Hi, guys. Happy "Republicans are saving Trump and ignoring the Constitution" Day! Also, someone on the radio said it was "Squirrel Appreciation Day." Not relevant, of course. But a good excuse as to why the Senate has gone nutty on us.
Anyway, bad jokes aside, I actually have watched the impeachment proceedings today. And like so many of you, I know that the Republicans will do everything possible to save Trump, including doing a mock trial.
But don't be discouraged. Rather, rejoice! Because it is all part of the plan.
I know some may think I am being naïve, but I truly believe that this is not an exercise in futility. Pelosi resisted impeachment attempts until after the Ukraine scandal came out. She knew what the set-up in the Senate was, and she knew that there was zero chance of convicting Trump. Yet I firmly believe that this impeachment trial is nothing more than a trap for Republicans. Seriously, Pelosi is an insider in Washington circles. She has information that we don't. If she wanted to, she would set events in motion to release the information and confront Trump with it.
So, why hasn't she done it?
Because she doesn't just want to take down Trump. She is planning McConnell's demise too.
Ask any die-hard Democrat, and they will tell you that they despise McConnell for using the Senate rules for his pleasure, whether it is to keep hundreds of bills in legislation purgatory or cheating Obama of a Supreme Court seat. Pelosi knows this, and is waiting until after the trial to release the damaging information. That way, the American people know that the Republicans will do nothing, and their votes to acquit Trump are already on record. The Republican party looks corrupt beyond imagining, and the independent voters and moderate Republicans will flock to the Democratic Senate candidates.
Long story short, Pelosi is trying to create a scandal by having the Republicans go through their fake trial, then wait for just the right moment to release more damaging information. Something so catastrophic that it would upend Trump's support. And because the Republicans have already shown themselves to be Trump's flunkies, they will pay the price, and a blue flood will sweep clean the corruption they left behind.
The question is what the evidence is. Evidence showing that Putin is making payments to Trump? A secret tape where Trump admits that the Biden investigation is bogus but he needs it to be re-elected? Tax records that show that Trump is, at best, not rich and, at worst, corrupt? Maybe even women that come forward and say that Trump forced them to have abortions? (I think something like this would be potentially fatal to Trump with regards to the evangelicals. The evangelicals cannot fall back to their usual excuses of how Trump is God's chosen warrior if it is proven he paid for abortions.)
Final thought: I noticed that several people on this site predicted that Trump would resign due to health problems. But are we sure that it is a health issue? For some reason, I don't see Trump staying silent, even if he did resign. So if he stayed silent, it would be because (1) he is physically unable to respond, like if he had a stroke, or (2) perhaps one of Trump's many enemies gave him something that physically incapacitated him (Putin comes to mind.) I don't know why, but I think Trump really needs to fear an unseen enemy, be it a health issue or an attack by an unknown enemy. I just have a feeling, and it is similar to what I felt after Epstein was arrested. Any thoughts?
OMB just released 192 pages of heavily-redacted Ukraine-related material to American Oversight, two minutes before the midnight deadline, because Twitler's administration is the most transparent in history!
Allyn, I like what you wrote and I agree. It is completely understandable to think that Pelosi and Schiff aren't sitting on any further evidence, but that doesn't make sense to me. They are both very smart people and knew exactly how this Senate trial was going to go. So I have to believe they have something up their sleeve(s). As I've said many times, on their worst day they are a thousand times smarter than Twitler and his gang of idiots. Wishful thinking maybe, but we'll see.
What are my thoughts? Your post caught my attention and I thank you for it. I hadn't thought about the Pelosi-taking-down-Mitch angle, but it makes sense. He has GOT to go for the sake of our country and all that is good. Some months ago I posted that I had been doing some energy work on the Evil Mitch and at the time I felt he was very firmly rooted in his power. After just a couple of days I no longer felt that way. (Of course, I'm not the only one who has been working on eroding his power.) I tried to get a sense of his fate after I read your post. I don't get anything specific, but I get the impression that "a bomb is going to go off", that he is going to go down in flames and take some others with him, too.
OMB just released 192 pages of heavily-redacted Ukraine-related material to American Oversight, two minutes before the midnight deadline, because Twitler's administration is the most transparent in history!
Ahh, there we are. Probably should have mentioned this in my earlier post, but the image I got which seemed to signify "reveal" was of a golden anvil dropping out of the sky.
I hope this is that.
@triciact, or Stanley Kubrik!
I just had this thought spring into my head right now.
What if we are living in the Age of Pelosi?
I think she is inspiring countless generations of young women yet to come. Those that haven't even been born yet. She is inspiring our future great granddaughters. She is doing it right now and we are living during this historical moment of time.
It is actually terrible to see the Senate destroy the US Constitution. It is humiliating to know that the world is watching us do something so anti-democratic that they can’t come up with comparisons, even to Russia in the 1930s. It is disheartening to hear that we have already laid down and accepted “a sham trial” as inevitable. We are ready now to lose everything, and no one cares.
People do care. I’m sending you light and comfort. I recognize what you are feeling and I catch myself feeling the same way at times. Take a deep breath and don’t lose hope. Things can change when you least expect it and ultimately, the truth will out.
I just finished my meditation for the day and concentrated on sending light and guidance to those who would protect our democracy. I got a short vision of a large group of people chanting outside of the White House. (this seems to be my go to place when meditating on this subject). They were chanting “Hey hey, ho ho, now you have to go!” I saw the pres. and his people trying to leave without looking at the crowd.