article_snippet: In the Washington Post, columnist Jonathan Capehart recently outlines what columnist Jonathan Capehart sees as the top six instances of disrespect toward President Obama.
article_snippet: columnist Jonathan Capehart list includes the example of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani saying, "I do not believe that President Obama loves America."  
article_snippet: Also on Capehart's list are the time a reporter from the conservative Daily Caller website interrupted President Obama during remarks at the White House about immigration reform in 2012, and the time South Carolina congressman Joe Wilson, a Republican, heckled President Obama during President Obama speech to a joint session of Congress about health care reform.
article_snippet: " in response to remarks by President Obama that, it should be noted, were in fact quite true).
article_snippet: And there are plenty more examples of Republican slights against President Obama.
article_snippet: Most famously, there was the widespread questioning of President Obama's citizenship and academic credentials that included signs at conservative rallies describing President Obama as a "lyin' African.
article_snippet: And there was the Republican women's group that created an image of "food stamp dollars" with President Obama's face on the Republican women (as well as a bucket of KFC and watermelon).
article_snippet: There was also Republican presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich decrying President Obama's "Kenyan, anti-colonial behavior."  
article_snippet: Plus there was then-Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer waving her finger at President Obama when her greeted Air Force One on the tarmac.
article_snippet: Jan Brewer later alleged her "felt a little bit threatened" by President Obama.
article_snippet: Taken as a whole, this list suggests a troubling pattern of profound disrespect for President Obama.
article_snippet: Whatever Republicans' gripes about President Obama's vision and leadership, the party and Republicans followers are too often expressing Whatever Republicans' gripes about President Obama's vision and leadership, the party and its followers critiques in an ugly way.