September 25, 2019
UPDATE: Feb. 5, 2020 (Key Update: Senate Acquits Trump on Impeachment Charges).
written by Net Advisor™
WASHINGTON, DC. Yesterday began as the fourth time in three years that many Democrats and a few sympathetic Republicans have argued for the impeachment of President Donald J. Trump. All prior three attempts to impeach Trump failed, and this new effort will be no different.
Many in the politically-driven Left media worked for the Obama and or Clinton Administrations, and argued to impeach Trump before he was in office. Wikipedia lists some 120 “news” articles discussing the possible impeachment of President Trump.
How does one legally argue to impeach someone who wasn’t even in office yet?
[1] Impeach Trump For What Exactly?
The big question is what law or laws did President Trump actually violate; and where such rises to meet the Constitutional standard for “Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.”
We have repeatedly heard “news” (opinion) articles, TV commentators and politicians, where many have said we need to impeach Trump for being a “lawless President.” Yet, they all fail to cite what did Trump do exactly that was “lawless;” what is the legal statute that references such “lawlessness,” and does such rises to the level impeachment?
For Dems, the ability to specifically describe even one act of “lawlessness,” let alone proving such as an actual ‘high crime,’ or any crime, has been about as easy as winning the Power-ball lottery three times in a row.
[2] Undermining American Ideals?
Others claim that Trump is “undermining American ideals.” Ask the question. What American ideals is Trump undermining exactly?
We’ll coming to a verdict without any evidence or a trial is all some people can come up with. Let’s look at ‘American ideals’ and how Trump has helped impact that in America.
The U.S. economy has seen some of, or the lowest unemployment for Afro-Americans, Asian-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, women, teens and others in some 50 years.
Over 157 Million Americans are now working and making money; wages are rising for the first time in ten years; inflation is low, and interest rates are still at historically low levels.
Trump has dramatically cut government regulations and taxpayer costs that positively impact consumers, and small to large American businesses.
Trump also cut personal income taxes and cut the corporate income tax bracket nearly in half.
In 2016, the marginal tax bracket for corporate income taxes was 38.92%; today it’s a flat 21%. The result led to freeing corporate cash, massive domestic investments, bringing back or reviving foreign and lost manufacturing jobs to America; decrease government welfare dependency, and a resulted in a booming economy. Even foreign automakers are investing in America creating American jobs.
Trump has also made America energy independent. The passing of the Keystone XL pipeline also requires that American-made steel be used in its domestic construction. For the first time in 45 years, the U.S. has become a net exporter of oil.
With this said, it’s hard to realistically claim that Trump is somehow ‘undermining American ideals.’
If however, one’s ideals are about totalitarian government control, then those aren’t American ideals. American ideals are for example about individual liberty, freedom, expression, and personal choice.
Marxist politicians who aim to force Americans as to what we can eat, how we live, what we can say, think, what car we can drive; whether we have freedom to make our own choices about religion, healthcare, or have the ability to defend ourselves from tyranny, are all ANTI-American ideals.
And that my friends is what impeachment is really about. The TDS crowd (Trump Derangement Syndrome – arguably, a mental illness) can’t stand America succeeding.
Dems need the less educated to poorly uneducated, easily influenced, emotionally-driven people who rely on their “leader’s” outright verbal deceptions, and ad-hominems to push for Anti-American ideals.
[3] Impeachment Driven by the Inability to Accept Results of the 2016 Election.
Psychiatrists from Harvard Medical School and the Yale School of Medicine have labeled those suffering from post-2016 political distress as “Trump Anxiety Disorder.” They cite “symptoms were specific to the election of Trump and the resultant unpredictable sociopolitical climate.”
General Trump Anxiety Disorder Symptoms:
- ‘Feeling a loss of control and helplessness.
- Fretting about what’s happening in the country.
- Spending excessive time on social media.’
When even knitting becomes a political controversial topic because some may not agree with other knitters who share different ideas is a problem.
We see fixated individuals holding false personal beliefs, and who are clearly unable to cope with reality. Such self-inflicted emotional behaviors are causing some emotional distress?
“Delusions are fixed and false personal beliefs that are resistant to change in the light of conflicting evidence. Delusions are the extreme case of irrational beliefs. These beliefs are obsessive and cause emotional distress.”
This is beyond political. For some, this seems to have developed into a mental disorder – and the expectation of an outcome that was different than reality, may have been the ‘trigger’ that pushed some over the edge to become more delusional than they already were.
