"In this instance, Pelosi's normally acute political judgment is failing her.."

[cynara88]

172. Our voter power is also subject to attack

(Apologies in advance--I know I ramble, but I have no self-control ).
Our children's values are shaped in many different ways, but a big part of who they become is rooted in what they've seen modeled. We should be able to hold up any of our leaders as a good role-model. I was not a government teacher, but the two at our school were particularly gifted, so my students already knew something of their rights and responsibilities. They were also well-aware of my views about the importance of citizen participation. Thanks for the advice though.

I am simply finding it difficult to find a Dem (and that's the only party worth the search) who I believe will be able to beat trump or whatever dark-side candidate they present. Many of the voters who support d.t. feel powerless or talked down to. They thrive on our indecision and inertia, which they see--rightly or not--as weakness. It makes them feel powerful and draws them to the dark side. Many don't know how to analyze the facts and sources of their news (thank the other party for that). For those voters, it's easier and far more interesting to believe the "faux news fantasies", so they do.

Our founding fathers knew a lot about the evil lurking in the hearts of man, so they specified that Congress has the duty to investigate legitimately impeachable offenses. I may be going out on a limb here, but I don't recall any Congress having more offenses to investigate or more evidence available. If bad things are being done in our name, and they are, we have a responsibility to at least TRY to stop them. Congress is our only legitimate means to accomplish that. No need to wait for Mueller's testimony--his investigation didn't cover more than a small fraction of d.t.'s impeachable offenses, and each minute he's in power makes a huge difference.

You know, we don't even allow farm animals to be treated as badly as those poor immigrants, and no one will convince me that those traumatized children at the border can wait. Before you say it, I know the Senate is controlled by the other party, but they should all be forced to go on the record on the impeachment issue. Who knows? Once the public is made aware of the facts, some of that other party in the Senate may be smart enough that they no longer consider it helpful to support d.t. They've had lots of success living under the radar--they don't like their voters to see their true positions (remember how the republican candidates claimed to support health care for all in 2018?).

We need to at least try, because so many of the things being done by the trump admin. et. al. are time sensitive--I brought up the border to point out the time-sensitive nature of that problem--there are plenty of others--the possibility of losing a supreme court justice, world peace, growing violence and hatred, the environment, Russian election-tampering, and even our loved ones in the military being put at risk unnecessarily. Not all would be fixed by trump's removal, but much will get worse without it.

I truly do believe that by not voting, we work against the Dems. I will vote, of course, and of course for a Dem. I can't imagine it any other way. However, I am heartsick to realize that it won't matter much unless we fix certain of those time-sensitive problems (Russian interference, Citizens United, gerrymandering, and the multitude of methods the other party uses to inhibit Dem voters). I think d.t. has to go before the next elections if we are to have even a small possibility of a fair election, because he and his 'other party' co-conspirators are preventing the repairs and inventing more problems.

Congress holds the future of our democracy in its hands. It's time to get rid of the perpetrator-in-chief.