No Comey, No Trump

First let me say I don’t like Mr. Comey. Too cozy with his own truths and not enough professional management to do his job without being leveraged himself. It is an ever present danger for one such as he in such a job. Not easy and I appreciate that. But facts are facts, cause/effect/result are what they are as well, and that spells some uncomfortable situations.

Spin only buys time in such ‘situations’. And Comey’s time ran out. He tried to duck and cover too many times and became the story.

But the real story is this: some highly suspicious issues involving Russia, Trump, the Presidential campaign and internet hacking have all come together to require – I said, require – a thorough investigation of this issue. Most Americans get this. Trump preferred to side step it, but the press – not fake news – is insisting on the right move forward: study the Russian influence thread and its interference with our national election.

By firing Comey, Trump legitimized the issue’s very existence. It is real until it is proven not true.

Trump cannot do that. Comey was damaged goods based on his own actions and positions. But now, in a classic move of raw power, the trump has trumped yet another public servant in order to obscure facts and satisfy his own pique.

That’s what Nixon did with Special Prosecutor Cox. That move swung the forces into synchronization and it led directly to impeachment threats directed at Nixon. So severe were those circumstances, Nixon resigned his presidency. End of story? We all thought so, but now comes Trump strutting his kingly stage issuing edicts and using his power in ways not American.

He must go.

I’d rather he went quietly, but the machinery of impeachment should now be oiled up and made ready. To bring proof to that action, a special independent prosecutor must be named and assigned the task to learn as much of the Russian/Trump/Election issue that is possible. When the truth is known, then let the impeachment begin.

This is how the US Constitution is designed to work. Each of us is citizen. That includes the President. He does not have royal power to make up his own truth. His is a position of law, policy, persuasion and discernment. So far trump has failed at each of these. He is unfit to be president and so we the people need to push him out of office. The Constitution provides impeachment process. It should be used. And quickly.

If successful that means we will have a new president in Mr. Pence. That is poor choice indeed. But somehow I think Pence will do better in the halls of Congress than Mr. trump did. And I sense, as well, that Pence knows protocols of legislation and state craft that trump never did see, let alone master.

It is time for the people to rise and speak and be heard. We are the masters of our land, not one or two elected officials. So make this truth be felt.

Action from us now. Impeach.

May 11, 2017