January 5, 2013
Lincoln vs. Obama's Born-Again America
By Lloyd Marcus

In his Gettysburg Address, President Abraham Lincoln acknowledged that America was "conceived in Liberty." Lincoln could never imagine voters supporting a president aborting liberty to bear anew America conceived in government. ObamaCare is the equivalent of America born again, conceived in government.

In the classic movie Planet of the Apes, Charleston Heston crash-landed his spacecraft on a strange planet where apes were superior to humans. Shocked to realize that the strange planet was really earth several years into the future, Heston cried out in devastation, pain, and anger at man: "Damn you! Damn you all to hell! You blew it up!"

I believe that President Lincoln would have a similar reaction, returning to America today. Devastated and disbelieving, Lincoln would ask, How did this happen?

The left began assaulting the minds of voters many years ago to impregnate them with the seed of Socialism, thus birthing a new America conceived in government. Democrat President Roosevelt was a Founding Seducer in the left's scheme to have voters seek security in government.

Decades ago, the left successfully banned prayer in public schools, which taught children that God and traditional morality were no longer welcome. Seizing the moment, like locusts, socialist/progressives swarmed into schools, indoctrinating our kids with their "new morality" -- anti-Christian, anti-parent, anti-American, and pro-homosexuality. These leftists' agenda included branding Christianity fanatical while teaching respect and sympathy for Islam. Patriotism was redefined as rude to foreigners -- capitalism is immoral and selfish -- opposing gay marriage is prejudice, equal to the black civil rights movement.

While sipping our coffees at Starbucks (President Lincoln in disbelief at the price of our Javas), I continue explaining to the stunned former U.S. president how we got to where we are in America today.

Mr. President, you won't believe this, but individual liberty and achievement are attacked at every turn on TV, in movies, and in the media. TV? Oh, it's a box on the wall projecting images...never mind, I'll explain later.

The Oprah Winfrey TV show, along with a media dominated by liberals and the Democratic Party, contributed to creating the mindset in voters that everyone is a victim of someone or something. Their usual imaginary villains are rich racist male Caucasians.

The left has created a touchy-feely culture, in which self-esteem and hurt feelings now trump common sense and individual responsibility.

Thanks to your efforts, Mr. Lincoln, America elected its first black president. The bad news is that he trashes the Constitution whenever, which is often, it interferes with implementing his Socialistic agenda. Sadly, dumbed-down public-school-educated feelings-trump-law voters see no problem with government accruing un-Constitutional power.

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