It Has Begun

[Zorro]

It is truly wondrous and arresting to see the Constitution in action, to see its ultimate tool — impeachment — employed, to see this mechanism that the drafters of the document must have considered an 11th-hour alternative be called up out of necessity.

It is not a thing to be celebrated. It is a thing to be soberly considered. It is a sign that the character and behavior of the target — in this case the president — is being searched for deficiency (in this case already demonstrated) and the American electorate has been betrayed.

This is a funeral; it is not festive.

Still, it is awe-inspiring and reaffirming to see politicians put what is right above that which might be risky, to stand on principle in an area consumed by political expediency.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/25/opinion/donald-trump-impeachment.html

[murielm99]

1. It is interesting that you say that.

I remember how battered I felt after Watergate. Jubilant, but battered. My country had suffered.

Someone, a journalist or politician, said that our Constitution had worked throughout the entire debacle. I felt stunned. He was right.

I hope this is still correct.

[SharonAnn]

2. "The avalanche has already started; It is too late for the pebbles to vote."

"The avalanche has already started; It is too late for the pebbles (Trumpkins and Republicans) to vote."

from Babylon V

[EricaGriswoldAuthor]

3. yes!

ready to see him go!