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Politics, tribalism & impeachment.....
Dec. 5th, 2019 11:14 amI remain both dumbfounded and incredulous. I am not at all surprised that we are moving to an impeachment of the president. What does still astound me is that there is such a wide gulf in acceptance of the president’s overt corruption, which breaks along strict political lines.
With organizations that masquerade as news in this country (Breitbart/Fox News/Sinclair), it really is a case where the public has to decide between “alternative facts” as presented by public media.
I can except that individuals may have their own perspective which will color their own judgment as to the truth, but those biases are poisoning this country. In evidence I point to what happened in Speaker of the house,Nancy Pelosi’s press conference this morning, where as she was exiting the room, she was asked by a journalist if she hated the president. That shouted question stopped her in her tracks & brought her back to the mic where she excoriated that man journalist saying, “that as a good Catholic, she prays daily for the president, with love in her heart.“ That journalist was from Sinclair broadcast, an organization that by my assessment stands to the right of Fox News and perhaps even Breitbart.
“Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.” (Senator Daniel Patrick Moynahan), comes to mind. That Trump attempted to extort The president of the Ukraine into giving him a political advantage over a rival is patently obvious. He publicly asked for Russia to interfere in the 2016 election on national TV &He has already requested publicly that China start an investigation on the Bidens. If that isn’t an abuse of power and his office, I cannot imagine what it is. Not that Fox News/Sinclair broadcast/Breitbart want us to see it that way. Hence, the need for questions publicly like “does Nancy Pelosi hate the president“.
An aside, I just found out an interesting fact; anybody care to guess who the first two members of Congress were to endorse Donald Trump and his run for the White House in 2016? Answer: Representative Chris Collins of New York and Duncan Hunter of California. If those names are familiar then you’ve probably been paying attention to the news representative Collins was convicted of insider trading, has been removed from his house seat and is going to jail. Duncan Hunter recently pled guilty to using campaign funds to pay for personal household expenses, is resigning from Congress and is awaiting sentencing along with his wife, who has also pled guilty. Corrupt recognizes corrupt.
I will admit to schadenfreude. I am grateful to see both Collins and Hunter out of Congress. They were cancers on this political body. I will be even more grateful to see the malignancy-in-chief out of power, though I have a little hope impeachment will remove him. Impeachment is a necessity as a check on presidential malfeasance, even though it is likely to fail in his removal, given tribal politics that put party before country. For the sake of the safety of this country and this world, next November he must NOT be returned to office for another term.
With organizations that masquerade as news in this country (Breitbart/Fox News/Sinclair), it really is a case where the public has to decide between “alternative facts” as presented by public media.
I can except that individuals may have their own perspective which will color their own judgment as to the truth, but those biases are poisoning this country. In evidence I point to what happened in Speaker of the house,Nancy Pelosi’s press conference this morning, where as she was exiting the room, she was asked by a journalist if she hated the president. That shouted question stopped her in her tracks & brought her back to the mic where she excoriated that man journalist saying, “that as a good Catholic, she prays daily for the president, with love in her heart.“ That journalist was from Sinclair broadcast, an organization that by my assessment stands to the right of Fox News and perhaps even Breitbart.
“Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.” (Senator Daniel Patrick Moynahan), comes to mind. That Trump attempted to extort The president of the Ukraine into giving him a political advantage over a rival is patently obvious. He publicly asked for Russia to interfere in the 2016 election on national TV &He has already requested publicly that China start an investigation on the Bidens. If that isn’t an abuse of power and his office, I cannot imagine what it is. Not that Fox News/Sinclair broadcast/Breitbart want us to see it that way. Hence, the need for questions publicly like “does Nancy Pelosi hate the president“.
An aside, I just found out an interesting fact; anybody care to guess who the first two members of Congress were to endorse Donald Trump and his run for the White House in 2016? Answer: Representative Chris Collins of New York and Duncan Hunter of California. If those names are familiar then you’ve probably been paying attention to the news representative Collins was convicted of insider trading, has been removed from his house seat and is going to jail. Duncan Hunter recently pled guilty to using campaign funds to pay for personal household expenses, is resigning from Congress and is awaiting sentencing along with his wife, who has also pled guilty. Corrupt recognizes corrupt.
I will admit to schadenfreude. I am grateful to see both Collins and Hunter out of Congress. They were cancers on this political body. I will be even more grateful to see the malignancy-in-chief out of power, though I have a little hope impeachment will remove him. Impeachment is a necessity as a check on presidential malfeasance, even though it is likely to fail in his removal, given tribal politics that put party before country. For the sake of the safety of this country and this world, next November he must NOT be returned to office for another term.
