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

Continuing his thinking about the Fourth, Dick Morris discusses the mystical meaning of the date and recites Lincoln's Gettysburg Address with a meaning that perhaps you have not heard before.

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[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

[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.

[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.

[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

[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 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 "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]

@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.

[rollsthepaul]

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

[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.

[jndoyle1227]

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