Nearly three years after the 2016 election, many are still or becoming even more delusional. Some are looking for or creating a poll to fit a narrative that makes Dems feel better, even though it’s a false reality.
Delusions about false statements about Trump ‘ruing the country,’ does not fit with the reality that says the U.S. has never been better off in some 50 years. This anti-Trump delusional thinking has clearly become an obsession.
“Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a common, chronic and long-lasting disorder in which a person has uncontrollable, reoccurring thoughts (obsessions) and behaviors (compulsions) that he or she feels the urge to repeat over and over.”
Some have claimed in political satire that the definition of insanity is ‘doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result.’
Impeach! Impeach! Impeach! and Impeach! – right?
Clinical psychologist Jennifer Panning of Evanston, Ill., said, ‘intense consumption of media coverage of this presidency is making some people’s Trump-related anxiety worse.’
Before Trump was actually President, Justin Raimondo, editorial director of Antiwar.com came up with a series of observations, suggesting stages of Trump Derangement Syndrome.
- ‘Victims lose all sense of proportion.
- Sufferers speak a distinctive language consisting solely of hyperbole.
- The afflicted lose the ability to distinguish fantasy from reality.
- In advanced stages, the afflicted lose touch with reality.
- Final stage of the TDS epidemic: Violence.’
We would probably add, that one is likely suffering from TDS if everything Pro-America offends you. If one is offended by fast food chicken, a 200+ year old flag, historical statues, police, and or the American Flag, there are probably some personal issues that need to be worked out.
TDS is not an official disease, but there is a high degree of common psychological issues of those who appear to be suffering from it.
Some are proud to be suffering from the TDS illness:
We could spend pages posting the documents, social media postings of deranged, deceptive graphics and statements, but for most, this is already plentiful to see.
Treatment for Trump Derangement Syndrome/ Trump Anxiety Disorder.
We argue one liberal Washington DC psychologist suggests treatment for dealing with political anxiety is to get more involved?
Steven Stosny, Ph.D. said “Stand up for what you believe. Write letters, demonstrate, lobby Congress, and so on…”
If one is already stressed over things that they have no control over, pushing one-self into more socio-pathic involvement may not be the best solution.
If a person uses heroin, one doesn’t tell them to continue using the drug that ultimately causes them self-destruction.
Here is the solution:
- TURN IT OFF. (TV/ News). At least take a day off or the weekend off.
- Get off of social media. At least take a day or days off. One will probably see stress levels decrease because one is not engaged with often hateful and deranged political rhetoric.
- Start focusing on personal goals that have nothing to do with politics.
- Listen to music one enjoys; spend time with family, significant other, friends, and agree not to discuss topics that cause undue stress.
- Still experiencing issues? Seek counseling.
Don’t really want to take periodic breaks from news, social media or politics? Become a better critical thinker. If hear something, especially if it is repeated over and over by any media source — think. Ask yourself, what evidence do they have to support their statement, argument, or otherwise claim?
If you don’t hear or read evidence to support a claim, it generally is deemed as an opinion, thus not a fact. Ignore it. It may be “fake news,” political propaganda, by which ever political party or person is making the unsubstantiated claim.
We see this same baseless argument over and over to impeach President Trump, impeach Attorney General Barr, and impeach Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Their arguments fall short of fact, law or logic. Constitutionally, Dems just don’t have the votes or even to show the legal will to attempt it. It’s all political talk, and that’s all it will ever be.
[4] Verdict, In Search of a Crime.
For about three years, Democrats have already decided a verdict in a case that has not been articulated, charged, let alone tried. No one has been able to articulate any specific ‘high crimes’ or any crimes; not even a parking ticket to use as “evidence” to impeach President Trump.
This is important. Whether one likes or dislikes Trump; whether one agrees or disagrees with Trump’s policies; the fact is under U.S. Constitutional law, one needs to articulate any alleged crimes for impeachment and demonstrate evidence in order to show cause.
Talking to the media or publicly claiming Trump is a “lawless president;” but can’t cite a single law demonstrating such, means the argument has no merit.
Claiming the President is “shredding the Constitution,” but can’t cite the action that actually violates a specific Article in the Constitution, is also an argument without merit.
Disagree?
Go sue someone. Pick someone you don’t know, have no prior relationship with and someone who did no harm or create an actual loss to you. Then just tell the Court, the person is lawless, a criminal, a racist, a Xenophobe, a misogynist, and whatever other ad-hominems one can think of. The judge will lecture the Plaintiff; throw out the case, and may even charge sanctions for bringing such a frivolous action before the court. One could be also be counter-sued for slander if the person is not a public figure.
