"And I've always said if you don't respect the man, respect the position." - Lewis (D)

JamesL · Jan 17, 2017

Of course he only means that if a black President is being opposed...

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/01/19/10-questions-for-veteran-congressman-john-lewis.html

As to his Bush lie, well...he just forgot:

http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/17/j...lycaller&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social

So either he's lying or senile.

Tsing Tao · Jan 17, 2017

JamesL said:
So either he's lying or senile.

Or a liberal.

Frederick Foresight · Jan 17, 2017

Just guessing, but perhaps he implied "respect the position" when fairly attained. I'm guessing he attended both Reagan's and Bush Sr.'s inaugurations.

Tsing Tao · Jan 17, 2017

Frederick Foresight said:
Just guessing, but perhaps he implied "respect the position" when fairly attained. I'm guessing he attended both Reagan's and Bush Sr.'s inaugurations.

You're still of the mindset that Trump "unfairly" won the Presidency?

Frederick Foresight · Jan 17, 2017

Tsing Tao said:
You're still of the mindset that Trump "unfairly" won the Presidency?

That is my "hypothesis." We'll see how it all plays out in the fullness of time. Regardless, he will be president at the end of the week, and the planet will be in a world of drama.

JamesL · Jan 17, 2017

Tsing Tao said:
Or a liberal.

you know what they say, you can't spell "LIBERAL" w/o "LIAR".

JamesL · Jan 17, 2017

Just a little US history lesson for you northerners, but Lewis wasn't elected until 1986. Reagan was inaugurated in '81 and '85.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis_(Georgia_politician)

Frederick Foresight · Jan 17, 2017

JamesL said:
you know what they say, you can't spell "LIBERAL" w/o "LIAR".

A bit contrived; too much letter manipulation. Much easier to just look at the first 3 letters of "conservative" in the order that they appear.

Tsing Tao · Jan 17, 2017

Frederick Foresight said:
That is my "hypothesis." We'll see how it all plays out in the fullness of time. Regardless, he will be president at the end of the week, and the planet will be in a world of drama.

I respect your viewpoint, and note that you changed your overall language on it. Thank you for that.

But as to "unfairly" winning, I consider the leak from Wikileaks similar to Mitt Romney's "47%" speech leak. I was pissed Romney lost to Obama, and that leak was probably one of the main reasons, but I never considered it "unfair".

Romney was stupid for saying something like that, and even more so for letting it get out. Podesta was stupid for...well, everything.

Frederick Foresight · Jan 17, 2017

JamesL said:
Just a little US history lesson for you northerners, but Lewis wasn't elected until 1986. Reagan was inaugurated in '81 and '85.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis_(Georgia_politician)

I wasn't aware that you had to be in elected office to attend the inauguration. Is this something new?