The lack of Respect
by the GOP and those who support them, is Offensive to me as an American citizen. It is an insult to me. I demand an apology. You will respect the office of President.
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moment ("Have you no shame? Have you no sense of decency?"
and it never comes. When one of the few semi-decent Repigs has finally had enough. Maybe Colin Powell? He might plausibly be able to shame the Repigs into STFU-land.
of how he handled this. That icy professorial rebuke was, I think, just the right touch (even though I would have preferred a "F-U, MF" 
Thank you for mentioning Robinson, another example of 'grace under fire' at its finest.
I have thought the same, myself. 
she grudgingly concedes that the lesser of two evils is a valid stance this year).
When I mentioned the incident to her a short while ago and said I wished Obama would say "Fuck you, you motherfucker(s)," she immediately agreed and said she'd become far more enthusiastic for him were he to do so.
Just one good, tactical F-bomb and Obama's approval rating would hit 99%!
For this remarkable man fighting against all the odds to build back our country, to be treated like this should be so offensive to any sane person as to bring an immediate rebuke. And yet we hear nothing and the disrespect not only continues, but escalates. Luckily I don't hear about a lot of it, because I'm far away outside the country, but I cry a little inside often over the things I do hear.
Sick powerful people don't apologize. Apology represents weakness to them. I have relatives who have told me how sad and pathetic it makes one to apologize. Even if you are wrong you never admit it.
When I was out in the streets before the Iraq War my sister threatened to kick me out of her house because she said I was disrespecting her President. I pointed out that my disrespect was for War not the President nor the office. She and her husband now cheer on the disrespect for President Obama and send me disgusting viral anti-Obama emails.
The haters are a tough nut to crack and apologies are not their thing, but stand up to them we must, so let's all keep pounding on them with a very big hammer; APOLOGY, APOLOGY, APOLOGY. I too am sick of their twisted hatred.
That does make a difference.
If there is an apology it will be the standard G.O.P. non-apology: "I'M SORRY IF I _OFFENDED_ ANYBODY_..."
The truth is, the GOP leadership knows the base eats this up and will do absolutely nothing to discourage this sort of behavior, at least as long as they aren't caught with their hands in cookiejar.