IT NEVER RAINS ... .
IT NEVER RAINS ... .
Okay, I cannot seem to stop
quoting myself. In my September 10, 2019 blog, I concluded with this paragraph:
All who have been
attached to this [Trump] administration and have responded to this President's
directions are indelibly stained. They bear the scarlet letter "T" on
their breasts and are forever disgraced.
Recent
letter-bearers include Pompeo and Barr. And just this week, our ever-obliging
Vice President has also taken to wearing the scarlet "T" on his
breast. But while the Secretary of State and the Attorney General have lied and
otherwise trashed their oaths of office, (they are numbers four and seven on
the Presidential succession list) they are politically well outside the
"cone" of impeachment probability. Pence, on the other hand, is right
up there. Number two.
The
House impeachment inquiry is focusing on whether Trump's effort to get Ukraine
to help him in the 2020 election is "shakedown" -- a violation of law and an abuse of
Constitutional power. And good old reliable Pencey, counting his 2024 chickens,
has volunteered to drink the Kool Aid and do some of The Don's dirty work in
Ukraine. The ugly details are set out in today's press. Just today, the
impeachment committee has demanded his documents re Ukraine.
Now,
were the House to impeach Trump for the Ukraine affair, and Pence were to be
proven to be a co-conspirator in that effort, it follows the House might
reasonably conclude to impeach both of them. Not sure they would, but they
could. Not sure the Senate would convict, but that's today, and there was a "today"
when Nixon too was sure he was safe, -- but then tomorrow arrived.
This
is not the first time in history when both the President and the Vice President
were under attack, and a pair of impeachments/resignations was a reasonable
possibility. What happens then?
A
bientot.
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posted by marty at 5:31 PM
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