Dick Morris; TV Lunch ALERT! The Fourth of July and Lincoln

[3martijns]

Most senior citizens learned patriotism at a young age.

These facts explain why younger Americans do Not understand:

45 Goals of Communists in USA were Exposed in 1963 in the Congressional Record, and Many have been Accomplished.

This YouTube video: "Former KGB Agent Explains the Brainwashing of America 1980's".

Communist Party website lists Many of the Same Goals as the Democrats.

True American History has been Revised and Erased from Textbooks.

[jamm32]

It took many years of human history before there rose a state that declared "We hold these truth to be self evident that all men are created equal and that they are endowed by their creator with these inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" and for this reason is government instituted among men! The rise and success of this country would rest on its will and capacity to secure and advance that declaration in this eternal struggle for all times or die by suicide.

[rollsthepaul]

For an autobiography, may I suggest the title "You Don't Know Dick"

[jndoyle1227]

Dick, you brought tears to my eyes. I so love this country and my freedom.

[WrightvWrong]

Once in the Union...ALWAYS in the Union.

We're one country not fifty.

[groweg]

Dick understands not only day-to-day politics but the deeper philosophical concepts that underlie our nation's system. Listening to and watching this video series is so informative and interesting. Thank you Dick Morris!!

[TrainerJohnBurgess]

We need to be reminded more often in the coming months about the ideals of our Founding Fathers and our great leaders who carried the mantle before us.

[cottonclarksa]

@TrainerJohnBurgess This is an excellent idea! I'm ashamed to say that it's been too long ago that I read the Gettysburg Address, but it is so appropriate right now. In this day and age where the current administration is moving further and further away from the ideals espoused by the Founding Fathers, we need to prime benchmarks like this to keep us grounded.

[ElNeedle]

The premise of the Gettysburg Address is that in 1776 only one nation was formed. The G. Address refers back to that premise three times. Unfortunately, in 1776, thirteen nations were formed, so the premise of the G. Address is false. The Articles of Confederation did have operative language that prohibited secession (union shall be perpetual).  However, the Constitution removed the Articles language that banned secession. For those two reasons, the Gettysburg Address is baloney.

[okwian]

@ElNeedle Well that's certainly one way to look at it. OTOH, the war was fought because of money and a way of life the Southern states did not want to relinquish. Unfortunately, slavery was woven into that web. No slaves, no way to profitably run a big plantation. I'm a southerner and old enough to have lived through the Civil Rights movement. In the end, slavery is an abomination and had to end.  Fortunately the North won O/W we'd have a bigger mess.

[BRowe99]

@okwian "No slaves, no way to profitably run a big plantation."

Plantations were run profitably after the end of slavery. Agriculture does not need slaves to be profitable.

[okwian]

@BRowe99 After the cotton gin was developed the slave population rose from 700k to about 3mil by 1860. Roughly a third of the south's population was a slave. The potential loss of all that labor was the major factor leading to the Civil War. The South was supplying 80% of Britain's cotton needs and 60-70% of the world's supply right before the war. The loss of slavery would have been devastating to the South's economy and way of life.

[BRowe99]

@okwian "After the cotton gin was developed the slave population rose from 700k to about 3mil by 1860."

The cotton gin was patented in 1794. The international slave trade was effectively over by 1830. Are you saying that 2.3M slaves were imported to the US from Africa in the 36 years between 1794 and 1830?

"Roughly a third of the south's population was a slave. The potential loss of all that labor was the major factor leading to the Civil War."

Proof?

[okwian]

@BRowe99 No.But despite prohibition smuggling continued. Most of rise was due to slaves having slaves. US Census 1860 4mil slaves in the US most in South. Virginia/Carolinas became less dependent on cotton but western South expanded both cotton and sugar cane. Mass movement of slaves North/Northern South to the southern South and then from East to West esp LA. Slavery esp young males needed esp for sugar cane. Cotton gin increased need for slaves to pick the cotton not process it. Cotton king

[clarkelful]

Dick Morris you continue to impress me . Did you recite the Gettysburg Address from memory? It didn't feel like you were reading from a teleprompter - But I was impressed with how you put the Address in context of Independence Day ,the Civil War, American history and it's relevance America today.

[BRowe99]

"Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure."

This is pure nonsense. If the South had been allowed to secede, the remaining states would still have been in the Union (including the four slave states) and subject to the same constitution. The threat to the US that Lincoln is talking about was CREATED by his (and the public's) opposition to secession.

[BRowe99]

"..a new nation, conceived in Liberty".

What about the ability of the constituent states to secede? Is that not an expression of Liberty? If Vermonters decided by referendum to secede and become part of Canada, would we go to war with them? Would we kill their young men and destroy their property to force them back into the union, so that once again they can experience the delights of American Liberty?

[je7591]

Last week we learned that 4TH of July Parades are for and by Republicans, per Harvard. Your Alert sort of proved that, A Harvard trained left leaning lawyer would never say such a thing as you did in your presentation of the Gettysburg address.

Thank God Linclon never went to Harvard. The left thinks one should only get that tingle up your leg when you see Obama. Never the American Flag.

[phil120]

outstanding recitation!!



[wds225]

Sorry for the multilpe posts on one subject, but my post was too long.

Obviously, I feels strongly about this subject.

I promise to keep it short next time.

[eAnytime]

Todays video was very appropriate to us all after attending a parade and fireworks in person or on TV presenting what our country is all about and let's hope that it can be put back on track -- Let's hoe that those who all foolish enough to vote for someone without quualifications to make a social statment will come to their senses and elect

someone with qualifications in 2012 and lead us out of the mess our country is in!

