Barack Obama: “and will not constitute an unreasonable risk to, the common defense and security.”

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

Your task is not to impose litmus tests.

I obviously have a room in his head.

People aren't looking for perpetual anger and division. They are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect, that deep in our gut, we want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away.