By Florida Bill In Nancy Pelosi's recent news conference, she announced to the press that its full speed ahead, and that she has given the order to the Judiciary Committee chairman, Jerrold "Fat Jerry" Nadler to draft Articles of Impeachment against the nation's
45th President.
She had a sanctimonious aura about her as she informed the press and those listening in on television that impeachment would go forward. It is with "confidence and humility" that I now speak to the need to take the president down in accord with the constitution.
But as she turned haughtily, and prepared to leave the stage, Reporter James Warren, a tough, no-nonsense newsman for Sinclair TV, stopped her in her tracks with the question: "Speaker, do you hate the President?" It was a rhetorical question for sure and Warren knew the answer. If the 79-year-old Pelosi was a slave to honesty, she would have responded, "Yes, I do--and he ought to be in prison."
But telling the truth is not part of the Pelosi playbook, as her accusations that President Trump is a criminal and an "imposter" who has violated his oath to the constitution are so disingenuous and far-fetched that her ability to be truthful about anything is suspect. She is the first and only woman to serve as Speaker of the People's House and in that role she is the powerful, central figure in the completely partisan attack by Democrats on the Republican President.
But then, instead of exiting the platform in the face of Warren's question, Pelosi did an about face and exhibited an even more sanctimonious face; and then avowed that she does not "hate" the president..."Do not accuse me," she snapped. She was raised a Catholic, she told the news reporters, and was taught not to hate anyone. And in this case, she does not "hate" the President. She actually thinks of him every day and "prays for him."
Though not hating him, she added: "I think the president is a coward when it comes to helping our kids, who are afraid of gun violence." I think he is cruel when he doesn't deal with helping our Dreamers, of whom we are very proud.......and he denies climate change. She avoided saying that he belongs behind bars as she has said in the past.
Her voice was low and a bit raspy as she poured out this political drivel, acting as though she was fighting her emotions. That teary-eyed drama is a technique often used by politicians trying to make a point, and to escape ridicule for embarrassing blunders. At that point, she turned her big gun on Warren and castigated him for his arrogance and for his daring to ask such an insulting question. Acting as though she was speaking to an underling in the great halls of Congress, she told the veteran reporter: "Don't mess around with me with those kind of words." On that note, Pelosi turned and left the room.
Very likely that Warren, a veteran reporter that has been at odds with bureaucrats in the past, was not particularly moved by the emotions from the aged speaker whose overall political performance has been dismal and way too partisan for any capable leader. He observed to Pelosi that he was merely asking a legitimate question, and then made notes of her meltdown..
The House with its 233 Democrats are expected to vote yes on impeachment of the President. All 197 Republicans in the chamber have said they will vote against impeachment. The partisan effort runs contrary to two previous impeachment efforts by Congress. With President Clinton, Republicans and Democrats voted in favor of impeachment. President Nixon, who resigned prior to formal action by the House, was facing bipartisan demands that he be impeached.
If the articles of Impeachment are voted, those charges will be sent to the Senate for trial and two thirds of that body, 66 senators, would be needed for a conviction. The Senate is controlled by the Republicans and acquittal of President Trump is regarded as a certainty.
President Trump has called the entire impeachment attack on him a "hoax" and a political "witch hunt" pushed by Democrats " who have gone completely insane" because Hillary Clinton was the loser in 2016. President Trump's attorneys have said that if there is a trial, Republican defenders of the President are prepared to "mess around" with Democrats; and will subpoena everyone with relevant information and that will include Congressmen Schiff and Nadler as well as former Vice President Biden and his cocaine addicted son, Hunter; and other lying individuals in "the swamp" who participated in the disgraceful effort to attack a duly elected President.
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