That is how the impeachment argument has gone so far. All talk, no evidence, and no action. One can’t have (legal) action if they don’t have (legal) evidence.
Believe it or not, some Dems know that impeachment will not happen. They see past the political rhetoric, the grandstanding, chanting ‘Impeach 45’ (video) until the crowd cheers. But most Dems will never admit that impeaching Trump or anyone else is a losing argument.
How do we know? Let’s look at their actions.
[5] House Democrats BLOCKED the Impeachment of President Trump.
Despite what a handful of angry politicians who still are unable to come to terms with the voter decided outcome of the 2016 election, Dems really don’t want to impeach Trump.
WHAT? Of course Dems want to impeach! That’s all we hear on TV, radio and social media right? But when it comes down to actually voting for impeachment, Dems quietly say, “nay.”
All three prior impeachment efforts have been led by Al Green (D-TX). In December 2017, and in January 2018, Green only was able to get about 60 impeachment votes from House Dems.
“Green previously forced procedural votes on articles of impeachment against Trump in December 2017 and January 2018.
Both efforts drew the support of about 60 House Democrats.”
— The Hill, July 16, 2019
In 2018, Democrat Al Green got ZERO co-sponsors to support his Trump impeachment bill.
Many Dems appeared on TV and said they supported the impeachment of Donald Trump. But when it actually came to putting their name in the Congressional Record, NO ONE actually did it.
Green filed his third articles of impeachment against Trump in the House on July 16, 2019. The next day, the Democrat-Controlled House voted 332-95 to STOP impeachment articles against President Trump.
“The House on Wednesday voted 332-95 to kill the first articles of impeachment brought forward under the new Democratic majority, showing off a deep divide among Democrats on whether to go forward with an effort to unseat President Trump.”
— The Hill, July 17, 2019
So, what we really have is just impeachment *talk* to rile up an angry (D) mob who is suffering from delusional obsessive compulsive disorder (TDS). All of them have demonstrated a serious lack of legal understanding of what is required to actually impeach a President.
[6] Still Insufficient Impeachment Votes in the House.
CNN stated there are now 163 House democrats who called for Trump’s impeachment. There are 435 members in the House. Based on CNN’s statement, 272 House members have not supported an impeachment of President Trump.
By Constitutional rule of law, the House MUST file articles of impeachment; articulate the crimes; provide evidence to support allegations of high crimes and misdemeanors.
Eventually, the House may vote on the issue. The House needs a simple majority (218 votes) to impeach. If all those 163 House Democrats vote for impeachment, the Articles of Impeachment fails by 55 votes.
Let’s pretend the House musters up 218 impeachment votes. Then the Articles of Impeachment moves to the Senate where a trial is held.
[7] Senate Not at All Likely to Impeach.
If, after the House passes articles of impeachment, the U.S. Senate holds an impeachment trial. Per the U.S. Constitution, any such trial would be presided by the current U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice.
After arguments made to actually impeach a sitting President, the Senate MUST have two-thirds (66 of 100 Senators – a Super Majority vote) in order to impeach; or the impeachment trial is over.
It is possible that the Senate may not even take up the case even if the House manages to muster 218 votes.
“The Constitution does not by its express terms direct the Senate to try an impeachment. In fact, it confers on the Senate “the sole power to try,” which is a conferral of exclusive constitutional authority and not a procedural command.
The Constitution couches the power to impeach in the same terms: it is the House’s “sole power.”
The House may choose to impeach or not, and one can imagine an argument that the Senate is just as free, in the exercise of its own “sole power,” to decline to try any impeachment that the House elects to vote.”
— Bob Bauer, Fmr. White House Counsel to President Barack Obama
Republicans control 53 of the 100 Senate seats. Thus, one would need all 45 (D) Senators to vote for impeachment, both “Independents” [Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Angus King of Maine], and 21 out of 53 (or forty-percent) of all Senate Republicans to also vote for impeachment to actually impeach Trump.
The Senate can barely pass legislation with a simple majority. Try getting 66 percent of the Senate to all vote the same way. This is just not going to happen here, and that is why we called this report, “The Impeachment Fantasy.”
Feb 5, 2020 UPDATE:
U.S. Senates Acquits Trump on Impeachment Charges (CBS News).
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