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Impeachment Circus

After several excruciating hours of watching this “so called impeachment”, and I use the term in this manor because it is the best way to describe it; it is clear that The House of Representatives failed to follow the legal avenues given to them to take this action against The President. This Impeachment is illegitimate.

 The Congress failed to make resolutions by a vote to assign any one or more committees the authority to issue subpoenas in an attempt to resolve the dispute between The Executive and Legislative branches. Secondly, the Congress failed to bring those witnesses to bear through the courts (if they had properly authorized the subpoenas) from The Executive branch.

This whole process, if done properly, may have been enough to remove The President from office if two thirds of the senate could be convinced. Unfortunately, however, in Nancy Pelosi’s deluded mind she thought that all that legal mumbo jumbo was beneath her. This impeachment is no different than a false arrest where a suspect was not given their Miranda Warning. In all cases of the law procedure matters. This procedure is invalid, and on those grounds alone should be moved for immediate dismissal.

No court in the United States allows the prosecutor (District Attorney) to proceed with any case, unless they have followed proper procedure: In the arrest, the treatment, and the incarceration of any defendant. The President may not be “above the law” as The Democrats have so persistently argued, but neither is The President exempt from being afforded the procedural process that would come to any other defendant or accused. In this case The Senate has become, temporarily “the highest court in the land” with The Chief Justice of The Supreme Court presiding over its proceedings.

 If this case lacks even the most minor flaw in the procedure of the case brought before this court, it must reject it in its entirety, regardless of the severity of the crimes alleged. Even murderers are set free if the arrest procedures were not followed. What is really surprising is that the prosecutors, in this case, every Democrat in Congress, all are attorneys and are well aware of the rights of any accused person. If I were Chief Justice John Roberts I would be outraged that these prosecutors would dare to insult my intelligence by bringing this flawed case before me, and thinking that I would give it five minutes of my time before throwing it out of my courtroom on its merits alone.

If The Democrats want to remove this president, then they need to start all over. That means bringing the accusation before committee, voting on resolutions to validate the subpoena process, allowing testimony from all relevant witnesses, going through The Judicial to allow for witnesses that The President has afforded Executive Privilege to be given the opportunity to testify, rewrite The Articles, hold another vote to move forward etc… etc… etc… Then and only then can this hold the credentials to be reviewed by what is at this moment in time, the “highest court in the land”.

Senate Circus

The Senate impeachment circus is a culmination of what began in Congress as apparently the latest, and hopefully, the last of the many failed attempts by the Democratic Party to oust President Trump from office.

 As a whole host of guesses as to what the Democrats could hang their hats on of what this president could be charged with, it seems that the best they can come up with is “Abuse of Power”. This innocuous term can be used to cover a lot of ground. In this case, however, the supposition is that President Trump improperly used his office to get “dirt” on his political rival.

The rival they refer to is the former Vice President, Joe Biden, who has now thrown his “hat into the ring” to try to win the Democratic nomination to run for president in the upcoming 2020 election, along with about a dozen other folks. The problem that The Democrats have in making up these accusations is that Joe Biden is no more of a political rival than I am. Unless and until, the nomination for the candidacy for the office that Biden is seeking run for is secured, he is of no threat to The President. In other words no rivalry exists between them. So, regardless of what The President sought or didn’t seek at the time, it is of no consequence, no political fallout came to Biden, other than that of his own admission, and certainly, it would not be a criminal act even if there was, nor would it rise to the level of an impeachable act. No harm, no foul.

The “I” Word -Part 2

Let’s face it folks. President Trump’s communication as far as Twitter and even publicly at times, can be downright offensive. He comes across as a bully, is arrogant as hell, and even sometimes insensitive.

The problem most people seem not to understand though is that none of us, regardless of party affiliation have to be his friend. Apparently these negative personal attributes are not affecting his job performance. Isn’t that what’s important when it comes right down to it?

The U.S. has the hottest economy on the globe. His economic policies are spot on. Impeaching this president would literally be like shooting oneself in the foot. One doesn’t smash their G.P.S. when one is hopelessly lost. A person doesn’t fold in a high stakes poker game with a straight flush, because he hates the person he is playing against.

Who gives a crap about The President’s personality? Do you know anyone that is having regular social interactions with him? I don’t care if he cusses like a sailor, farts like a pig, spits at people in public, drinks like a fish, or even makes lewd comments to women. I don’t even care if there is a quid-pro-quo as long as it is in our country’s best interest. It’s called a treaty or agreement in polite terms.

Is he making our country and its citizens safe and prosperous? Those are the questions we should be asking, not searching for the most inappropriate thing he has done or said. Remember, the Democrats and Republicans dug deep into Trump’s and Hillary Clinton’s personal and professional lives before the election. The body count for Hillary was 4 dead in Benghazi and Donald Trump’s dead body count ZERO.

Rule Changed?

Someone in The Intelligence Agency had to authorize the rule change that allowed this whistleblower complaint to move forward. There must be a paper trail with one or more signatures; otherwise the rule change essentially is not a rule change.

 This person or persons should immediately have their security clearance revoked, with disciplinary action to follow. A serious crime has been committed. This is a planned attempt to try to have the President impeached, in other words, treason. Whoever is responsible for this “set up” should appropriately be charged with treason or espionage. I know, the government has an extremely poor track record of policing itself, but this shouldn’t be that hard to nail down, even for them.

The so called “whistleblower” should also be charged with similar charges if found to be involved in the scheme. If those involved are found not guilty, then so be it. Since this obviously was a set up, then all the evidence gathered, including the phone call transcript, should be held for use at the trial or trials of those implicated in the crimes. All the accusations that are related to the impeachment in The Congressional hearings should then be postponed, on that basis, until the initial charges of the individuals is resolved. 

The trial outcomes then become the evidence for or against impeachment, rather than the speculation of the intent of a phone call, based on the interpretation of the transcript of that call. If the individuals involved are found not guilty, then there may be more solid grounds for an impeachment. This is the appropriate process, not the trial by public opinion, as Adam Schiff, Jerry Nadler, and all the other angry Democrats would prefer.

We have a system of laws and procedures, and they don’t include public circus acts in politically bias theatre, such as these Congressional Committees that are run by the afore-mentioned angry Democrats. Let’s not forget, The Congressional Committees can’t charge anyone with a crime, arrest anyone, or try or convict anyone for anything. They can only make recommendations to The Inspector General.

Supreme Court New Appointee

Once again, the Democrats are trying to extinguish the flames, as their hair has spontaneously combusted over the inevitable appointment of another Supreme Court Justice by President Trump, because of the retiring Anthony Kennedy.

As boasted by Senate Democrats, they would rather obstruct the nomination, than allow the wheels of the judicial system to turn freely. Obstruction of the President’s agenda is more important than the rule of law in this country. Let’s not forget that President Obama also appointed two Supreme Court Justices, Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan. These Democrats that insist on obstruction, simply for obstruction sake are doing a huge disservice to this country, and need to either face censure or impeachment.

 Even more disturbing, is the treasonous actions of Maxine Waters to engage in a public request of American citizens to commit the unlawful act of harassment of public officials, simply because the are on opposite sides of the political aisle. Waters, a devout racist in my opinion, has been the loudest voice to accuse the president of crimes not yet defined, and the first to call for impeachment.

I think she and all those in Congress that support the theory that the president is guilty until proven innocent, should be the first for consideration of impeachment, and actually, Waters should be arrested for her actions. If she and others in the Liberal wing of the Democratic party had it their way, and we were under a Socialist government; Waters would be arrested for subversion, and most likely never see the light of day again.