Will the Impeachment Trial Ever End?

For John, BLUF:  Sometimes personal animosity turns into political contest.  Is the Trump Impeachment one such case?  I hope not.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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The Journey of John Bolton:  From Right-Wing Zealot to Rock of the Republic

Here is the sub-headline:

Trump’s former national security advisor could be a key to proving the impeachment case against the president.

From Foreign Policy, by Mr Michael Hirsh, 27 January 2020.

Here is the lede plus one:

“Yes, John Bolton Really Is That Dangerous.”  So read the headline of a New York Times editorial in March 2018, shortly after Bolton was named U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security advisor.  The editorial took stock of the extreme views publicly advocated by the “fiery” Bolton over the years, from urging preemptive strikes on Iran and North Korea to zealously insisting that “the United States can do what it wants without regard to international law.”

It may be a measure of how far off the scale of sanity Washington has gone that a man who was long demonized by both Democrats and mainstream Republicans as a right-wing zealot is today seen by some as a rock of integrity, one who could quite possibly save the republic.

Save the Republic from what?  Senator Chuck Schumer and Representative Nancy Pelosi?

This Impeachment is about "saving" the Republic, from four more years of Donald J Trump.  It is an attempt to use the Impeachment, and subsequent trial, as a way to fatally muddy up President Trump.  If the House Democrats succeed it will take the likes of Dwight D Eisenhower, U S Grant or G Washington to put us back on a better track.

If the House of Representatives fails in this it could be an interesting second four years.

Regards  —  Cliff