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Old 09-07-2009, 01:05 AM
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Originally Posted by shabba4detroit View Post
You should respect the office of the presidency. You should also serve your country. However, "l'etat, c'est moi" really is not an American concept. The country and the president are two distinct things. You can and should serve your country, but the only people who should serve the president are the White House kitchen staff.
Interesting - thank you. Perhaps the ideas of respect and serve are kinda mixed in my head on this, not sure. Fwiw I tend to think he means "serve the country and it's interests" but I can see exactly what you mean.
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