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Showing Original Post only (View all)PLEASE TAKE HEART. [View all]
This week, like some other people, I had briefly allowed myself to be swept into the possibility that some miracle witness would appear who would allow -- first, a stream of other witnesses -- and then a 2/3 vote for removal.
But, really, I should have been prepared for this. I knew this two months ago, when we started along this path. Half the Republicans were not going to vote for removal. It was a vain hope to think that people stupid or selfish enough to be Trumpers were suddenly going to see the light.
Removal wasn't really the point of this impeachment exercise. That's why Nancy was so strategic in deciding whether or if to impeach. So what was the point? It was to force the entire Senate to choose sides. It was to lash R Senators to Trump's sinking ship, and to force them to go down, too. Between now and November, every new scandal will remind the public that these R's had a chance to spare the country all of this. And did not.
So the focus of the battle turns to November. But not just to the Presidential race; to the House and the Senate. This year we do have a chance of winning enough votes in the Senate to oust Mitch McConnell -- unless we do something short-sighted like fail to support a Democrat like Joe Manchin or Doug Jones because they aren't good enough progressives. As far as I'm concerned, anyone with a D by his or her name is good enough, because every one of them will contribute to a Senate majority -- which would give us control of every single Senate committee, and every court nomination.
In the worst case Presidential scenario -- that Trump is re-elected -- the House could impeach him again, on whatever charges were strong enough at the time. And with the help of a Democratically-controlled Senate, no witnesses could be barred from the trial. No evidence could be banned.
THEY WANT US DISPIRITED. THEY WANT US TO LOSE HOPE.
THEY WANT US TO CONCEDE BEFORE WE'VE EVEN STARTED.
LET'S NOT GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANT.
KEEP UP THE GOOD FIGHT,
FOR OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN,
WHO DIDN'T MAKE THIS HAPPEN BUT WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT.
WE, AND OUR DEMOCRACY, ARE WORTH IT.