GW Bush booed at Nationals' opener

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Originally Posted by saden1

If you boo you are disrespecting the office? I don't buy that. The office is bigger than Bush and booing him doesn't diminish the office or the accomplishments of prior presidents. If anyone has disrespected the office it is Bush. The man is shameless and his stench can not be masked. Everyone knows he is a disgrace and he has no one to blame but himself. Also, booing him shows the rest of the world that not all Americans approve of the Bush Administration (something your really want to convey seeing how opinions about the U.S. are at an all time low).

That's pretty much the exact opposite of what I said.

What I said is that I think the office gets you the benefit of the doubt when you first come in - that is, I won't prejudge a new president, even if I think he/she is an idiot. If you eff it up, though, then you've taken a dump on the office, and the office doesn't entitle you to respect that you obviously don't deserve. That's what Bush did, so he earned the boos.