George H.W. Bush: “Well, we'll have a wide array of things to talk about, the gratitude that we feel in our hearts for their invitation…”

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

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

We've seen our discourse degraded by casual cruelty.

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…