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The simple, vulgar truth of this impeachment. |
Sometimes the truth can be simple.
Sometimes the truth can be vulgar.
Sometimes the truth can be simple and vulgar.
But the truth is always the truth.
I owe the inspiration for the graphic above to my friend (and retired Plainfield Police Captain) Siddeeq el-Amin, who posted a version on Facebook recently. (I have made one small correction.)
Vulgar as it is, it is important for everyone to grasp that this underscores an essential truth about the current impeachment investigation.
The Republicans are claiming that President Donald Trump is a victim.
Please bear in mind that the ongoing investigation is focused on conduct involving the national interests of the United States, an attempt to extort a foreign power to provide dirt on a political opponent of the President, and obstructing Congress' investigation into these matters.
Whatever else develops, we should keep in mind that these are the people who impeached President Bill Clinton over lying about a sexual peccadillo in a civil trial and encouraging another to lie (obstruction of justice). No national interest. No extorting foreign countries. No involvement of cabinet members or other high officials.
Keep that in mind through all the blizzard of words supporters of Trump will throw up.
If you are interested in reading up on impeachment, here are two small but excellent books --
IMPEACHMENT: AN AMERICAN HISTORY
Four authors outline the Constitutional debate on impeachment by the founders; the impeachment of Andrew Johnson (Lincoln's VP and successor); the impeachment of Richard Nixon; the impeachment of Bill Clinton; and a section on Donald Trump. Note the book was published in 2018, before impeachment became a real issue for Trump. I found a bargain copy (new but sold as used) at Amazon here.IMPEACHMENT: A CITIZEN'S GUIDE
Published in 2017, Cass Sunstein approaches the topic as a handbook for citizens interested in understanding the process, several misconceptions that he corrects, and various scenarios that explain why some cases are easy and some hard. Through it all, he works to dispel fog about this crucial tool in the Constitutional toolkit. I found it on Amazon here.
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