Obama Ipsum

And as so many generations have come to realize over the course of the two-hundred and twenty one years since a band of patriots signed that document in Philadelphia, that is where the perfection begins. Of course, recognizing our common humanity is only the beginning of our task. The question, now, is not what Iran is against, but rather what future it wants to build.

Some will see this as an attempt to justify or excuse comments that are simply inexcusable. Much has been made of the fact that an African-American with the name Barack Hussein Obama could be elected President. For centuries, black people in America suffered the lash of the whip as slaves and the humiliation of segregation.

I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community. Perhaps somebody told her along the way that the source of her mother's problems were blacks who were on welfare and too lazy to work, or Hispanics who were coming into the country illegally. Now is the time to end this addiction, and to understand that drilling is a stop-gap measure, not a long-term solution.

The UCC is still listening. Today, America has a dual responsibility: to help Iraq forge a better future - and to leave Iraq to Iraqis.

It's been several months now since I announced I was running for president. America, we cannot turn back. The Holy Koran teaches that whoever kills an innocent, it is as if he has killed all mankind; and whoever saves a person, it is as if he has saved all mankind. I have unequivocally prohibited the use of torture by the United States, and I have ordered the prison at Guantanamo Bay closed by early next year. Around the world, the Jewish people were persecuted for centuries, and anti-Semitism in Europe culminated in an unprecedented Holocaust. That is not how moral authority is claimed; that is how it is surrendered.

Thank you. And may God's peace be upon you.