On the recordJuly 19, 2013
As difficult and challenging as this whole episode has been for a lot of people, I don’t want us to lose sight that things are getting better.
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millercenter.org“As difficult and challenging as this whole episode has been for a lot of people, I don’t want us to lose sight that things are getting better.”
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While we are non-partisan, we are not value-neutral. We have a point of view.
At least one of our major parties has been captured by politics that is not that subtle about suggesting that ‘We the people’ means a certain kind of people.
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.
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