[carlton_fritz]

Originally Posted by BuckyThreadkiller

Precisely - Murrow, Cronkite, Sevareid, Brinkley... men who understood that talking over answers you don't like gains nothing and asking intelligent questions that expose remedial answers or lack of comprehension makes a better mark.

I didn't seek to make this the typical PR&C, but both sides have become so uncivil - as witnessed here in this thread - that debate as it was performed by Lincoln and Douglas or Webster is extinct.

Yes, I disagree with virtually everything Obama has done since he declared his candidacy, but he was elected as President of these United States and by that he has earned the respect due the holder of the office. He's not above the law and he's not unaccountable, but there are rules of decorum and propriety that are to be followed in civil discourse. Nothing is gained by acting like the children who cannot wait their turn and must denigrate the person and not the idea.

He gave away the respect when he bowed to another head of state. Every leader in the world understands that they do not bow to each other.