Excerpts...read it, soak it in, think about it, put aside your bias and just hear the words. State of the Union 2015 - President Barack Obama: ...I still believe that we are one people. I still believe that together, we can do great things, even when the odds are long.... ...So the question for those of us here tonight is how we, all of us, can better reflect Americas hopes... ...Imagine if we broke out of these tired old patterns. Imagine if we did something different. Understand -- a better politics isnt one where Democrats abandon their agenda or Republicans simply embrace mine. A better politics is one where we appeal to each others basic decency instead of our basest fears. A better politics is one where we debate without demonizing each other; where we talk issues, and values, and principles, and facts, rather than gotcha moments, or trivial gaffes, or fake controversies that have nothing to do with peoples daily lives. A better politics is one where we spend less time drowning in dark money for ads that pull us into the gutter, and spend more time lifting young people up, with a sense of purpose and possibility, and asking them to join in the great mission of building America. If were going to have arguments, lets have arguments -- but lets make them debates worthy of this body and worthy of this country. ... Watch it: c-span.org/video/?323791-1/2015-state-union-address&live Read it: cnn/2015/01/20/politics/state-of-the-union-2015-transcript-full-text/index.html
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 06:15:58 +0000
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