Respect for Authority?

In regard to the President of the United States - I respect the position, but not the man. 

Have always believed that you have to earn respect, and there really isn't anything from the last four years that would convince me that our President has earned our respect.   Why?

     Obama ran on "hope and change" - when you consider our debt level, our unemployment level, and our standing in the world, "hope and change" has turned into "despair and decline".

     Obama ran as the "great uniter" - you remember," not red states, and blue states, but the United States".  Obama has been the most devisive President of my lifetime (I'm 58) - constantly pitting one segment of the population against another for political gain.  The "great uniter" has functioned as the "great divider"

     Obama ran probably the most negative campaign in Presidential history.  Everything was about attacking (negative ads) the character and integrity of his opponent.  The only achievements of his Presidency that were cited was killing Bin Laden and saving GM.  However, any President would have given a kill order on Bin Laden.  In regard to bailing out GM, they ended up going into bankruptcy proceedings after the bailout anyway -  and bankruptcy proceedings are exactly what would have happened to GM if they hadn't been bailed out.   Both these assumptions of undue credit were, of course, conveniently ignored in Obama's self aggrandizing campaign pitches/ads.     

Everytime I see the extreme deference shown the President by the main stream press, it reminds me that one of the main reasons we are in this mess is that he is not being held accountable for his numerous failures by the very people who are supposed to be performing this function.