Impeachment Fever

Seems impeachment is the topic of the day in Washington. The Democrats have taken the plunge and gone ahead with their plan that was hatched the day Donald Trump was inaugurated. It's sort of like when you go ahead with a bad idea, even though you know it is bad, because you've obsessed about it for so long you just can't let it go.

Sometimes I think it is just political terrorism on the part of the Left. Their goal is to simply disrupt things in Washington and around the country, pitting one group against another to breed hatred, resentment, suspicion and doubt about the future welfare of our county and the world in which we live. They figure if they create enough mayhem then voters will give in and elect them to power so at least things can calm down and return to normal.

So, lets compare this impeachment procedure to the two previous ones to see if we can establish some precedent for this one so that it can gain some legitimacy. In the case of President Nixon, there was a clear crime committed. The Republican party broke into the Democratic party headquarters at the Watergate Hotel, and President Nixon obstructed justice by trying to cover it up. He broke the law and thus there were grounds for impeachment.

In the case of President Clinton, he lied under oath about having sexual relations with a young intern in the White House. Thus, he was guilty of a crime and an act unbefitting of a President. He broke the law and defamed the White House, so there were grounds for impeachment.

In the case of President Trump, he is accused by the Democrats of extorting Ukrainian officials by threatening to withhold US Aid unless they launch an inquiry into the nefarious dealings of former Vice President Biden and his son with the government of Ukraine and a company the vice president's son worked for in the Ukraine.

This doesn't look good for the Bidens. First of all, Hunter Biden was being paid $50,000 per month for a job he clearly had no experience or training for. The vast majority of people would conclude that this must involve corruption, as there is no other logical explanation that comes to mind. And no other explanation has been offered by Joe Biden or his son to date. All we hear from the mainstream media is that the claims of corruption have no merit. But without an explanation as to why they have no merit, one must conclude that they are wrong.

So, if we draw the inference that there was corruption involved, then there should be no objection to President Trump requesting that Ukrainian officials look into the matter. Furthermore, it would not be objectionable in my mind for him to threaten to withhold AID, since identifying corruption in countries we furnish aid to would seem to be within the purview of our President.

But of course, President Trump asserts that there was no threat to withhold AID, and the transcript of his conversation on the subject supports his assertion. Furthermore, the president of the Ukraine is on the record as stating that there was no threat made.

So, you don't have a crime against President Trump, but you may very well have one against the former vice president. And there is a pattern here.

In the first attempt to gather evidence to impeach Trump, the Democrats asserted that he colluded with the Russians to steal the election from Hillary Clinton. But when the facts are fully disclosed, it will more likely be shown that the Democrats were actually the ones trying to steal the election by colluding with the Russians to create false evidence that resulted in an investigation by our own FBI against then candidate Trump.

So what we have is the Democrats knee deep in political mud, while at the same time accusing the Trump administration to be ones that are corrupt and unfit for office.

Personally, I think it would be best for the voters to decide which side they choose to support. We are less than two years away from the next presidential election. Why can't both sides simply stop their hostilities against each other, go back to work on the legislation they were elected to work on, and let the American people decide who they want their next president to be?