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You should find comfort in his speech. What he's talking about is unifying the culture around shared values, taught values, and specifically NOT forced ones. This is a guy in favor of civil unions and against religion in public schools. The shared values he wants us to unify around are the traditional sectarian American values. He does it through education and not through force. What's not to like?
We're going to come through this when we realize that it's all about, ultimately, individual responsibility.
Takes a lot of hard work to turn that statement into a fascist nightmare.
The Kos diarists are doing that hard work. He's got an R by his name and he's the leader, therefore he is the bitter enemy and must be brought down by whatever means necessary. Paint him with the worst possible colors because we only have 15 months left.
Both sides will be doing this and I urge you to resist the temptation to pick sides as if it were a football game. That way lies madness.
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