A Partisan Diatribe from Boston

In response to John Boston’s column on Aug. 9, “Shall We Merrily Move to Impeach Rep. Katie Hill?” Despite John Boston’s exceptional gift for writing and humor, he insists on dissing half his audience with inexplicably witless political diatribes against Democrats. Let me explain to Mr. Boston that the Steele dossier and the Mueller report are not the point and don’t necessarily concern the need for the country to impeach Donald Trump. The framers of the Constitution were intentionally vague on what would constitute the “crimes and misdemeanors” required for impeachment. The framers were specific, however, in naming the people’s representatives as the only line of defense to protect our republic from an unqualified, ineffective, dishonest president.

Just look at what this president has done to harm our republic. Donald Trump could have lowered taxes for the rich, nominated or appointed conservative judges, reformed immigration, relaxed government regulations – all without demonizing Democrats, daily insulting most of his friends and foes alike, obstructing justice and showing obvious bias toward his image and ego over his job requirement to act for the good of the country. Pathological lying and demagoguery are “high crimes and misdemeanors.” They are crimes because they harm the country and turn the people against one another. That’s a very clear violation of the president’s oath of office.

Mr. Boston himself has stooped to demagoguery just like Trump has. For instance: “Your investigators all ended up being financial contributors to Hillary and YOU STILL COULDN’T