I came across a phrase from Republican President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address that got me thinking. It said “government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
Lincoln was tormented by a Civil War that divided his beloved nation. We now have a president who leaps for joy over division. We have a Senate that proudly claims victory by politically withholding witnesses although polls showed 75 percent of the people wanted witnesses to testify. Locally we have a congresswoman whose best response to possible presidential misuse of power is “it’s a farce.” I believe “Honest Abe” would have sought healing for his divided nation by allowing the truth revealed. Lincoln would be rolling around in his grave if he knew his words were now twisted to government of the party, by the party, and for the party.
It’s imperative we use caution when casting our votes this year to support only those candidates whose love of country and Constitution far exceed the love they have for themselves.
