“Do we treat people who are of a different faith as part of the fabric of America, or do we label them as something foreign, not a ‘real American,’ and thereby subject to different standards when it comes to how our laws apply? Do we think of women as equal and full citizens, capable of doing anything, or do we think of them as objects of either scorn or lust or our own satisfactions?” he asked.
“Do we think of the Constitution as something fundamental that all of us have an obligation to try to uphold, or do we think that it is just something that we can pick and choose from at our convenience depending on what’s expedient?” he said.
“Do we think that government is something serious, that we have an obligation to make sure that to the best of our abilities we leave the country a little bit better off than how we found it.
“Or do we think that it’s an infomercial or a reality TV show and we can say anything or do anything without any fidelity to the truth whatsoever, just make stuff up so that at a certain point everything is contested, there’s no solid ground because you can just say anything and do anything?” asked the US President.
“My conclusion, Michelle’s conclusion is, is that we can’t have that in the Oval Office. Because what is true is, is that our kids watch us. I said when I ran for President in 2008, I was not a perfect man and I would not be a perfect President, but I took seriously the fact that in this job, our kids are paying attention; the entire world is paying attention,” he said.
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