{"id":19423,"date":"2013-06-25T20:41:11","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T00:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=19423"},"modified":"2013-06-25T20:41:11","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T00:41:11","slug":"the-problems-with-electing-rodney-dangerfield-to-the-american-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=19423","title":{"rendered":"The Problems With Electing Rodney Dangerfield To The American Presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"

In case you are under the age of forty, Rodney Dangerfield<\/a> was a comedian whose tag line was, “I don’t get no respect<\/a>!” Unfortunately, we seem to have elected a President who has the same problem.<\/p>\n

“One of the things I intend to do as president is to restore America’s standing in the world. We are less respected now than we were eight years ago even four years ago.” That statement was made by President Obama in his first 2008 presidential debate. The problem with this statement is a lack of understanding of the fact that it would be good to be feared as well as respected. Sometimes respect is rooted in fear.<\/p>\n

Today’s Wall Street Journal<\/a> (no link–subscribers only) included an editorial entitled, “Portrait in Respect.” The editorial related to the problems the Obama Administration has had in trying to bring Edward Snowden back to the United States<\/a>. Hong Kong<\/a> said they could not return Mr. Snowden because of a technical glitch in the extradition request. Several news sources reported that Hong Kong was under pressure from China<\/a> not to return Mr. Snowden. Since then, Mr. Snowden has fled to Russia<\/a>, where the Russians have said that they will not send him back to America. Meanwhile it is a safe bet that the FSB<\/a> (the new KGB<\/a>) is downloading information from the four computers Mr. Snowden is traveling with.<\/p>\n

Somehow I don’t think America has achieved the respect that was promised in the 2008 Presidential debate.<\/p>\n

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