WHO says we "can't walk and chew gum at the same time"? It's really just being a good parent, at its very most basic. You DO NOT reward or reinforce bad behavior. You wouldn't do it with your three-year-old. You wouldn't do it with your dog. You wouldn't do it with someone who works for you. Why do our politicians get a carve-out? How come they're "exempt" from this fundamental corner-stone golden rule of responsible parenting? Frankly, our politicians, our reps and senators and governors and on up - anybody on our federal payroll, for that matter - is our EMPLOYEE. He/She works for US. NOT the other way around. Their job (that we give them, every time there's an election) is to do what we, their employers/bosses, direct them to do.
House is gun-shy about impeachment? That's probably because they don't hear much about it from the folks at home. Or the only ones who care to call in or otherwise try to communicate with their reps. Sooooooooo...
Seems to me that's where the rest of us come in! Go find an Indivisible group in your area and get involved, even just a little bit. They schedule regular office meetings with Senate AND House folk - even if it's staffers and not the actual representative. But your message is delivered nonetheless. And after they see you turning up every month or so, they start to realize you and your group are an active and organized interest group that they kinda have to make at least a little bit of time for. They don't take you for granted quite as much. Granted, Democratic representatives are a lot more amenable to your message than a CON will be. You'll be an annoyance to them, but a necessary evil, because every last one of the GOP representation on Capitol Hill is painfully aware of what organized Democrats were able to do last time it was time to vote. We took their House away. Indivisible had a lot to do with that. It's been written up and spoken about, and they all know it.
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