Barack Obama: “It's a message of hope and devotion that can unite all of us this holiday season.”

They're meant to remind us of who we can be, to remind us of what's possible, so we can forge ahead.

While we are non-partisan, we are not value-neutral. We have a point of view.

never talks that way when they are in the same room.

This idea that any suggestion or criticism that America was anything other than perfect is unpatriotic... is a suggestion that you hate your country.