I was stopped outside the Des Moines Post Office today by 2 young men who asked me, “Are you ready to dump Obama?” I replied “Absolutely not” and went into the post office.

I asked a clerk about it and she said they had contacted the police who advised them they can do nothing to stop it.

I am appalled at the lack of respect to an elected official and the position served. No matter one’s politics, respect is warranted. I am hearing this same type of rhetoric on TV; not candidates telling us what they can do to improve our country, but how to destroy the serving president.

The candidates’ place is to offer the voters something better, and the voters’ place to show their feelings is on the ballot. Having so little respect for elected officials evolves itself into lack of self-respect, in my opinion.

Elizabeth Jackson
Des Moines