Comments about ‘Presidential succession should not be a political game show’

Unfortunately, I think that "working across social and political differences to solve problems" is a ship that has sailed. No matter who we elect, a sizable minority of the country will hate him.The last president that was given respect from both sides was George Bush Sr.

The Republicans hated Clinton and did everything they could think of to undermine him. The Democrats reciprocated with G.W. Bush. And the Republicans have taken their hatred of Obama to entirely new heights. It may take a world war or a great depression to get America to unite behind a president again.

I'm sorry, but this is just a weird op-ed piece. There are some good sentiments, but it is effectively partisan. Let's start with a simple idea of the Republicans accepting the will of the people. Bob Inglils, a former GOP Congressman from SC said to Bill CLinton: "I just want you to know, when you got elected, I hated you. And I asked to be on the Judiciary Committee in 1993, because a bunch of us had already made up our minds that no matter what you did or didn't do, we were going to find some way to impeach you. We hated you. You had no right to be president." And he said, "That's wrong." And he said, "I'm sorry." The Democrats accepted the results of the controversial 2000 election which they really won. And the GOP announced it would do all they could to ensure the failure of President Obama. Let's change this attitude, and take it from there. The GOP wants reverence for their guys, but not for the other guys. That's really very un-patriotic and un-American.

I can only imagine the horrors for our country coming from a system which allowed presidents to choose their successors, as in many private businesses. There is plenty of evidence that several succeeding administrations took the country in the wrong direction.