The President Urges Us to Tone Down the Politically Divisive Rhetoric

President Obama came to Tucson to remember those who perished last Saturday and pray for those who survived. He impassioned us in resounding tones:

"But at a time when our discourse has become so sharply polarized -at a time when we are far too eager to lay the blame for all that ails the world at the feet of those who think differently than we do--it's important for us to pause for a moment and make sure that we are talking with each other in a way that heals, not a way that wounds."

And then he asked us to " align our values with our actions-that, I believe, is what a tragedy like this requires. for those who were harmed, those who were killed--they are part of our family an American family 300 million strong. We may not have known them personally, but we surely see ourselves in them."

Thank you for showing up Mr. President and first lady and for your rousing and sympathetic words.