In the midst of
our current Impeachment drama, we are facing numerous examples of hypocrisy on
the part of the GOP. Their cries of
‘fowl play’ are amazing for the blatancy and transparency of their lying about
the truth of the House process of inquiry regarding Trump’s behavior. There is
also a thickly coated hypocrisy as the GOP criticize the Democrats for the very
things that they did as they attacked Hillary Clinton with conspiracy theories
regarding her email and Bengasi, that were proven to be baseless.
The GOP’s first
lie is to say that the closed hearings are excluding the GOP’s involvement in
the proceedings. That is patently not true.
Members of the he GOP are present in those meetings and have equal
assess to listen and question those who are being examined by the various committees.
A second lie is
that there will be no public hearings provided, for the public to have access
to what is being said in private. To
begin with, the transcripts of what has been shared have been made known to the
media and public. And, there are
scheduled public hearings being arranged so that the public
will have the opportunity to hear from informants what is being said about
Trump’s behavior that is serving as grounds for his Impeachment.
The third lie is
that Trump is being railroaded in secret, behind closed doors, in the same
fashion as people are treated in Russian interrogation sessions. Does the GOP
really think that all 108 thousand people who didn’t vote in the last
Presidential Election added to Clinton’s nearly 66 thousand voters are really that stupid? And, it needs to be
added that Trump’s ‘I am always the victim’ shtick is getting very old and
predictable. Anyone with a modicum self reflection would wonder why it is that
there are people don’t like me? Could it be you words and/or actions that turn
people off?
Then, you have the
sophomoric arguments by the GOP regarding whether or not Trump has done
anything wrong. And if he did do
something wrong and is guilty of violating the Constitution, does what he did
raise to the level of seriousness as to lead to his removal from office? Anyone
who has read the facts of the matter, if they are true, can only conclude that
his withholding of House appropriated funds for Ukraine’s defense against
Russian attacks, unless Trump gained ‘dirt’ on Biden, his potential foe in the
2020 Presidential campaign, is a crime against the Constitution. Simply put,
Trump committed bribery, which is an impeachable offense. His many other
examples of obstruction of justice individually or collectively would be
grounds for Impeachment on their own.
And, the final
insult to the American people by the GOP, is to perpetuate lies in
their defense of Trump. They do this by misstating the truth, answering a
question with a question, ‘what abouting,’
all over the place, talking over the person who is doing the questioning in
interviews, obviously sticking to ‘talking points’ regardless of the questions
being asked of them. What is at stake in this matter is whether the House and
Senate are going to defend their Constitutional Duty in addressing Trump’s
behavior, and in up holding the basic Constitutional reality of ‘separation of
powers.’ Or, are they going to play the politics of self-serving survival.
Being leaders in a
democracy is not child’s play. It
requires adults addressing adult issues that arise in order for our very
political, governmental, public service and defense institutions to be
maintained and improved upon. Our very survival as the United States requires
thoughtful, honest adult responses to those who want to destroy our very way of
life.
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