[thecavemaster]

Are you telling me that if a judge who knowningly let's a child rapist go free or just give them probation should be respected because he wears a robe. Again this judge would not have my respect.

Or the nonsense from Harry Reid when he called Bush a liar and refused to apologized for it.

I am saying that the respect extends to what the robe, the office represents, and that the person wearing the robe is incidental to the type of "respect" I'm talking about. If Harry Reid yelled "You lie" during the State of the Nation or Joint Session, he was wrong. I frankly think the whole "Liar, Liar" thing is an overplay (either party) and contributes to the tone and level of debate going down on issues so important that the debate really needs to remain elevated. I didn't agree with GWB, that doesn't mean he was evil or stupid.