The Times Herald (Norristown, PA)
Impeachment process is a blight on America
When the pastor of my church gave the thumbs up sign in the fall of 2016 at the mention of Donald Trump’s name, I nearly died inside. What’s become of my pastor? Ted Cruz was the best candidate…a man of God and constitutional scholar. What did the pastor see in Donald Trump that I couldn’t?
On election day, I walked into the voting booth in a quandary. Cruz’s name wouldn’t be on the ballot, yet neither Donald Trump nor Hillary Clinton were viable as the next president of the USA in my opinion. An egotistical businessman from NYC versus a woman who thought the position was owed to her because her name was Clinton? I pushed the button for the candidate I thought would do the least damage.
Now, three years later, there’s talk of a divide in the country. The politically left and right have always been at odds, but things are more pronounced these days. Blame goes all around; though, true division is more insidious than what’s being touted.
The divide began a long time ago. Probably with the big-time debut of progressivism in Woodrow Wilson’s day. The divide began when people thought a scientific approach to government run by “experts” would be better. The divide hasn’t stopped echoing within the great government establishment yet, and it’s no respecter of political party.
While the democrats own progressivism, the republicans have bought a ticket to the show.
Donald Trump wants to roll back this kind of government. He sees where the status quo has brought this country. He’s been able to discern the effects of a shadow government that seeks not America’s interests but merely its own. The tentacles of this deep state reach into the hands of special interests—George Soros’ global one-world dominance among them. It’s no secret. But who other than Donald J. Trump has the guts and determination to untangle the snares?
Under Trump, phony largesse from old, outdated foreign policies, dependence on Saudi oil, and strangling corporate regulations have been revamped. His stance and respect for our ally Israel and our veterans, liberating the job market, the economy, seeing the futility of foreign wars, and the necessity to protect the border have become job one. The man is a pioneer in turning America around from the horrible course toward socialism where it’s leaning. And he is hated for it.
The House democrats don’t like his style and can’t handle him upsetting their cushy apple cart. How dare a blowhard, non-politician, who hasn’t paid his political dues, march in and take the spotlight from Hillary Rodham Clinton? The nerve. Talking heads continually cut him down because he calls them out for biased, subjective news reporting, and the self-righteous holier-than-thou’s think his position is one of sainthood or that he’s running for “Husband of the Year” and want him to act more presidential or more like a church deacon. His use of Twitter is also frowned upon. Would they rather him give his speeches in “fireside chats” or presidential press conferences where TV is pre-empted for “this special news report”? No, it’s just easier to impeach him.
The rules for impeachment have been breached by an out-of-control partisan House bent on smearing him in the hopes he will not win in 2020. The divide couldn’t be plainer; it’s a quest for power. He’s being impeached on charges—not of bribery, treason, or high crimes and misdemeanors—but ones that stem from a weak and feckless political party not bound by a duty to serve this nation. They would rather take down the will of the people than to rise up to meet the ongoing challenges of the citizens.
The leftist party has been at war with the president since day one. Sadly, for them, they’ve written their own ticket to a future uphill political battle. A wayward lust for power over and above a duty to serve and uphold the Constitution has become their worst snare ever.
The day I exercised my right to vote in 2016, I chose the person whom I thought would do the least damage to this nation. I hoped the elected candidate would represent and protect the citizens’ liberties as laid out in the founding documents and allow America to remain a sovereign country, the way it was originally designed. I intend to do that again in 2020.
Mary Cantell is a local freelance journalist from Plymouth Township.