Reply #105: agreed - to a point [View All]

[frogcycle]

if, in fact, we have 34 senators who have so gone over to the dark side that they would vote not to convict no matter what - then we are probably doomed. As I said, that means we do not have the form of government we think we do. While a failure to convict in the face of overwhelming evidence (note that I am supposing much more clear, incontrovertable evidence making an ironclad case) would be a political setback, it seems to me that if we are indeed that far into the abyss then we are NOT getting out. The political setback would not be "fatal," because we would already be dead.

We need to test the system and see just how broken it really is. If we not only have a fox in the henhouse, but over a third of the hens are actually foxes, then we could have an urgent and pressing need for change OUTSIDE the Constitution. The Constitution is designed to create a self-correcting system. If seditious activities have actually destroyed that, then loyalty to the Constitution demands that be exposed and corrected.

The continuing efforts to "play by the rules" and worry about public perception probably have the thugs laughing themselves silly. They see all this as just a bunch of ants scurrying about when their nest has been disturbed.