I think there should be a rule that

[Raven]

no presidential candidate who has no credentials or experience in foreign affairs shall issue pronouncements criticizing a sitting President during a crisis or confrontation between the US and a foreign government. They would be free to say any ridiculous and ignorant thing they want to say after the crisis has passed.

[Xyzse]

1. I do not agree

You're welcome to that view, however we are all free to criticize a leader's handling on foreign affairs or any sort of subject.

I don't actually even consider it a right but a responsibility. I for one have criticized the time Bush went for Iraq and made Afghanistan an after thought. That to me is a valid criticism.

I may agree that sometimes an idiot politician's point may not be smart, informed or what have you, but they are welcome to make a jerk-wad of themselves. Even if too many dumb@sses believe them. Ah well, I think I just depressed myself.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. I seem to recall the GOP saying that about us criticizing Bush before Iraq.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-schweitzer/a-falsehood-wrapped-in-an_b_787860.html

Good read on the contortion the GOP does on this subject.

[DCKit]

3. #2 Anyone who can't correctly pronounce "nuclear"...

is hereby banned from any and all interviews, in any type of media.

[GeorgeGist]

4. Meh ...

he was a missionary. IN FRANCE!

So there Ms Smartie Pants Communist.

[BanTheGOP]

5. Much easier and more legally substantive to ban the GOP

Easier to implement and enforce the RICO statutes on them. Without rethugs, we can have the multiple-party system where progressives can exist and, in that situation, any disagreements with foreign policies can be done in a civil manner. THAT is the key.

But if we instituted a ban on criticizing presidents, then if the GOP steals another election, we would be on the short stick while the president unilaterally attacks Iran and North Korea, and possibly China.

And to ME, that justifies banning the GOP far more than banning the criticism of the presidency.

[Becka2515]

6. would that go for

Obama before he became the President?

[TheKentuckian]

7. Beyond foolish and undemocratic