A Few Good Men – Courtroom Scene – YouTube
We saw history again today. For the second time in a year Donald Trump was impeached by the House with a trial now loomimg in the Senate…apparently some time after the inauguration as per McConnell today.
I thought about Mitch McConnell all day. Will he do the right thing or is this just another piece of political gamesmanship?
It’s hard to tell. 40-50% chance of a conviction in the Senate may be too high. Probably somewhere around 20-30% is more in line. I wonder if a real trial does come to fruition if the defense would ever allow Donald Trump to testify and be subject to a cross-examination?
I don’t care what one’s political ideology is… the evidence is every clear. I just wonder if it is realistic to think seventeen Republican senators will cross the line and do the right thing.
This video I’ve posted below is probably the most iconic cross-examination in film history. Interestingly enough…A Few Good Men was written and produced by David Brown who wrote the screenplay for The Verdict and produced it as well.
Is there a standup person in the GOP in the U.S. Senate right now beyond Mitt Romney or the late John McCain? It still boggles my imagination to no end John McCain and Lindsey Graham were close friends. I’m certain if alive McCain would vote to impeach. He would impeach this person who never in any circumstance should have ever become president. Six people die and no contrition. None. He could care less. Almost 400,000 have died from Covid on his watch. He could care less.
Isn’t it odd Cindy McCain and their family asked Barack Obama to perform the eulogy at John McCain’s memorial service and not Lindsey Graham. I wonder if Lindsey Graham ever feels sad about this in a moment of introspection. I mean…the man lost his soul. Tragic.
Look at Liz Cheney…she went out on a limb as the third ranking Republican in the House. She had the courage. Eight previous Secretaries of Defense had the courage.
What good does it do to become a United States senator if you can never muster the integrity to cast a tough vote? Why seek the office if that’s the case. That’s why senators are given six year terms.
Our country’s soul is in serious peril. I look at my two young grandchildren and wonder if by the time they reach adulthood if America will still be the aspirational leader of the free world or just an example of nothing more than acute freak dysfunction.
It’s a fascinating political dynamic. McConnell got everything he wanted in the past four years, yet in the process gutted the soul of America.
Even though he lost the Majority position in the Senate—I still feel as if after January 20th…Mitch McConnell will find a way to be the power broker.
I can’t take my eyes off it.It’s like watching House of Cards: The Steroids Version.
Enjoy the cross-examination.
Be kind to others if you can.