I agree with you! But I wish everyone would stop calling our new president Barack. No one called Reagan…”Ronnie” or Bush…”George” or Clinton…”Bill”. That was unless they were trying to be derogatory…Like Dick Nixon.
I have heard reporters and pundits, liberal and conservative call him “Barack”. It is an assumption of familiarity that is inappropriate. he deserves the same degree of respect as any other president and to do less is unfair. Is is racist? I don’t want to think that, but it makes me pause. Mr. President. Mr Obama. Senator Obama, or simply Obama.
Lisa
November 15th, 2008 at 09:07
I agree with you! But I wish everyone would stop calling our new president Barack. No one called Reagan…”Ronnie” or Bush…”George” or Clinton…”Bill”. That was unless they were trying to be derogatory…Like Dick Nixon.
I have heard reporters and pundits, liberal and conservative call him “Barack”. It is an assumption of familiarity that is inappropriate. he deserves the same degree of respect as any other president and to do less is unfair. Is is racist? I don’t want to think that, but it makes me pause. Mr. President. Mr Obama. Senator Obama, or simply Obama.