racism (April 2011). Anyone remember California GOP official Marilyn Davenport’s racist e-mail? Did she ever resign for that?
Donald “unchecked ego” Trump inflames birther fiasco, media assists (April 2011). That Trump was completely comfortable demanding that a U.S. president “show him his papers” displays a superiority complex that exists among those who can’t accept someone they view as “lesser” in a position of power over them.
Deadbeat dad and probable one-termer thinks his presence before the president actually matters and needs to tell everyone (Sept. 2011). The disrespect isn’t that probable one term Congressman Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) wouldn’t attend the president’s Sept. 8 speech. The disrespect is that Rep. Walsh actually believed that everyone knowing he wasn’t attending was important. That he needed to announce he would not attend on national television, as if anyone cared, was yet another delusional superiority episode. That proudly showing public disrespect towards the president is a winning strategy in some political circles reveals a lot.
Newt Gingrich’s “Kenyan anti-colonial behavior” comment (Sept. 2010). Even Washington Post columnist and conservative thinker George Will slammed this attempt to define the president as “foreign.” Never mind the facts: President Obama wasn’t reared by his father in Kenya with whom he spent only a month of his 50 years on this earth. The strategy to define the president as a “foreign” or “alien” being was started by Sarah Palin in 2008.
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer puts her finger in the president’s face (January 2012). The photo speaks for itself. Of course there are strong political disagreements between President Obama and Gov. Brewer. But, is it just possible there was a better time and place for this conversation? Brewer said she felt “a little threatened” by President Obama. Please.
GOP House—prompted by Tea Party—refuses to raise debt ceiling (August 2011). Sounds like this was just hardball politics right? Let’s review the facts: The debt ceiling had been raised 69 times since 1962 without incident— seven times during Bush II and 18 times during Reagan. Suddenly, with President Obama, a shiny new precedent is set with regard to raising the debt ceiling. Another never before seen incident is born.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) publicly announces his top political priority (Dec. 2010). McConnell wants the president out of office? No news there, but, wait, there’s more to it. “Our top political priority over the next two years should be to deny President Obama a second term,” Sen. Mc- Connell told the Heritage Foundation. Of course the Senate Republican Leader doesn’t want the president to be re-elected. But, what’s with the public announcement?
Speaker Boehner refuses speech date request (September 2011). No, it is not the end of the world. Of course, the White House intentionally wanted to step on a GOP debate that same night. But, this is yet another first in American history. Once again, no one can find another instance where a president of the United States requested a date to address Congress and was refused.

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