Cruel Irony

See, here’s the thing about the impeachment of President Trump.  If  Democrats are hinging their whole case on Trump’s “quid pro quo” or “bribery” or whatever in his dealings on that famous phone call with Ukraine President Zelensky, they’re on shaky ground.  All sorts of “experts” have testified, and opinions (about the only thing they can testify to) vary wildly on whether the call was appropriate or not.  Yes it was; no it wasn’t.

Throughout history, U.S. presidents have engaged in these “quid pro quo” deals all the time.  If foreign nations want something from us (usually arms or money) then it would be silly for us to just give those things with no conditions.  And in fact, there are always conditions…strings, if you will – as there should be!  So Trump’s “quid pro quo” was nothing unusual or out of the ordinary.  We’ll give you this military aid…IF…you investigate corruption surrounding Ukraine’s possible involvement the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

Where it became an impeachable offense, Democrats claim, is when Trump asked President Zelensky to investigate Joe Biden.  The charge is that such an investigation would provide a thing of personal value to Trump in the upcoming 2020 election, and thereby violates the Emoluments Clause of the U.S. Constitution.  Or…wait, hold on…by withholding the military aid, Trump was bribing Zelensky to investigate Joe Biden.

Uhhh…okay.  That’s weak, but I can see the argument.  Is it, by itself, enough to warrant impeachment?  Trump-haters say, “Yes, of course!”  

The rest of us (e.g. the non-Trump-haters) shrug and go, ”That all you got?”  Because like I said, it’s weak sauce.  Democrats are beginning to understand this, and are desperately clawing and grasping to find something that is genuinely impeachable, not just legally but also in the eyes of the American public.  According to recent news reports, even Democrats are becoming wary of all this impeachment drama.

President Trump may be the most lying, most vile, most egotistical, most duplicitous, crookedest, stupidest, most underhanded, most racist, biggest piece of shit president this country has ever seen.  Unfortunately, the best way of removing him from office is by getting someone else elected next time.  

Impeaching Trump will not get him removed from office and will not prevent him from running again in 2020.  And as “bad” a president as he may be (according to democrats), he will handily defeat whoever from the current cast of boobs the DNC chooses to run against him (unless Hillary or Michelle Obama decide to enter the race - then we could have a contest!).

Consider Nancy Pelosi.  She may be many things, but she is not politically inept.  She is one very smart politician.  When she first announced that the House would formally institute an impeachment inquiry against President Trump, you could tell by her facial expression and overall demeanor that her heart was not in it.  She knew that they were about three years too late.  She was saying the right words, but the fire and anger behind them were simply not there.  But she probably did not have a choice.  

Pelosi surely understands that the impeachment saga is losing steam.  The hoped-for uprising of public anger at and vilification of Donald Trump simply did not happen, especially among his base.  If anything, support for the president has become stronger.  And so if the Democrats push ahead with impeachment, Nancy Pelosi might just be the one held responsible for getting Trump reelected.  Talk about cruel irony!