This quote came to mind when I read this post:

To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.
--Theodore Roosevelt, 1918

I'm proud to be an American, and I'm thankful that I can criticize the prez, and anyone else I don't agree with without fear of being run over by a tank, or some other dubious end. Further, I believe that by holding our elected officials collective feet over the fire, we are strengthening our brand of democracy.

People criticize me all the time, like my wife for example. I don't take it to mean that they necessarily don't like me. Maybe I'm just naive...

Like most of the rest of you, I don't think this post is in the right place. It's just darn hard to resist!

Doug, my initials are also DEB. I spent a day in high school detention because one of the school's Debbies wrote deb in the drying cement around the new pool.