I am fully aware of what happened today, what Trump did, what Trump said. Trump is begging to be impeached, which is exactly my point.
The worst mistake the Democrats could make is to impeach Trump!
In the first place, heading into the 2020 Presidential election, Democrats should not do exactly what their main rival wants them to do.
In the second place, what exactly would be accomplished by impeachment? Some naive congressmen and women think impeachment is an end onto itself. It is not. Impeachment is merely an indictment. The trial takes place in the Trump Republican held Senate where conviction will only happen when pigs can fly. Trump would become a martyr, a victim of Democratic overreach. Why do you think Trump wants to be impeached?
In the third place, these immature lawmakers who think Trump should be impeached should look back on 1998 and the failed impeachment of Bill Clinton which was led by the Republicans. After Clinton was vindicated he became more popular. The pending election was a disaster for the GOP. The Speaker, Newt Gingrich, first lost his post. Months later, he was booted out of the House. That is what impeachment accomplished for the Republicans, and Pelosi and others with more experience remember it well.
In the fourth place, a recent poll showed that only 37% want Trump impeached, probably mostly Republicans. It is Trump's only chance. 60% of Americans oppose impeachment. When asked should Trump be reelected, 60% said no, 37% said yes. Twice in the last two days, two different federal courts have ruled against Trump and in favor of the House Democrats.
What does this mean? It means the Democrats are already winning. Taking into consideration 1998, why risk throwing the election in favor of Trump?
OLC, Tlaib, Omar and others calling for impeachment say that it is a Constitutional duty for the House to impeach Trump. Consider this. The worst possible threat to our Constitution is another four years of the Trump Presidency.
This was illustrated in living color today.
Dear
Sandy Shanks
Why not hold all the leaders, citizens, voters and supporters of Impeachment financially and legally
responsible for this process and all COSTS incurred.
Why not sign an agreement that if it succeeds, the wrongdoers and people who supported Trump
can pay for these costs and corrections.
And if it FAILS then the people who SUPPORTED IMPEACHMENT PAY ALL COSTS AND ASSUME
ALL RESPONSIBILITY for the corrections and reforms that COULD HAVE and SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE
with those same resources.
Perhaps we need to hold a democratic convention of voters and vote with our money:
1. how many are willing to contribute to the COST of impeachment where this will be reimbursed if successfully
conducted to find Trump guilty of "high crimes and misdemeanors"
2. how many would rather pay money into REFORMS that are currently needed, regardless which people are in office or doing what.
Let VOTERS and LEADERS vote with how much money the people are willing to invest.
If you put your money where your mouth is, then maybe we can decide what the public really consents to.
And how much is just politics talking with no real commitment to back up the costs of those actions.