IMO - no matter your personal opinions of the man and/or policies of W during his eight years (I will refrain from my opinions, as they don't matter in the context of this post), it was absolutely a disgusting embarrassment to see how the leftist fringe showed their disrespect for the Office of the President today. I sincerely hope the disrespectful crowd grows up before O's honeymoon is over and reality sets in, and I hope that the far right can refrain from lowering themselves to the same kind of disrespectful expression towards O that their liberal counterparts expresed towards W today
If you're a US citizen, the President is your President even if you don't agree with his/her action and/or policies. period. Nixon, Ford, Carter, Bush 1, Clinton, Bush 2, and Obama have been or currently are my President and yours - whether or not we personally like or agree with them - and are due the respect that is to be given to the Office of the POTUS.
Today's event wasn't a Monster Truck rally for the beer gut challenged (even though it appeared to be so at numerous times) - it was an opportunity for us - the US people - to show the world that democracy works, and that we have a respect for the Office even when we disagree. All that was accomplished with this childish behavior today was to enable those on the far right an opportunity to justify future childish behavior and act the same in response.
R