If you, like me, have lived through, now, three impeachment episodes, please weigh in. [View all]

[Stinky The Clown]

I am talking about Nixon, Clinton, and now Trump. Yes, I know, only one was impeached. No matter, "impeachment" was in the air and on people's tongues, hence term "impeachment episodes."

I remember the Nixon episode as serious and, when it mattered, bipartisan after things started to build. While I couldn't watch the hearings live, the evening news summaries and highlights were compelling. I recall, as a recently discharge Navy sailor, being proud to be American as the country acted like grownups - finally.

I recall the Clinton episode even better. That one caused me to become more polarized. Televised as it was, and me in circumstances where I could watch much of it, it has become a series of sound bytes and video clips. A blowjob. Ken Star with his hand always in his pocket, moving around as it should not. Blue Dress. "I am you." ". . . in a very UUNNprofessional manner."

And now. Whether the technically true or not, one word overrides: Criminal. This one still has a long way to go.

Share your thoughts and recollections.