Fair enough. (The remainder of my post is not directed at you per se but others who think to label Obama a divider.) That's ONE example, however. Does that mean no other President ever said anything some might take offense to? I don't dispute that Obama may have said or did things that offended some, but whether he did so at a rate that much higher than his predecessors that he should be labeled a 'divider' is, in my view, very much in dispute. (If he's a 'divider' because some took offense at what he said, then so were other Presidents--and by this standard they all would qualify--then the term has no real meaning, other than a partisan knee jerk criticism.)
BTW, and for what it's worth. I believe Obama is on public record saying that he regrets saying this.
I imagine it's very hard in a diverse and politically divided country to manage to be in office 8 years trying to enact a policy agenda without giving offense on occasion.
Again, IF Obama is indeed a divider, to me, the criterion is NOT that he said or did things to give offense but that he did so (legitimately, and not seen to do so simply because he did something something politically objects to) at a higher rate than 'non-dividers' (e.g., past presidents).
