Bush-bashing was overboard...

I was talking to a conservative friend of mine last night and the topic of the inauguration came up. She is a very intelligent (most of the time) person, and recognizes that Barack Obama is the person who Americans elected and that he is the President of the United States. She then went on to say that she would support him just as much as Democrats supported Bush in the past eight years.

She commented that you probably won't see any "There's a village in Chicago that's looking for their Idiot" or any 1/21/2013 stickers on republican cars, saying that they are too classy for such a thing. I got to thinking about it and it wasn't a majority of Democrats that were doing that. I'd go as far as saying that it wasn't happening in the last 8 years. It was more in the last 2-3 years when some of the lies and coverups really came out. I definitely am not sad to see President Bush go, but he did win a majority of the electoral college twice, meaning he deserves the respect of the office.

I would hope that she, and the republicans at least start out by giving the current president the same level of respect that I always gave President Bush- I may not have voted for him, but he's my President. I started to write that I hope that they give him the same support that everyone gave President Bush after September 11th. I then rethought that. No one should have absolute power. I hope that the all parties listen carefully to what is said, and be a concientious objecter and have their points heard.

That is the way that a democracy is supposed to work -- that both sides have a chance to have their voices heard. I hope that President Obama and the democrats do not look for revenge, but rather do what they think, after listening to everything is the best for the country as a whole, and not what was the most politically friendly decision.