{"id":2452,"date":"2013-11-19T00:03:41","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T07:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scotshonor.com\/?p=2452"},"modified":"2013-11-19T00:03:41","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T07:03:41","slug":"dark-before-dawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scotshonor.com\/?p=2452","title":{"rendered":"DARK BEFORE DAWN"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you visit London today you will probably notice the statute of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square.\u00a0\u00a0 He is widely regarded as the greatest Prime Minister in the history of Great Britain. \u00a0But during the 1930s, Winston Churchill was scorned by members of his own party.\u00a0 His warnings about Nazi Germany were ignored.\u00a0 The political establishment in his own party thought that Winston Churchill was a joke.\u00a0 They humored him only because he did have what they perceived to be a small but dedicated political following.<\/p>\n

Winston Churchill was loud, arrogant and stubborn.\u00a0 He often argue for his case long after it was clear that he had lost in the court of public opinion.\u00a0 No one in the cultured elite wanted him around.\u00a0 He simply never knew when to give up.\u00a0 He was on no one\u2019s short list for the next Prime Minister.<\/p>\n

But then things began to change.\u00a0 It became increasingly obvious that Winston Churchill had been right all along. \u00a0When Britain finally declared War on Germany, Churchill was appointed to the cabinet as First Lord of the Admiralty.\u00a0 Ultimately, the situation got so bad that in absolute desperation, the British parliament turned over power to the man they despised.<\/p>\n

Now, when we listen to a recording of Churchill speeches from the 1930s we are stunned by the eloquence and the insight.\u00a0 If only someone had listened, really listened to what he had to say.\u00a0 Perhaps at least some of the carnage of World War II could have been avoided. \u00a0\u00a0But, obviously, few people listened.\u00a0 Unfortunately, great leaders are seldom appreciated until the situation becomes more than desperate.<\/p>\n

When Abraham Lincoln was elected President his own cabinet was appalled.\u00a0 They believed he was totally unqualified for the job and they determined to lead the government in spite of him.\u00a0 History now shows that it was Lincoln who was manipulating them.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0The scorn and ridicule lasted long after his leadership had been well established.\u00a0 Just recently a Pennsylvania Newspaper published a retraction of their contemporary report on the Gettysburg Address.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/newsfeed.time.com\/2013\/11\/14\/pennsylvania-newspaper-retracts-bad-review-of-gettysburg-address-from-1863\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Here is what they wrote:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe pass over the silly remarks of the President. For the credit of the nation we are willing that the veil of oblivion shall be dropped over them and that they shall be no more repeated or thought of.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

<\/i><\/b>I must admit that this gives me no small amount of comfort.\u00a0 It is comforting to note that the editorial writers in 1863 were just as stupid and biased as the ones working at places like the Sacramento Bee or the San Francisco Chronicle today.\u00a0 \u00a0We may think that bias in the media is worse than ever, but history shows us it has always been this way.<\/p>\n

Things are very bad.\u00a0 They are going to get worse.\u00a0 ObamaCare is worse than you can imagine.\u00a0 The damage will be difficult to repair.\u00a0 Our foreign affairs are in shambles and our economy appears to be in permanent stagnation.\u00a0 We have a President who lies to the American people and then ignores the constitution.\u00a0 Many people wonder if our country will ever recover.\u00a0 It will.\u00a0 We have been in far worse shape than this.\u00a0 One could argue that it is a miracle this country even got started.\u00a0 In 1776 the Revolutionary War was not going well.\u00a0 The Continental Army had been driven out of New York and was retreating through New Jersey.\u00a0 Many of the troops were just deserting the cause and going home.\u00a0 Thomas Paine wrote \u201cThe Crisis\u201d with the following lines:<\/p>\n

These are the times that try men\u2019s souls.\u00a0 The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country, but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Great leaders do not happen by accident, they are always the result of great crisis.\u00a0 None of our greatest President governed during good times.\u00a0 Look around you.\u00a0 There is a new breed of leader that is ready, willing and able to take on the political establishment in both parties.\u00a0 Like every great leader, these people can expect vicious resistance by the political establishment.\u00a0\u00a0 They can expect nothing but scorn from the cultured elite and the main stream media.\u00a0 But all of us should remember the lesson of Winston Churchill and Abraham Lincoln.\u00a0 Great problems create great leaders.\u00a0 Sometimes, it really is darkest just before dawn.<\/p>\n

TDM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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