My question to all our great American Babblers is: Why is bad-mouthing the President (no matter who it may be) considered treasonous, or even sacreligious or blasphemous? Is this a common attitude among Americans, or is it limited to more, er.. extreme partisans?

Up here, if I was to say the PM was a stupid prick, most people would say "well, yeah", some would say "yeah, but he is doing a good job". But you'll never get someone who will say, as one American on the street in the TV program said "I will follow my President", right or wrong.

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. He also said that because Bush was "the elected president" that to be anti-Bush was the same as anti-American.

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31"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. 32All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
34"Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'
37"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'
40"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'
41"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.'
44"They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?'
45"He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.'
46"Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."

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Funny how quickly people forget that Bush was selected by the Supreme Court rather than elected.

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First, Bush was not elected. He was selected.

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Gentlemen, please. Bush most certainly was elected.

Admittedly, he was elected five to four, but that's democracy, isn't it? Sometimes consensus just isn't in the cards, and the decision's in the hands of a bare majority.

Little outcroppings like buddy's shouts of "treason" aside, I think Chesterton was right when he said (more or less) "America is a democracy, not in the political sense of having a democratic form of government, but in the moral sense of being composed of democrats."