Dems Call for Impeachment…

by Dick Pilling | Oct 11, 2019 | Letters to the Editor

Can you believe that there is a movement to impeach President Trump?  I mean, how crazy is that?

Like, he is presiding over a gangbuster economy and, in fact, during the second quarter of this year, nearly everything that should be up – jobs, job openings, weekly earnings, economic growth rate, stock market – is up and nearly everything that should be down – unemployment rate, food stamp recipients, growth of regulatory restrictions – is down.⁽¹⁾ What’s not to love?

But, believe it or not, some Democrats, still steaming over their electoral shellacking of 2016, continue their unceasing efforts to overturn the will of people by any means possible. Except, maybe, the ballot box.

So, after having spent two years and 25 million dollars on the Mueller fiasco – verdict: no conspiracy ⁽²⁾ –  they have now seized on a phone call to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy⁽³⁾ in which President Trump is accused of requesting details regarding then Vice-Presidents Biden’s publicly boasted threat to withhold US military aide to the Ukraine unless a certain state prosecutor was fired. ⁽⁴⁾ 

Trump’s request, incidentally, is totally in accordance with the 1998 US-Ukraine treaty pledging mutual cooperation in investigating criminal matters ⁽⁵⁾ and well within the conversational bounds of the involved heads of state and hardly an impeachable offense.

But this is just another indication of the desperation democrats are now facing.  Because they know that, in the words of Representative Al Green, “If we don’t impeach this president, he will get re-elected.” ⁽⁶⁾

And that’s what they are afraid of… And with good reason…

FACT CHECK:

1. https://www.factcheck.org/2019/07/trumps-numbers-july-2019-update/
2. Mueller report determines no conspiracy    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mueller_Report
3. Mueller has spent just over $25 million if you include all costs.   https://www.newsweek.com/how-much-robert-mueller-investigation-cost-report-1372575
4. Transcript of Trump Ukraine call  https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/official-readout-president-trump-s-july-25-phone-call-with-ukraine-s-volodymyr-zelensky/4b228f51-17e7-45bc-b16c-3b2643f3fbe0/
5. Joe Biden brags about forcing Ukraine to withhold aid https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/09/27/flashback_2018_joe_biden_brags_at_cfr_meeting_about_withholding_aid_to_ukraine_to_force_firing_of_prosecutor.html
6. Trump’s request for info within the law as instituted under Clinton treaty.  https://www.congress.gov/treaty-document/106th-congress/16/document-text
7. Al Greens threat to impeach Trump https://truthout.org/video/rep-al-green-weve-reached-critical-mass-to-impeach-trump/

Heated Discussions…

by Dick Pilling | Oct 3, 2019 | Letters to the Editor

Have you noticed that there’s a heck of a lot of discussion – argument even – about the difference between Republicans and Democrats?  Fact is, it gets pretty heated at times.

Seems that Republicans think democrats are just plain wrong on many issues…  that democrats propose unworkable solutions for non-existent problems and then complain that there isn’t enough money allocated to develop required remedies.  As if there ever could be…

Democrats, conversely, contend that Republicans refuse to consider these ill-advised “solutions” because Republicans are uncaring, greedy, and evil.

But, really, it’s more complex than simply “wrong” vs “evil”.

Truth is, most Republicans believe that by completing one’s education, working hard, avoiding the self-inflicted hardships of drug abuse, teenage pregnancy, and other personal pitfalls, it’s possible to be successful in life with virtually no help from the government.  I guess this could be described as a modification of John Smith’s credo of “He who works, eats”.

On the other hand, it seems that many Democrats believe that no matter how hard one tries, the deck is just stacked against them and they simply can’t make it through life without continual government assistance.  This philosophy is reflected in the collectivist viewpoint outlined in the book “It takes a village” by Hillary Clinton

So, it’s not “wrong vs evil” but more a difference of philosophical viewpoint…  Do you favor a John Smith or prefer a Hillary Clinton?

I am unapologetically a Republican.  And if you like John Smith, maybe you’re one too…