Obama Ipsum

We can pounce on some gaffe by a Hillary supporter as evidence that she's playing the race card, or we can speculate on whether white men will all flock to John McCain in the general election regardless of his policies. That is the spirit we need today.

So America will defend itself respectful of the sovereignty of nations and the rule of law. Freedom of religion is central to the ability of peoples to live together. Americans are ready to join with citizens and governments; community organizations, religious leaders, and businesses in Muslim communities around the world to help our people pursue a better life.

I suppose the politically safe thing would be to move on from this episode and just hope that it fades into the woodwork. They have not served a Red America or a Blue America - they have served the United States of America. America will align our policies with those who pursue peace, and say in public what we say in private to Israelis and Palestinians and Arabs.

I believe that we have a righteous wind at our backs and that as we stand on the crossroads of history, we can make the right choices, and meet the challenges that face us. They claim that our insistence on something larger, something firmer and more honest in our public life is just a Trojan Horse for higher taxes and the abandonment of traditional values.

So it's 1985, and I'm in Chicago, and I'm working with these churches, and with lots of laypeople who are much older than I am. I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community. That's the promise we need to keep.

Thank you, God Bless you, and God Bless the United States of America.