I rarely call any of them by "President X" and that goes for any of them. Bush is Dubya, Obama is Barry, and Trump is Trump until I find something better.
Also, plenty on the left were disrespectful of Bush. Hence the name Dubya or "W."
I think you missed the point. I wasn't speaking to, or about you personally, but if you think it applies to you let me be clearer:
I have never voted for any of the presidents sitting or relieved to date
Still, I called these presidents "President ____," because as a citizen of the country I have agreed with the motility and purpose of the constitution in terms of legitimizing what person PRESIDES over the execution of the trajectory of the nation.
Behind closed doors, or among friends, that is the choice of the person. If I were to cache qualifications for every person''s personal "do and dont" for life, there would be no significant qualifiable or quantifiable meaning.
But, I am not talking about laypersons. Honestly, I couldnt care any less what you, or any other layperson call the one which presides over you lot - except in context (like for the purposes of this post, and even the care is marginal.)
My qualm is with (university) educated, heavily vetted men and women of journalism and professional setting calling the president "Mr. ___," as this not only is a disrespect to the one seated in office, but it legitimizes the disrespect that may be prevalent in the layperson population. These reporters, correspondents, and other professionals have an intellectual and patriotic obligation to refer to their president by his title.
It is a matter of respect of position, and the influence one has on a public platform when attempting to use the correct referential nomenclature.
When Fox News, CNN NBC, CBS, and ABC continuously call the president a "mister," it gives psychological credibility to the proponents of the theories that Obama is not a legitimate president.
George W. Bush was not called Mr. BUSH nearly as often, and as disrespectfully as Obama.
And as far as the name calling of Bush: it was much better, I bet, than calling Obama and his entire family MONKEYS/APES, saying his CHILDREN had no class and constantly referring to the PRESIDES as a Muslim and Kenyan (further pushing illegitimacy theory.) He was even called the welfare president, and affiliated with hate groups just because of where his feet happened to land. His entire history was up for ivisceration.
