Sandra Perruzzi: Race and respect

Regarding Ned Barnett’s March 22 column “Obama, race and his opponents”: Maybe racial bias would not be suspected in critics of President Obama if the manifestation of that criticism were not so blatantly disrespectful. Maybe if the criticism were leveled with, as Sen. John McCain expects from his critics, “ decorum and dignity,” racial bias would not be suspected.

Shouting “you lie,” inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, signing the letter to Iran, delaying Loretta Lynch’s confirmation vote, to say nothing of 55 ( and counting) attempts to kill the ACA, all come across as insolent acts that make one wonder why the Republican Congress has so little respect for this particular president.

This story was originally published March 28, 2015 at 4:00 PM with the headline "Sandra Perruzzi: Race and respect."