# I just Sent The President a Note **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 24, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sent-the-president-a-note/782950 "2017-03-24T19:57:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sent-the-president-a-note/782950/21 "2017-03-25T01:13:30Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > No need for a warning, thanks. Seeing some reference to POTUS in the title is sufficient notice that whining and sniveling will be contained therein. > > Not my “Dear Leader”, but certainly my leader. And yours. And Hillary’s. And every other American citizen, despite all the bleating of “Not my president.” to the contrary. Then I humbly suggest you look at the thread title, and then go to a different forum, and post something about kitties. Or baseball. And he’s actually not my president. Not even a little bit. Thank God for that. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sent-the-president-a-note/782950/22 "2017-03-25T01:21:03Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > No need for a warning, thanks. Seeing some reference to POTUS in the title is sufficient notice that whining and sniveling will be contained therein. > > Not my “Dear Leader”, but certainly my leader. And yours. And Hillary’s. And every other American citizen, despite all the bleating of “Not my president.” to the contrary. You call _that_ a leader? The fucker is blaming everyone possible for what happened. Never even tried any of his vaunted(mostly by himself) deal-making skills. Rather, he cuts and runs. He said he now will allow Obamacare to fail, leaving millions without insurance. Doesn’t seem to bother him in the least. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sent-the-president-a-note/782950/23 "2017-03-25T01:27:48Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > (through the White House contact page) > > "Mr. President > > You were right. I am tired of winning." Do you also send him a stool sample with your note? C’mon, c’mon, confess, confess. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sent-the-president-a-note/782950/24 "2017-03-25T01:40:33Z")
There’s more whining in this thread than a hundred wine-tasters unwinding at a winerey on a Wednesday who’ve caught their dicks in a series of rusty bear traps. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sent-the-president-a-note/782950/25 "2017-03-25T02:43:14Z")
We’re Democrats. We don’t do celebratory. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sent-the-president-a-note/782950/26 "2017-03-25T02:52:12Z")
Rubbing someone’s face in their failure is somehow whining? You do know what words mean, right? This is pretty much the opposite. Those complaining about it are the whiners. Do you lack the ability to understand the difference between you and other people? ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sent-the-president-a-note/782950/27 "2017-03-25T03:00:29Z")
Hecklers more like. Mango Shart deserves as much. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sent-the-president-a-note/782950/28 "2017-03-25T03:27:09Z")
Bryan, I grew up at an awkward time to have been from Minnesota, where the the native parties had been dragged through an assortment of interest groups from Bluest Blues to Purple. Some Reds (how colors change!), we, as good Norskies, pretend they on’t exist, or consign to them to the Missouri Synod. For your record, we of the ELCA are cheerfully welcoming of your input. Really, mein freund. See Dietrich Bonhoeffer, within limits. If you visit Chi, not only will we make you embarrassingly welcome, but give you whatever center stage, you want, on any topic. And feed you. Note that I disagree philosophically on some descriptions of Chicago Style pizza. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sent-the-president-a-note/782950/29 "2017-03-25T03:35:34Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > (through the White House contact page) > > "Mr. President > > You were right. I am tired of winning." My wife became a member of Twitter just so she could send tweets to Der Cheeto to relieve her anger. She loves it. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sent-the-president-a-note/782950/30 "2017-03-25T05:26:25Z")
Cool thread. 💩 ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sent-the-president-a-note/782950/31 "2017-03-25T05:45:01Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Then I humbly suggest you look at the thread title, and then go to a different forum, and post something about kitties. Or baseball. > > And he’s actually not my president. Not even a little bit. Thank God for that. If you aren’t a citizen of the United States, then he isn’t your president, good on you. This is the one election that I was actually glad to be a disenfranchised voter. I was 2060 miles from my voting station on election day so I didn’t have to decide which foot to shoot. If you are a citizen of the USA, then suck it up buttercup, he is your leader. > [@running\_coach](#): > > You call _that_ a leader? The fucker is blaming everyone possible for what happened. > Never even tried any of his vaunted(mostly by himself) deal-making skills. Rather, he cuts and runs. He said he now will allow Obamacare to fail, leaving millions without insurance. Doesn’t seem to bother him in the least. No, I don’t really think much of him as POTUS, but that is the position he holds and therefore is my leader. I wouldn’t have any better opinion of Hillary in the same office so I’m just holding my nose for 4 years. