Barack Obama: “I congratulate the Prime Minister on the conclusion of the recent oil revenue-sharing arrangement with the Kurdistan…”

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

Now the ball’s in your court, Iowa.

a belief that our military and law enforcement owe allegiance not to any president or political party, but to the people and our constitution … a belief in the peaceful transfer of power

And there’s no reason to suggest that we can’t get through this one either.