I don't necessarily blame Bush; it was apparently a scheme someone (ill-advisedly) came up with. And I'm all for as much transparency in government as possible, barring national security issues.
It’s doubtful that if the senate removes trump that every future president will face perpetual threats of impeachment. Let’s be honest here. Everyone with a pulse and a tv or internet connection knew that he was a turd of a human being completely lacking an ethical or moral compass before he won the election. Abundant news about his life full of moral and ethical failings were publicly available before people voted for him anyway. If we don’t want a future of serial impeachments perhaps the answer is not to lower our standards of expectation of presidential behavior and actions but instead, to select reasonably ethical people for such an important position.
While I don’t share your scatalogical fervor, I also hope to see Trump gone. But when I see an impeachment effort that essentially began on Inauguration Day, and the quest for some charge, any charge, to make, I can’t help but believe this to be a search for a crime to fit the punishment. I can’t help but wonder if this particular president is receiving a different treatment than another would in similar circumstances.
As long as thirty-four Senators vote to retain him, he will stay until the voters turn him out or his second term expires. That seems as certain as anything in politics. The Democrats are for the most part not stupid, and know this. This makes me think that this is all for show and spite rather than any more practical reason. I would hate to see that become a usual political tool. I suppose whether it does or not will depend on whether the voters punish them for it.
It's interesting that Dershowitz has such a fluid opinion about impeachment. I suppose if you pay a man enough money he'll say whatever he's paid to say.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/...to-impeach.cnn
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