Mueller Time?

It's been 10 days since I last wrote, simply because there hasn't been anything about which I felt strongly enough to write.

But that has now changed.

With the release of the Mueller report, I have several concerns.

1 -- Impeachment?

As much as I would LOVE to see this "president" impeached, the Senate will not go along with the House on that.

And as such, the only thing impeachment in the House will bring is a circling of the wagons around Trump by Republicans, and fence-sitters. 

Impeachment by the House is the best way to guarantee his re-election.

We need to investigate him to the ends of the earth, and let the lower courts, such as SDNY come up with whatever they can find on him.

Then we need to SUPPORT whomever the Democrats nominate for president, so Democrats WIN in 2020.  Then with Trump out of office, all Hell can break lose over his head.

Sadly, I'm already seeing one group of Democrats saying "Bernie or no one" in so many words.  That's what got us Trump in the first place, but they are too stupid, or too brainwashed to see that.

I was a Bernie supporter in the primaries.  But when Hillary got the nomination (and frankly it's water under the bridge how she got it), I voted for her, because no matter how bad she might have been, Trump was going to be (and has proven to be) worse.

So rather than impeach the man, defeat him at the polls, then let the slow but steady wheels of justice take their course with him, his corrupt family, and his corrupt underlings.

2 -- Deflection?

Already, some are blaming Obama for not telling the country that we were under attack by the Russians prior to the 2016 elections.

But those who say that conveniently forget that Senate Majority Leader McConnell (a.k.a. "Turtle") told Obama that announcing that would be tantamount to rigging the election.  So Obama kept quiet. And that was a HUGE mistake.

Shortly, James Comey announced that the FBI was re-opening an investigation into Hillary's emails.  This announcement, only days before the election, seriously shifted popular opinion against Hillary, thus contributing to Trump's election.

So, with both "Turtle" and Comey coming out as they did, Trump won.  Those weren't the only reasons, but they were both significant.

And now Republicans want to blame Obama for not doing what their OWN majority leader told him not to do.

Republicans want it both ways, apparently.

I just hope Democrats this time wise up to the FACT that we MUST remain unified or we'll get another 4 years of Trump, the statute of limitations on obstruction of justice will run out, and HE WILL GET AWAY WITH EVERYTHING.  We can bleat all we want about impeaching him, which will be an exercise in frustration.  We can stay home if our preferred candidate doesn't get the party nomination.  We can vote our consciences, as we did in 2016.  OR we can beat Trump. 

I'm for the latter.