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rumguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 05:35 PM Original message |
Is it really standard to always address a prez. as "Mr./Ms. President"? |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. "sir" is 1,000,000 times more formal than "stretch" |
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jackstraw45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 06:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. On a Letterman staffer |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 06:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. that should've cost him the election right f-ing there |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yes. That is standard OP. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. Has anyone else dared to say Sir? |
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rumguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 05:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. yeah I'm sure it's happened but |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 05:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Maybe because he knows he didn't earn it |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 05:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Are you serious? I haven't seen them. |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 05:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Not sure where there's a photo |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-04 03:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
29. How 'bout some gen-u-wine presidential boots? |
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The Night Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 05:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Here is just one example of Bush being addressed as "sir"... |
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The Night Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. The title "sir" is perfectly appropriate for addressing a president... |
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Snow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
8. Appalling degree of ignorance. Kings & queens get addressed as |
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DivinBreuvage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
10. I'm emailing Bush to let him know.... |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 05:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. "Your Highness?" |
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hiphopnation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
13. NO!! |
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DivinBreuvage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
14. How about "The Greatest Warlord of All Time"? |
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Kadie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
15. Maybe, after what bushie said today |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
16. What would happen if he addressed |
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rumguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 06:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. that would be so funny |
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DivinBreuvage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
17. Or, while he's making Iraq safe for democracy maybe he'll pick this one up |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
19. That's the standard. |
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cheezus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-04 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
20. Isn't the whole point of the title |
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Sannum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-04 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
23. It sounds like |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-04 02:53 AM Response to Original message |
24. NOOO!! Read Clinton Q&A |
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drfemoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-04 02:58 AM Response to Original message |
25. Did any of them |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-04 03:04 AM Response to Original message |
26. I believe it is considered proper decorum to say Mr. President. |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-04 03:18 AM Response to Original message |
27. It was precedent set by George Washington |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-04 03:32 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Washington, Jefferson Et Al wanted the opposite of formal... |
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