LINCOLN - got me thinkin

There are not enough superlatives to praise this film.  We may not have a "long" history but a most incredible history for which we should be incredibly proud and ashamed. It's imperative to honor all those who have suffered from slavery, bigotry, and sacrifice, by remembering and acknowledging our true heritage.  The belief that all men are created equal, was stated by Thomas Jefferson in our Declaration of Independence.  "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness."  Perhaps, it wasn't made clear in 1776 (even to Jefferson.)  Abraham Lincoln, our nations 13th President, issued the Emancipation Proclamation, Jan. 1, 1883.  Pres. Lincoln's main objective was to prevent the cessation of States from the Union.  "My paramount objective in this struggle is to save the Union and is not either to save or to destroy slavery."  In Nov. of that year, Lincoln, with a fervid change of heart, gave his famous Gettysburg address.  The opening scenes of LINCOLN depict the brutal carnage of war.  We next see Pres. Lincoln on the battle front, listening to white and black soldiers quoting from his Gettysburg Address.  (Along with a formidable, Negro soldier, informing Pres. Lincoln of the inequalities between the white & Negro soldiers.)  President Lincoln in his Gettysburg Address proclaimed, "That these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - a government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from the Earth."  The movie is the most entertaining & informative history lesson, EVER.  There's insight into the politics of government (which perhaps, our 44th Pres. should take note).  It is a movie about morality, a movie of grief, a movie of one the truly great human beings that have shaped our nationin.  I've heard grousing that the movie is too long & dull.  Well I believe all men are created with some stupidity, some with more stupidity than others.