Apparently, there have been several recent national polls
taken that indicate critical mass may have been reached for the impeachment and
removal of the President of the United States. This, in and of itself, is no
small task and is not something to be taken lightly. If this is the case, then
a vote before the full House should be a no-brainer to officially kick off an impeachment
inquiry.
What we’ve been witness to instead, has been a series of
investigations by various committees (Judiciary, Intelligence, Oversight, and
Foreign Affairs) being conducted with the express purpose of stitching together
enough “evidence”, I would assume, to bring about a vote for Articles of
Impeachment. The majority in these committees gets to decide the rules of the
game, so to speak, which includes who they want to call as witnesses before the
committees, evidence to be admitted, conduct of the committee meetings, etc.
The minority on the other hand, has little to no say in what happens and is
along for the ride. Were there to be a vote to actually begin an inquiry, the minority
would have the same abilities and authorities that the majority currently
enjoys. Problem is, that vote would put a lot of Democrat legislators on record
as having voted for impeachment (even though it was only to begin an inquiry).
These same legislators ran on getting business done in DC and won their seats
in districts that the President carried in 2016, and that has a lot of them
very fearful about their chances for re-election.
Speaker Pelosi has been handed a conundrum of sorts,
courtesy of the more radical elements in her party. Either press on with an
attempt to impeach the President, satisfying the radicals, or play it safe and
not go down that road, in the hopes of preserving her majority in the House. Her
compromise (and not a very good one, at that) has been to commission the
aforementioned committees. The ability of the majority to control the messaging
coming out of these bodies, courtesy of well-placed leaks and an all too
compliant media, have helped steer the narrative and public opinion in a direction
more favorable to the Democrats.
For the President to get a fair shake, given all that has
occurred, his only recourse may be for this mess to wind up in front of the Senate
in a trial. At least there he’ll have the benefit of due process, a measure of
reliable judicial processes and other rights accorded to the accused in a
criminal proceeding (although this process is more political in nature). Since
these proceedings will be no doubt be made public, it’s here the hoax that has
been foisted on the American people will finally be laid bare. They will
finally see the veil of secrecy that has masked these House investigations pulled back, exposing corrupt intent, a complete lack of candor and transparency,
and an unwillingness to follow the rule of law.
Americans are a fair-minded people. They understand that
politics at times can be a rough and tumble game played by some unsavory
characters. What they cannot and will not accept though, are repeated attempts by
one side at railroading an individual for no reason other than the fact that
their candidate didn’t win the last election and that they don’t like the
bedside manner of the individual who did win. This sort of behavior is sure to
invoke the ire of an electorate that feels it has been lied to and used as a
political prop on multiple occasions. Speaker Pelosi would do well to remember
this, but I already think she does.
If I were to take the long view and offer up a plausible hypothesis
as to all that has transpired and what is yet to come, it would go something like
this: Mrs. Pelosi realizes that the only way to placate the bloodthirsty hordes
is to try and offer the President’s head on a silver platter via the
impeachment process. Knowing full well that “there’s no there there”, blowback is
sure to follow if there is a trial in the Senate. A trial that would lead to the eventual acquittal
of the President and potentially cost her party its Majority in the House. Even
if she managed to hold onto her majority, the aftermath would afford her and
Democrat leadership the opportunity to re-exert influence over the party, since
the more extreme elements would no longer have a leg to stand on. Once the dust
has settled, I see two clear winners coming out of this, Speaker Pelosi and the
President.