[wds225]

Abraham Lincoln waged an illegal war on the Confederate States of America to keep them in the fold.

The Gettysburg Address, and the Emacipation Proclamation were simply political posturing (similar to the same type of speeches you wrote for Bill Clinton), to rally the Northerners for an unpopular war around a supposed "patriotic" cause, nothing more.

The Confederates spilled just as much or more blood fighting for their own democracy as the brave Union solders of which Lincoln speaks.

[tbczech]

Thanks Dick.....moved to tears on the address.....

[wds225]

There were a lot more Americans that died in that three day battle that believed the

war was being fought over the Confederate States' (all 13 of them) Rights to govern themselves as they wished.

No where in the Declaration of Independence, or the Constitution does it say a group of individual states could not choose to leave the Union.

Actually, the Confederate States of America were engaged in fighting for their own independence just as much as the US did in The American Revolution.

[wds225]

Sorry Dick, but you missed the boat on this one.

I agree that in most contexts The Gettysburg Address fits the ideals that we believe our fore-fathers had, when creating this democracy. It is a stirring, compelling, patriotic, speech, that brings tears to the surface of most Americans.

Unfortunately in the context of the Battle fo Gettysburgh, it becomes simply a politician grasping a victorious moment and twisting it to his own political ends.

(To the victors go the spoils.)

[feldonstarns]

My ancestor fought for freedom from the government Mr. Lincoln sought to maintain. Although I do not agree with many of the ideals the government he was fighting for wanted to uphold I do understand enough about that war to know he was fighting to defend the constitution. This is something we must all strive for today. God bless America.....

[lnrrigby1]

Who cares when this was uploaded? Aren't you listening?

This recitation of the Gettysburg Address brought me to tears. We have a lot of work to do in order to bring our country back to the basic tenets on which it was founded. We've allowed our politicians to subvert it and curtail our freedoms. With freedom comes responsibility and we will be held accountable by future generations if we do not fix what we have allowed to be broken.

[lightfootguy]

The Declaration was probably signed on August 2, and July 2 was when it received congressional approval. We celebrate the date it was published, which I think is a little weird...

[SMCinSP]

Anyone else find it interesting that it worked out quite the opposite of Lincoln's prediction. We have long remembered his words, but countless few know much of what actually happened at Gettysburg. This isn't meant as a criticism. Just an observation.

Dunno... I just found it kind of interesting to think about how familiar his speech has become, yet how little the average person really grasps of what happened. I've been there a few times and it's still hard to get my head around Gettysburg.

[ahauber11]

Thanks, Dick.

[wendellfountain]

Dick, thanks for reciting the Gettysburg address. The way I see it, you got back to "regular politics" today, because the freedom about which Mr. Lincoln spoke is melting away like an ice cream cone on a hot July 4th.

[2think55]

Thank you, Dick. This brought tears to my eyes the way you recited the Gettysburg Address. I love these videos that you are broadcasting. I'm looking forward to your pick for President and if that person is smart, they'll hire you to be their mentor. You have your hand on the pulse of America.

[acatenac]

As a Naturalized American I came to the the US from a predominantly Socialist Canada and these words mean more to me than than to the high percentage of uneducated Americans who have posted here. So I say to you .. please move to Canada and pay 40%+ in income taxes and have your own personal tax dept representative, be happy with 15% in sales taxes and property taxes as high as states with no income taxes all rolled into one. Enjoy the benefits of Sharia law and be a cool socialist

[okwian]

Why distract from the message? If we don't remember our heritage then we will lose it. We are well on our way to doing so. America needs to get back to its roots. We must do so in a way that will not harm us. I so wish all of us could at some time in our lives, preferably early on, visit China or Nigeria. It would serve to show us the meaning of true poverty and allow us to see just how much freedom we have. It is not in anyone's interest to erode that freedom.

[ROBERT195911577]

Given that the current POTUS is the antithesis of what our founding fathers created, his reciting of The Gettysburg address brought tears to my eyes. We must not wither in the face of the progressive onslaught.

[PFCBeetleBailey]

I feel like I am a time traveler, watching these videos waaay ahead of my time. Come on Dick, get it together!

[John62charles]

Does the Gettysburg address also refer to the battles waged since Gettysburg? The honorable men and women who given the lives and families to the cause of this unique freedom, should take hear in the words of President Lincoln. If the distaste of the liberals for our right to be more than we were before has them wishing to be the new aristocracy because they were born in to money, let them go to those they love, move out, get out of the way, and good riddance.

[DieTheDeath]

it's the day after july 4th but you're still in a july 4th mood in a video that was uploaded on july 3rd?

[MegaRick57]

@DieTheDeath That's either because Dick sent it for posting tomorrow and youtube screwed the pooch or he'sd in a different time zone on vacation somewhere.

[DieTheDeath]

@MegaRick57 yeah he's getting it ready to send to his subscribers on july 5th, but he's still technically lieing like a scoundrel talking about "i'm still in a july 4th mood..."

there is no time zone that is over 24 hours ahead of another, i.e. it can't be july 5th anywhere if its july 3rd somewhere

[sdfkjllshadflhadfshl]

WOW!

This is why I've tried to catch every word you've uttered on TV since you worked with Clinton.

[bilbob7624]

i love the fact that there is a Barack Obama Ad in the upper right corner of this video...If that's now America i don't know what is.