Respect because he is our President? Respect is something that is earned, not because of a title! I don't respect Obama because of his policies. 6 trillion in additional debt! Increase in taxes FOR EVERYONE! Increase in government spending for policies that have failed! Intrusion into individual and religous freedoms! Most important for me is Obamacare!!! As a health care provider, I stated to everyone over two years ago that Obamacare if not about health care... it is about controlling 1/9th of our GDP!!! I pointed out two years ago that Obamacare was a tax!!! What did judge Roberts rule in August... (paraphrasing) "Obamacare is a tax and the Supreme Court is not responsible for ruling on poor decisions made at the polls." Thank you America... you made a poor decision again. God help America.
BTW: you say it is not Obama's responsibility in the end? I agree, it is all the liberal, progressive bleeding heart's in all levels of government that is leading this country down the road of fiscal destruction. But the President is the considered leader of our country and, IMHO, he has led nothing.
Also, as former military... his foreign policies suck. I can tell you from people I know who travel all over the globe, that this President is a joke in other countries. My SO is Asian, and all the people in China 'laugh' at America because of this President and his domestic and foreign policies. Yes American (Americans) we SHOULD be very afraid of China...