here<\/a>:\u00a0 ) and is a short read, perhaps 2,000 words. It\u2019s simple, clear, straightforward, and based on an absolute mountain of damning evidence.<\/p>\nThe Democrats could have filed dozens of discrete charges against this most corrupt of all presidents, and in a court of law, have most of them stick. But this isn\u2019t going to a court of law. It\u2019s going to the House, where a vote along party lines is pretty much inevitable. Most of the Republicans will vote against it simply out of blind party loyalty. Some have an active hatred of a free and open United States, and want a fascistic dystopia in which they can maintain power and a life of ease forever. So yeah, party-line vote.<\/p>\n
And it\u2019s going to happen fast. Before the Christmas break, apparently. (If you had asked me last week, I would have said such votes would take place in the House in February or even March).<\/p>\n
House debate begins tonight, and despite the best efforts of Jordan and Nunes and that lot, it will address those two simple and salient charges. Did Trump abuse the powers of his office for his own personal gain? There are hundreds of instances the Democrats can point to, and they need only make a convincing case for ONE of them. Most likely it will be the efforts to smear the Bidens through Ukraine. Just to clear things up, offering a bribe is just as criminal as accepting one, and offering a bribe through withholding monies mandated to be paid by law in order to secure a favor for a personal benefit is a clear case of bribery\u2014and abuse of power. Just the clip of Mulvaney saying \u201cdeal with it\u201d would make it an open-and-shut case in a court of law.<\/p>\n
Obstruction of Justice is even easier. Trump publicly declared he would order his entire White House staff and dozens of people not even on his staff to ignore all Congressional subpoenas. Open and shut.<\/p>\n
But it\u2019s not a court of law; it\u2019s Congress, one of the most lawless places there is. The intent here isn\u2019t to appeal to the noble brows of solons preoccupied only with the sanctity of the Law. Most of \u2018em ain\u2019t got none of that.<\/p>\n
Basically, it\u2019s to point out the cowards, the corrupt, the criminals, and yes, the traitors. If America survives this and gets rid of Trump, then in the next election if your congressional voted in the face of all evidence to not support the charges, make sure your district is plastered with posters and leaflets pointing out that vote to people. Don\u2019t be afraid to use colorful language; the Republican didn\u2019t have a lapse in judgment, and it wasn\u2019t just a difference of opinion on policy; he or she voted to trash America and all it stands for for the sake of a vicious and possibly deranged sociopath intent on dictatorship.<\/p>\n
The vote might occur next week. It will pass. Then it\u2019s on to the Republican-held Senate and Moscow Mitch. Moscow Mitch doesn\u2019t like being called that, but he came by it dishonestly enough in his dealings with some of Putin\u2019s henchmen, and his blind support of Trump.<\/p>\n
There, it will take on something resembling a court trial, with the presiding figure being the Chief Justice, John Roberts. Whatever his personal opinions might be, Roberts is going to glance at the hundreds of cameras covering the proceedings, and the tens of millions of people who will be watching closely, and he will know that credibility\u2014not only for himself, but for both the Senate and the Supreme Court\u2014ride on the fairness and impartiality he brings to the proceedings.<\/p>\n
That leaves the rest of the Republicans. Just about every pundit in the county is assuring us these guys will never vote to impeach a Republican president, and the track record of those senators, who cheerfully put party ahead of country, seems to support it.<\/p>\n
But I\u2019m going to go out on a branch here, and say that if the Democrats sell the notions that Trump abused his power and obstructed justice (and even by Democratic standards, it would take monumental amounts of ineptness to fail to manage that) then a lot of Republicans are going to be facing a deeply hostile electorate who will view them as scofflaws, betrayers, even criminals in their own right, obstructing justice to protect a criminal president.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s about 10 Republicans who will support Trump no matter what. There\u2019s a few that might vote to convict. The remaining 35 or 40 may be up for grabs, and if the Democrats make no mistakes and keep it a simple thing, may feel that they must vote to convict, if only to save their own asses.<\/p>\n
Things are moving fast now. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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