Obama is a good man, a better man than I.

It's difficult to show respect to scum.

This brings up the interesting question of how much respect Donald is entitled to.

Hard question to answer, given that by any objective measure Donald makes the world and the people in it worse.

I'd go so far as to drag the man out of a ditch if he were drowning, understanding that he would never do the same thing for me.

But shake Donald's hand and engage in small talk with him? Why?

This brings up the interesting question of how much respect Donald is entitled to.

I think that I'd give him a last meal priorto execution and access to clergy, to whom he could brag about his sinless life.

I'd also give him pencil and paper to write farewell notes to those he loves. That would be a very short list. I imagine any letters written would be all caps.

This brings up the interesting question of how much respect Donald is entitled to.

I keep asking myself, how much respect did an American owe Hitler?

Looking at history: none. Everyone was glad when he was dead, except the Irish Republic. And that because they hated the English more.

This brings up the interesting question of how much respect Donald is entitled to.

If Donald does abruptly croak, there would be collective sigh of relief. The sound of it would travel the entire world, powering wind turbines all the way.

No national honors following his demise. Laying his body in state in the Capitol would be crass and insulting.

A private cremation. Scatter the ashes and be done.

Donald has threatened to arrest at least four of the people sitting close to him at that funeral, and tried to get another one of them killed.

This makes you value the graciousness of Obama even more, as one of the people on that list.

How much respect is a mad dog entitled to?

None, of course. But pity, because it's a dog, after all.

No pity for rabid men.