Impeaching, Or Whatever

AS FAR AS I KNOW, there is no doubt by anyone that the president frequently bears false witness, merely different reactions to it. His opponents righteously declare their abhorrence to it, while his supporters either ignore it, or, more strangely still, insist that it really isn't all the important. Trump's flippant remark that he could gun somebody down in broad daylight on new York's bustling fifth avenue without losing any support doesn't seem so flippant now. It seems obvious. So now it merely becomes a matter of whether what the president did, tried to blackmail the Ukraine, was bad enough to merit impeachment. I could go either way on it. My bumper sticker "Impeach Trump" has been on my car for at least two years, but I've never been fervently a believer in his impeachment. Some progressive organization sent me the bumper sticker, and I put it on. Although I, like half the country, am convinced that impeachment and removal is appropriate, I am perfectly willing to await to next election, now less than a year away, and let my vote do my talking. This Ukraine scheme cannot possibly help Trump. the fact that all the testimony comes from members of the Trump administration pretty much disproves any conspiracy theories accusing Democrats and media types of orchestrating a coup. Only Devin Nunes is crazy enough to even say something that crazy, let alone actually believe it. As the election approaches, defense of Trump will begin to sound more laughable, more ludicrous, more desperate, more so than they already do. Trump's first term, in terms of both his words and his deeds, will be used against him, as evidence, proof of his unfitness for the job. In the seemingly unlikely event that he is reelected, the impeachment process might be pushed forward all over again, a nightmarish thought. Equally nightmarish is the thought of how brazen Trump's lawlessness could become in a second term, when he has no concerns about being reelected.