Oh, I *know* you're not criticizing the Commander in Chief while he is standing on FOREIGN SOIL....

[LaydeeBug]

has been my favorite argument. If it's good for the goose, it's good for the gander.



on edit: to add "for"

[Common Sense Party]

1. Huh????

I think the old trope was: "YOU can't criticize the C-in-C while YOU are standing on foreign soil."

Why would it matter where the president is standing?

I don't understand the OP.

[LaydeeBug]

2. I got reamed for doing it when W was in office, so it's my favorite now. nt

[truebluegreen]

3. Reamed by whom? nt

[LaydeeBug]

7. see post #4. nt

[truebluegreen]

9. I'm familiar with the old saying,

and also aware that it hasn't been honored for years, primarily by Republicans against Democrats.

So, I was asking, who reamed you out, and why should you listen?

[Tx4obama]

4. ... NOT supposed to bash the president while he's overseas

The Water's Edge

There is an old saying in political circles that says, “Politics stops at the water’s edge.”

It is a political tradition that you do not criticize the President of the United States when he is overseas. Nor do you go to another country to denounce America or its leadership.

-snip-

[former9thward]

5. That was for other political leaders.

Not individual citizens or certainly anonymous internet posters. But that slogan hit the garbage can long ago.

[truebluegreen]

10. Last time I checked, the expression meant

that Americans should present a united front on foreign policy, i.e. not play political games with Americans' best interest. Didn't have anything to do with the President specifically, or where anyone was standing. Of course, that was back when there was more agreement on America's best interests.

ETA: the Republicans used it as a club during the Bush years to shut up anyone who criticized him. I am not interested in following their framing.

[bravenak]

6. I remember this one.

[JaneyVee]

8. Then Republicans changed it to "while we're at war", under W.