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Or not to impeach Trump. \u00a0That is the question<\/a>. \u00a0Oh, wrong impeachment call. \u00a0 I mean this is the question<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On the other side of the issue, there are still those defending Trump<\/a>. \u00a0The strongest defense for Trump is that, as of now, there is still no actual evidence he\u2019s done anything\u00a0worthy of impeachment. \u00a0A truck load of accusations and bumbling responses does not equal evidence.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, it\u2019s starting to sound a lot like the famous 90s observation about the Clintons: \u00a0If Trump is innocent, then we\u2019re talking about a whole lot of people from a whole lot of backgrounds who are part of the vast, anti-Trump conspiracy.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll see. \u00a0It won\u2019t be pleasant. \u00a0As much as I would have welcomed a one term Trump presidency, I don\u2019t welcome impeachment. \u00a0Nixon was forced to resign in 1974. \u00a0Republicans abandoned ship<\/a> when they saw the writing on the wall, and it was essentially a by-partisan conclusion to the scandal. \u00a0Yet we\u2019ve still not recuperated from Watergate and its fallout.<\/p>\n

Bill Clinton was impeached, but to diminish its impact we had to accept\u00a0that presidents setting a moral example<\/a>, including invoking outrage at sexual assault charges and perjury<\/a>\u00a0were so \u2018 yesterday\u2019s big deal<\/a>.\u2019<\/p>\n

I would suggest that if something \u2018there\u2019 turns out to be there in terms of evidence of criminal wrongdoing, the GOP\u00a0and conservatives \u2013 certainly Christians who for whatever reason voted for Trump \u2013 had best jump ship in the manner of \u201974.<\/p>\n

If it turns out to be nothing? \u00a0I don\u2019t know. \u00a0We\u2019ll have to see. \u00a0I just remember my parents, Democrats both, being anything but happy with Nixon\u2019s resignation, feeling that it was something that hurt, not just Nixon, but the country as a whole. \u00a0I fear if there is something like a forced resignation (or worse), it will be another step downward toward the end. \u00a0An end that our posterity, not we, will have to face.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"