Most Americans have noticed that the President of the United States has been impeach by the House of Representatives. For many, it has been a big yawn. It shouldn’t be.
The Democrats have been trying and trying to nullify the last election by any means possible for nearly three years. The Mueller investigation was the first big attempt at a purge. The Mueller report, authored by nineteen Hillary Clinton supporters could not come up with any indictable wrongdoing by President Trump. With that failure in mind, the Democrats made another attempt. This time the effort was led by Rep. Al Greene (D-TX) who managed to gain a whopping 58 Democrats to support his effort at impeachment. The rest of the House of Representatives, all 356 Republicans and Democrats opposed that effort. Representative Greene stated his reason for launching the effort was that the president would be reelected if they didn’t succeed. They didn’t. Democracy has not been the long-suit of the Democrats for a long time. Slavery was the peak of their historical performance.
Now the Democrats have put together a new effort. The latest attack has bee nearly totally along partisan grounds with all but two Democrats voting for impeachment and all Republicans opposing it.
| ABUSE OF POWER | OBSTRUCTION OF CONGRESS | |
| DEMOCRATS | 230 | 229 |
| REPUBLICANS | 197 | 198 |
One Democrat, Jeff Van Drew, switched parties to Republican, rather than remain with the Democrats. Rep Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) voted present, and a third Democrat split the vote between the two charges.
The largely partisan vote shows the desperation as well as the uncertainty felt by Democrats as a presidential election looms over them in less than a year. There nervousness arises out of the recognition that their current crop of candidates is flawed and points to a loss against President Trump November 3, 2020. They know that a host of candidates who believe in open borders, fantastic spending plans, and inflated ideas of the power of government, opens the door to failure next November.
In impeaching the President, the Democrats have now mangled the Constitution so badly it is hardly recognizable. There are two Articles of Impeachment released by the Democrats. The one pertaining to the Biden’s is abuse of power. Joe Biden famously told an audience that he had gotten a Ukrainian prosecutor fired by withholding aid authorized by Congress. The prosecutor was investigating a Ukrainian gas company, Burisma, one of whose directors was Hunter Biden, Vice President Biden’s son. The charges against President Trump are based on a phone call to the President of Ukraine in which President Trump asked for a favor by looking into the matter. The President pointed to the unethical, if not illegal, act by which Hunter traded on his father’s name in order to receive an impressive salary which may have been as $83,000 per month for three years. Joe Biden is currently running for President in Democrat primaries which may lead to his running against President Trump. The President should be given some slack in this case as being a rookie president he did not realize that you are not allowed to expose and investigate the unethical behavior of a Democrat running for president. Never mind the treaty of cooperation between the United States and Ukraine which provides for such an exchange of information for the purpose of rooting out corrupt and illegal acts. In the view of Democrats, Joe Biden enjoys immunity from prosecution or scrutiny because he is a Democrat. There is no evidence that Republicans enjoy such immunity. As a rare example of consistency, Democrats believe Hillary Clinton is exempt from such scrutiny also with regard to her illegal use of a private server. Five server technicians were given immunity from prosecution after they were interviewed by the friendly FBI. Nothing there to see! But don’t look, just the same, the Democrats have said, just close your eyes because we are the friendly FBI. As an untouchable elite Democrat, Hillary was briefly questioned and let go to continue running for President.
Hunter Biden has admitted that he got the job at Burisma because he was Joe’s son. Joe’s famous brag that he used one billion dollars in US aid to leverage the firing of a Ukrainian prosecutor looking into Burisma doesn’t count because the Democrat own a special exemption. Rookie presidents like Donald Trump don’t know the rules about putting high-ranking Democrats behind bars. It’s not allowed.
The second charge against President Trump is obstruction of Congress. The alleged abuse of power arose out of the President’s opposition to the Democrats effort to take away his job without an election. Again, let’s give the first-time politician a break here. How was he to know that he was supposed to act powerless, give the Democrats documents belonging to the Executive Branch, and admit his guilt on the spot. We should not really believe in the Separation of Powers doctrine in the Constitution because it was written by old white guys. Again, a rookie presidential mistake.
One thing the Democrats deserve credit for is their futuristic view of America. Once Socialism rules the land, it will fail and degenerate into dictatorship as it attempts to keep power. Remember, Democrats are thinking ahead. Nullifying the Constitution is merely a phase necessary before we achieve equality in poverty. Separation of Powers, the right to face your accuser, the ability to call witnesses in your favor, the right to cross examine opposing testimony, and the right to remain silent, should not impede historically determined progress.
The Democrats have made only one mistake. Abuse of power and obstruction of Congress have been laid powerfully in front of America, but Democrats left out the third Article of Impeachment—anti-Soviet Activities. At least in similar past judicial examples, that charge was also used.