Politics, politics, politics

 Dear elected officials,

The game in politics seems to be politics, politics, politics. I'm sure you folks want to do the right thing; but, as long as it's politically expedient. No?

You should know — and I suspect you do, but cynics that you seem to be, you let it slide because it's the votes, votes, votes — that we the citizens are looking at things in terms of issues and facts. You, on the other hand, seem to just be tossing red meat for us to scarf up in exchange for those votes.

And we know from when we're being bullshitted. Not just lying, but using words in crafty ways to manipulate and corral. Like the car dealer advertising a "Big Sale". You show up and one car is discounted. But, probably hidden away so you can't find it. What about the "Big Sale"? Sure, we have lots to choose from, and they'll all for sale.

This disconnect is not healthy. While you address us coming with hidden, and not so hidden, political agendas, we relate to what you're saying as you giving us what's real and important. Many of us take a lot of it to be actual fact. You and your media supporters also elide opinions and conjectures into facts. 

Trust. Huh? What's it good for? It's the warp onto which the weft of social discourse and action is woven.

Since too many votes are along party lines, this leaves the voters in the dust. 

Trump’s first impeachment was voted down by the Republicans in the Senate. In other words, purely political. Certainly looks that way. It leaves a lot of left leaning voters with the lingering idea that he in fact was stone guilty but for his party striking it down on purely technical grounds; i.e., you had the voting majority. 

Now we have the prospect of another impeachment. We already know — the legitimacy of impeaching a President no longer in office notwithstanding — the Senate Republicans will vote it down. Looks like it, anyway. Again, a huge swath of the population, already worked over and worked up over how he “staged a coup” will see this as acquitting a guilty man on purely partisan, political grounds. 

Of course, a person is innocent until proven guilty. In a court case with an acquittal the defendant goes free. With this impeachment business, like I said, it seems that he’s still guilty in a lot of eyes except for getting off the hook on the simple grounds that his supporters outnumber his detractors in a Senate vote. The cause of justice? Well, it seems to hinge on what party you favor.

Oh, and that Swalwell. Good example of the hypocrisy imbedded in the political landscape. Let’s overlook who he was [?] im-“bedded”with.

Let’s add a sobering reminder of the incendiary language coming from the “loyal” opposition. Will we be seeing any contrition or consequences over that? [Maxine!]