George H.W. Bush: “I believe we should compete, not pull back, not retreat.”

Bigotry seems emboldened.

No, I'm glad you're saying my name.

I think you are engaging in the soft bigotry of low expectations.

We know that free governments are the only way to ensure that the strong are just, and the weak are valued. And we know that when we lose sight of our ideals, it is not democracy that has failed. It is the failure of those charged with…