Our Nation's Senators Will Be Swearing an Oath
when they begin the impeachment trial. The thing about oaths is that they are only as valid as the intentions of the oath-speaker. All too often, oaths are not taken seriously by some people. They glibly utter the words, but don't listen to them nor truly understand them. We'll see a lot of that during the administration of the oath.
A person who does not consider a personal oath an actual responsibility to live up to its words is not an honorable person. There are many such sitting in Congress these days. So, when Mitch McConnell mouths the words of the oath that will be administered, remember his words spoken earlier, when he said he had already decided what will happen. Same with Lindsey Graham. The oath will be meaningless to them, and to many others as well. Indeed, some from both parties will merely mouth the words with no recognition of what they are saying, nor intention of honoring the oath.
That is not how it should be, but it is how it is, in fact.
For many people, an oath is nothing special. It's just words one must say before doing whatever he or he wants to do. We repeat many oaths, only to ignore them when following them is inconvenient for us. We swear an oath when we marry, but many ignore that oath when opportunity presents itself.
A person who does not honor the spirit of an oath he or she takes is a liar. Liars are in abundant supply in our government, sadly.
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