A different approach
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- May
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Over the weekend, President Barack Obama tackled the abortion controversy at the University of Notre Dame.
He did not try to suggest that abortion controversy would go away.
“No matter how much we may want to fudge it – indeed, while we know that the views of most Americans on the subject are complex and even contradictory – the fact is at some level, the views of the two camps are irreconcilable,” he told the graduating class.
But there are places where both sides can come together, he said: in agreeing that it is a heart-wrenching decision, in agreeing that we can try to reduce the number of abortions in this country.
Today, on a much less emotional issue, he also brought two sides together: environmentalists and automakers over vehicle emissions.
He will not be able to do this on every issue, but he does seem to remember this is one country. I think many people are fed up with the strife of the last years and appreciate the efforts to find common ground.
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on Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 at 10:10 pm by Noreen O'Donnell.
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