the speech rightfully impressed the international community and most patriotic americans. they saw a mature president whose foreign policy is motivated by a desire for reconciliation and partnership. and he could do it in complete coherent sentences.
what's depressing is the reaction of the right. mitt romney called the president's effort an apology trip which is then vomited all over the internet, including here. rush says he sided with al-qaida. and the dumbest guy in the senate, jim inhofe calls the president un-american.
republicans want to pretend they're tough. but what really comes through is fear. they're scared of dialogue and scared of empathy. they're scared of complexity and ambiguity.
and they're particularly scared of an america that elected a black guy and isn't as easily rattled as they are.
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