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I don't know what Bible they're reading, but it doesn't jibe with my version. And we cannot ignore the very real concerns of Americans who are not worried about illegal immigration because they are racist or xenophobic, but because they fear it will result in lower wages when they're already struggling to raise their families. It is on your lips and in your heart. It is not enough to give health care to the sick, or jobs to the jobless, or education to our children. We need a President who can face the threats of the future, not keep grasping at the ideas of the past. There must be a sustained effort to listen to each other; to learn from each other; to respect one another; and to seek common ground.
That is the true genius of America - a faith in simple dreams,, an insistence on small miracles. And we cannot ignore the very real concerns of Americans who are not worried about illegal immigration because they are racist or xenophobic, but because they fear it will result in lower wages when they're already struggling to raise their families. It's the wisdom Moses imparted to those who would succeed him. And Ashley asks him why he's there. We were founded upon the ideal that all are created equal, and we have shed blood and struggled for centuries to give meaning to those words - within our borders, and around the world. We will, however, relentlessly confront violent extremists who pose a grave threat to our security.
So when they are told to bus their children to a school across town; when they hear that an African American is getting an advantage in landing a good job or a spot in a good college because of an injustice that they themselves never committed; when they're told that their fears about crime in urban neighborhoods are somehow prejudiced, resentment builds over time. For part of what has been lost these past eight years can't just be measured by lost wages or bigger trade deficits. Indeed, faith should bring us together.
That's the promise we need to keep. I know there are those who dismiss such beliefs as happy talk.
No, the word is very near. It's an idea that's often forgotten or dismissed in cynical times. But it also comes from my own American story.
God bless you.