I was reading an editorial in the LA times about President Bush a few days ago. It was really sarcastic and made fun of the President in a lot of ways. It sarcastically referred to his intelligence and was simply inappropriate since it was addressed to the president. I understand that this is the reason why they are called the editorials, but it bothers me that there are bias news papers like the LA times which even allow these kind of articles to be placed in the paper. I thought NEWS papers were supposed to report the news, not insult the president.
This article discussed the issues regarding the President and a remark that was made to him at a conference a few weeks back. The person there said that they could read his body language and he told the person that the psychology was not. In response, the author of this editorial sarcastically and arrogantly teases President Bush.
The article truly made me despise the person writing it. I am an American and when someone insults my President it really makes me angry. No matter what, he should at least be respected. It puzzles me how the people who question why parts of the world despise us and our president, are the same people that insult him.
How can we expect others to show us respect and respect our leadership when we are most disrespectful of them all? It is OK to critique the president and voice how you disagree with what is being done, but there is a fine line between doing that, and showing no respect, whatsoever for you countries leader.
Let me know what you think and if you honestly think it is OK for news papers to publish pieces that do not critique the president, but rather "bash" him.
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But doesn't he look like a monkey?
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