I’ve followed the Senate
Impeachment Trial of IMPOTUS for the last two weeks. It’s been fascinating and
distressing, hope-generating and infuriating, all at once. I side with the
Democrats, but credit the Republicans for some of their arguments. It does seem
to me that the House might have done a more airtight job on their side, and
many of the procedural arguments that the IMPOTUS team puts forward might have
been avoided.
I’m disgusted by the hypocrisy of
the Republicans who, despite whatever omissions or mis-steps the House made, are
committed by their oaths of office to protect the constitution and the nation,
regardless of their vulnerabilities within their own electorates. The fact of
them shutting down any possibility of witnesses or documents was pathetic,
cowardly and unforgivable.
It’s clear that next week’s vote
will clear IMPOTUS, and according to form, he will trumpet that he was found
completely innocent, that he did nothing wrong, and will likely increase his
various forms of manipulation and intimidation, which served him so well in
compelling even Senators who aren’t facing re-election to toe his line.
But I have had a partial change of
heart, and the arguments or Ken Starr and Alan Dershowitz played a role in
this. I agree that, were Trump to be removed from office by Impeachment, the
divide between parties and between Left and Right would widen with each side
even more entrenched in their positions. It wouldn’t have surprised me if
uprisings had resulted. Only a substantial number of Republicans coming over might
have prevented that.
So despite my disappointment at
the way things played out, which amounts to a serious erosion of democratic
values, as damaged as they already are, I do believe that the BEST way to rid
ourselves of IMPOTUS will be by the ballot box. The only way out of this morass
will be for a convincing majority of voters to reject him come November. That’s
the only way to boot him without leaving his followers room to call foul and to
reject the legitimacy of the next government. When IMPOTUS loses, he will
surely cry foul anyway, as will those of his followers who buy into the Deep
State conspiracy. But after all the whining they’ve done for over three years,
about Democrats failing to accept the result of the last election, they won’t
have much of a leg to stand on when they fail to accept the result of this one.
Which means, WE MUST WIN COME
NOVEMBER! I’ve decided on BERNIE SANDERS as my candidate of choice, but I’ll
support whichever Democrat emerges from the primaries and caucuses, WHICH BEGIN
THIS WEEK! And I won’t just vote. I’ve been donating to Bernie’s campaign, and
I’ll probably make some calls, write some letters and other things. I urge
everyone to be an active participant in choosing the next President. Do whatever
you can, whoever you support.
Democracy is about active participation. Standing on the sideline and
crying afterward contributes NOTHING. I’m so tired of people who don’t vote and
say that voting doesn’t matter. It’s mattered so much in our history. We wouldn’t
have any of the rights and benefits we enjoy as citizens if the politicians who
fought for such measures couldn’t count on voters putting and keeping them in
office. If less than 10% more eligible voters had gone to the polls in 2016, we
wouldn’t be in the mess we’re in now. Because NON-voters prove to be overwhelmingly
Democratic, liberal and progressive.
It’s time to shut down the IMPOTUS
CIRCUS!!!
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