This is Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving proclamation from the year that the tide turned in the American Civil War. 1863 was a year of horror in America.
This is what political optimism is. This is what leadership looks like. This is what grace is.
As you celebrate this Thanksgiving weekend, be thankful for your country. I am grateful for the special community that we’ve created at The Warning. Thank YOU.
I would like to give public thanks to Steve Schmidt who has chosen to devote his energies and special gifts to saving our country from its enemies domestic and abroad. We live in a time of great danger, when our domestic enemies are especially numerous and vicious. Our public discourse is corrupted by lies and disinformation. A major political party is led by traitors who actively plan to destroy us. A corrupt Supreme Court aids and abets its vile agenda and a deeply evil propaganda machine amplifies and spreads its false message. Steve's voice is uniquely suited to illuminate this dark enemy, to warn us of the dangers confronting us and rouse us to action. We are blessed to have him. From all those who love our country, we thank you, Steve Schmidt.
Steve, Happy & Blessed Thanksgiving! After I emailed my annual Thanksgiving wishes to friends, one wrote back that this may be the last Thanksgiving we are free. My friend is gay, as am I. He went on to suggest that we might well be in concentration camps. I refuse to buy into his darkness. The more we spread such negativity, the more oxygen is given to Trump and his traitorous degenerates.
Lincoln's appeal may have more meaning today than on the day it was recited. Yet, such grandness in thought and in language seems to have disappeared. In place of eloquent dialog, we have been relegated mostly to sound bites. The heart and soul of true patriots is being bludgeoned by those who seek to destroy our republic. There is no immediate salve, but there must be an immediate push back. The enemy walks among us. We must be ever-vigilant as the enemy seeks to destroy us. Prayer alone will not stay or slay the beast.