Re: The Khan Artist fwd (political stuff)

[Guest guest]

I for one am sick of the ol' southern " Mr. President " as in Mr. Bush

instead of President Bush.

I hope that whomever takes office next resumes the former address of mr.

so and so, as in Mr. ___.

" Mr. 'President.' "

Mister just sounds corny. Its like the way some people call everyone they

meet 'sir.'

K

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[Guest guest]

D Tucker wrote:

> I for one am sick of the ol' southern " Mr. President " as in Mr. Bush

> instead of President Bush. I hope that whomever takes office next

> resumes the former address of mr. so and so, as in Mr. ___. " Mr.

> 'President.' " Mister just sounds corny. Its like the way some people

> call everyone they meet 'sir.'

Mr. President has long been the proper way of addressing the President.

It did not begin with Bush.

And if " mister " sounds corny, then how would Mr. Bush be any better than

Mr. President?

[Guest guest]

> D Tucker wrote:

>

>> I for one am sick of the ol' southern " Mr. President " as in Mr. Bush

>> instead of President Bush. I hope that whomever takes office next

>> resumes the former address of mr. so and so, as in Mr. ___. " Mr.

>> 'President.' " Mister just sounds corny. Its like the way some people

>> call everyone they meet 'sir.'

>

>Mr. President has long been the proper way of addressing the President.

>It did not begin with Bush.

IIRC, the Founding Fathers were the ones who came up with " Mr.

President " . They were trying to figure out what you were supposed to

call the president, and they wanted to avoid forms of address such as

" Your Majesty " or " His Highness " , which was the standard way to

address heads of state in Europe at the time (since they were all

kings and queens). They didn't want the U.S. government, a

representative republic, to bear any resemblance to the feudal

systems they were rejecting. This was also the justification, in the

Constitution, for banning titles of nobility, lordship, and the like.

At least, that's how my eighth grade social studies teacher explained it to us.

--Parrish