03 December 19
RSN: William Boardman | Democrats' Impeachment Plan - Roadmap to Nowhere?
William Boardman, Reader Supported News
Boardman writes: "Thanksgiving is gone and no thanks were given for the House Democrats’ unfolding plan for a quick, tidy, Christmas-wrapped impeachment package."
William Boardman, Reader Supported News
Boardman writes: "Thanksgiving is gone and no thanks were given for the House Democrats’ unfolding plan for a quick, tidy, Christmas-wrapped impeachment package."
EXCERPT:
Maybe impeachment won’t play out as the Democrats are presently promising. Maybe the weight of reality will change the dynamic. Maybe a courageous House member or several will insist on a comprehensive, principled, open-ended examination of presidential corruption of all sorts, foreign and domestic. Maybe that will keep House committees busy for months, even past the November election. Maybe a Democratic presidential primary race with impeachable offenses for a context will produce a more substantive contest than we’re used to. Maybe such a race would produce a serious candidate actually committed to positive change. Maybe it’s worth the risk of actually following procedures that address the gravity of our shared reality. Maybe we can do better than a hurried, politically-motivated, substance-avoiding crapshoot that offers no serious likelihood of meaningful change. Maybe the American people would respond well to a party that decided to stand for principle and demonstrated the willingness to put the national wellbeing ahead of narrow partisan advantage. Seems worth the risk, but what do I know?
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