Did Jan Brewer go too far with President Obama when they meet in Arizona? Are the Giants and the Patriots headed to the 2012 Superbowl? Did both Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich invest in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? You see where I’m going with this.
There seems to be a trend today where “tough” ladies fare well on television. At least that’s what Jan Brewer and her team likely hoped for when she famously wagged her finger in President Obamas face on the tarmac in Phoenix, Arizona in January 2012. You’ve seen the shows…Mob Wives, Basketball Wives, Sarah Palin’s run for President. But Jan Brewer likely missed the episode of the Braxton Family Values when family matriarch Evelyn told her daughter that if she disrespected her again she would “slap the piss out of her.”
What did happen to respect? One of the reasons why nations and peoples around the world admire the United States of America is because of its ideals. Remember when we used to respect the office of President regardless of which side was in power? Jan Brewer’s actions probably got her desired result. Her explanation in part for her pointing attack was she didn’t like President Obama’s response about her book. She called him thin-skinned. Their spirited exchange has helped her book skyrocket from number 311,472 to number 15 on Amazon. So, she may feel like she is winning.
But is she? At what cost do we now want to win? Is it at the cost of disrespecting self and country? Is it at the cost of empowering others to show the same disrespect and seeing the morality of the nation slip even further? Now back to Evelyn Braxton. I’m one of those and hopefully most of are that was brought up that you don’t respect your parents. That there are ramifications for that. (Hence Evelyn’s slapping the piss out of you comment.) You respect the office of Mom or Dad. For those of us who are over the age of 5, would you point your figure in your Mother’s face or your Dad’s? Then why would it be okay to point your finger to the man with the highest office in our land? Oh yeah, it isn’t okay Jan Brewer.
