Unseemly

Regardless of one's politics, we should agree that it is unseemly for the President of the United States to go on television to sell a product.

The President of the United States is arguably the most influential elected official in the world.  With that influence comes an almost overwhelming level of responsibility, some might even say it is nearly impossible to imagine the extraordinary and multiple levels of responsibility vested in one elected official.  From our domestic agenda, including financial policy that impacts the entire world, to foreign policy involving both diplomacy and international security, the President of the United States is uniquely positioned.

Therefore, due to these phenomenal levels of of multiple, overlapping responsibilities, a leader of immense stature, character, and integrity is what the nation deserves.

What the nation does not deserve is an individual who resorts to defending and selling a product on national television, in a manner reminiscent of Gil the salesman on the cartoon show "The Simpsons," as offered by Jon Stewart on the "Daily Show."

The government of the United States should not be in a position to make and sell a product.

By his unseemly actions on 21 October, the President of the United States reduced the stature of the office to which elected.