Saturday, January 05, 2019

'Toontime: The Road to Impeachment

credit: Rick McKee, Augusta Chronicle
Democratic Congressional leaders are making cautious public statements about the possibility of impeaching Individual I.  That is to be expected, given an incredulous 40% of 'Mericans still support the erstwhile wall builder.  The politicians need to do more fact-finding in order to build a credible case for taking out a sitting, albeit, minority president.  Lincoln was elected with only 40% of the public's support.  But the more they look into his shady business dealings, the worse it is going to get for Mr. Yuge.  His tax records will be subpoenaed, and the investigation broaden into areas not covered by Mr. Mueller, who's investigation is still on-going; the grand jury handing down indictments in the Russian Connection investigation was recently extended.  As the shutdown drags on with ramifications for the economy at large, pressure from the Democratic base will grow to remove this obstructionist in the White House willing to risk civil disorder to get his way on a ridiculous scheme to keep out brown people.   As the old saying goes, "if you're brown turn around"; the wall carries an unmistakable message.  Individual I has few friends on the Hill, and he keeps making more enemies as time passes.  Only a cynical, reactionary narcissist could label a lockout of 800,000 government employees, a "strike".

credit: Jimmy Margulies
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