Letters to the Editor - Politically correct - Politically correct

This is perhaps a term that we hear on a day to day basis and my comment concerns just that. I am not endorsing or encouraging anyone to vote for any specific candidate. What bothers me is when I hear people, and news commentators, refer to President Obama as “Barrack” or in most cases “Obama.”  I would never call my doctor by his first name nor call my father or mother by their first name.  

During the Kennedy administration President Kennedy demanded that even his closest aides and friends refer to him as “Mr. President.” He felt that this was the highest and most respected office in our nation and worldwide, and demanded the respect for the office. So whether you love or hate President Obama, show respect for the highest and most respected office in the world. This is not an issue of love or hate...it’s an issue of respect. 

I guess I’m from the old school...when someone holds a door open for me I say, thank you. When I hold a door open for someone I don’t expect a thank you in return, I do it because I respect myself. When you lose the quality of self-respect then you stop caring. It puts a whole new light on the old saying “it’s better to give than receive.”

Jerry Johnson,

Victory