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sent-the-president-a-note/782950/32 "2017-03-25T05:48:17Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > I was 2060 miles from my voting station on election day so I didn’t have to decide which foot to shoot. You can have an absentee ballot mailed to you anywhere in the world - not really an excuse. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sent-the-president-a-note/782950/33 "2017-03-25T06:02:43Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > If you aren’t a citizen of the United States, then he isn’t your president, good on you. This is the one election that I was actually glad to be a disenfranchised voter. I was 2060 miles from my voting station on election day so I didn’t have to decide which foot to shoot. And I’m almost 10,000 miles away from my voting precinct and I voted. Received my ballot as an email, mailed it in to the voting center. The only thing that disenfranchised you was yourself. > [@](#): > > If you are a citizen of the USA, then suck it up buttercup, he is your leader.No, I don’t really think much of him as POTUS, but that is the position he holds and therefore is my leader. I wouldn’t have any better opinion of Hillary in the same office so I’m just holding my nose for 4 years. Get this straight right the fuck now, buttercup. He is the President, but he will never be, _can_ never be, MY LEADER! Lemme say that again, for the hard of hearing. That marmalade-tinted shitgibbon, that stupid, narcissistic, petty fraud is sure the **FUCK** not my leader! ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sent-the-president-a-note/782950/34 "2017-03-25T06:23:58Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > You can have an absentee ballot mailed to you anywhere in the world - not really an excuse. With sufficient advanced notice. I was supposed to be home election day but received notice the Friday preceding election day that I would have to remain on site. So no absentee ballot for me. > [@galen\_ubal](#): > > Lemme say that again, for the hard of hearing. That marmalade-tinted shitgibbon, that stupid, narcissistic, petty fraud is sure the **FUCK** not my leader! Wah. Let me know when you have a meeting with a foreign head of state or the U.N. He represents you whether you like it or not buttercup. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sent-the-president-a-note/782950/35 "2017-03-25T06:30:33Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > Wah. Let me know when you have a meeting with a foreign head of state or the U.N. He represents you whether you like it or not buttercup. Having seen his proposals, he doesn’t represent anyone but himself. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sent-the-president-a-note/782950/36 "2017-03-25T13:48:13Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > Not my “Dear Leader”, but certainly my leader. And yours. And Hillary’s. And every other American citizen, despite all the bleating of “Not my president.” to the contrary. FAKE president ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sent-the-president-a-note/782950/37 "2017-03-25T14:17:21Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Cool thread. ������ [Is this a piece of your brain?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeOnLwi9CtQ) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sent-the-president-a-note/782950/38 "2017-03-25T14:20:50Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > (through the White House contact page) > > "Mr. President > > You were right. I am tired of winning." That’s all? Sounds like there was plenty of room left on the paper where you could have drawn a nutsack. I will not discourage you from sending another, go for the nutsack this time. ETA: White House contact page? That’s newfangled electron type of letter, right? No paper? Could you still work in a nutsack? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sent-the-president-a-note/782950/39 "2017-03-25T14:52:36Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > Wah. Let me know when you have a meeting with a foreign head of state or the U.N. He represents you whether you like it or not buttercup. And he’s a fucking embarrassment. Fucking shitgibbon. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sent-the-president-a-note/782950/40 "2017-03-25T15:17:02Z")
**Projammer** : He is the President, and by virtue of his office he represents the country, and we its citizens, in an official capacity in those matters so provided by the Constitution and laws, and those acts of the executive branch that he orders or proposes _conforming to the Constitution and laws_ will be abided. But, he is just our CEO, he is not “my” **leader**. Which I could have said just as well about Obama or W and would likely have said of Hillary. I respect the POTUS office as such but am in no way a follower of Donald J. Trump. Plus, unlike his predecessors, he doesn’t even try, he is an unmitigated ass who goes out of his way to alienate others. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sent-the-president-a-note/782950.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-sent-the-president-a-note/782950.md?page=3)