Oh wow...what a story. I got chills down my spine reading it. We have to end this before it's too late, if it already isn't. Bravo and well said as always!
John, you are a better man than I am - I could not bear to watch Voldemort's SOTU. Even watching the excerpts was hard. And, the Medal of Freedom for Limbaugh - to borrow a frequent phrase of Greta - "How Dare You!" is exactly how I feel about this.
The grave question the Constitution tasks senators to answer is whether the President committed an act so extreme and egregious that it rises to the level of a “high crime and misdemeanor.” Yes, he did. The President asked a foreign government to investigate his political rival. The President withheld vital military funds from that government to press it to do so. The President delayed funds for an American ally at war with Russian invaders. The President’s purpose was personal and political. Accordingly, the President is guilty of an appalling abuse of the public trust.
I was not familiar with the Faulkner story but I understanding its meaning. That said, I keep wondering if those of us who are trying to protect our democracy and the country's future will have the mental and emotional fortitude to withstand the hurricane of garbage from the oval office occupant.
What he said was outrageous, but was it really unexpected? Let's focus our minds, hearts, and souls on the task at hand aka willing the 2020 election instead of getting whipsawed, agitated, and thereby psychologically distorted over every line of bs out of his mouth. We're better and stronger than this - let's act like it!
As a HS English teacher, this is a brilliant analogy and kudos to whoever fostered your appreciation of Southern Gothic literature. Would love to see you match today's useful idiots & villains to O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find..."
Oh wow...what a story. I got chills down my spine reading it. We have to end this before it's too late, if it already isn't. Bravo and well said as always!
John, you are a better man than I am - I could not bear to watch Voldemort's SOTU. Even watching the excerpts was hard. And, the Medal of Freedom for Limbaugh - to borrow a frequent phrase of Greta - "How Dare You!" is exactly how I feel about this.
On the positive side, Romney has said that he will vote to convict. And, the core of his statement (once you remove the political niceties), is important for history and hopefully for the coming election: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/05/mitt-romney-impeachment-vote-speech-transcript-110849
Key excerpt:
The grave question the Constitution tasks senators to answer is whether the President committed an act so extreme and egregious that it rises to the level of a “high crime and misdemeanor.” Yes, he did. The President asked a foreign government to investigate his political rival. The President withheld vital military funds from that government to press it to do so. The President delayed funds for an American ally at war with Russian invaders. The President’s purpose was personal and political. Accordingly, the President is guilty of an appalling abuse of the public trust.
I was not familiar with the Faulkner story but I understanding its meaning. That said, I keep wondering if those of us who are trying to protect our democracy and the country's future will have the mental and emotional fortitude to withstand the hurricane of garbage from the oval office occupant.
What he said was outrageous, but was it really unexpected? Let's focus our minds, hearts, and souls on the task at hand aka willing the 2020 election instead of getting whipsawed, agitated, and thereby psychologically distorted over every line of bs out of his mouth. We're better and stronger than this - let's act like it!
As a HS English teacher, this is a brilliant analogy and kudos to whoever fostered your appreciation of Southern Gothic literature. Would love to see you match today's useful idiots & villains to O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find..."